Orbit Robotics is a “Community Team” that was founded in May 2015 by a group of experienced volunteer adult mentors to expand FIRST programs to students who did not have access to a school team.

We are independent of any school board and therefore have to raise the required amount of funds it takes to operate this team through membership fees (30%), grants, donations and sponsors.

Largely based on word of mouth recruitment by current members and their families we have grown to operating five teams, one FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and four FIRST Lego League (FLL). Across all the teams, we have 100+ members from 36 different schools.

Our primary mission is to inspire students to be STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & mathematics), and FIRST leaders by providing real-life STEAM experiences to students who don’t have these opportunities at their schools. We embrace the vision that we are not just people building robots, but we understand that the FRC experience is actually about robots building people. We strive not only to increase STEAM enthusiasm, excitement and education, but more importantly to give our students confidence, an abundance of leadership opportunities, a chance to hone their personal skills, and the ability to work as a team.

FRC Team 1360 is committed to bringing equity, diversity and inclusion to all of our team members. Our core philosophy is making FIRST, and consequently STEAM, accessible to all who wish to take part. Going forward we will build on our many successes and continue to spread the language and values of FIRST.