BIT 1 / 5 — STATE: 1 — IDENTITY

FIRST TECH CHALLENGE · MADISON, WISCONSIN

PHOENIX
FORCE

EST.: 2013
BASE: MADISON, WI
TEAM ID: 0b10100 = 20
PROGRAM: FIRST TECH CHALLENGE

A student-run competitive engineering team. Every September: a game nobody has seen. Months later: a machine that plays it.

10100

FIG. 00 — THE PHOENIX MARKVECTOR · 600 × 564 · INK ON PAPERSRC · PHX_FRC_NOBG.SVG

BIT 2 / 5 — STATE: 0 — CREED

0 EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO JOINEST. 2013 · MADISON, WI

We are a non-profit FIRST Tech Challenge team. Students run every discipline — design, CAD, code, drive team, outreach. Coaches and mentors advise. Students build.

The robot is the output. The point is the people who built it — and the vision: more future STEM leaders, more women in technology.

BIT 3 / 5 — STATE: 1 — MACHINE

ENGINEERING DOCUMENT · SZN 2023–24 · SHEET 1/1

PICASSO — PIXEL INTAKE COLLECTOR AND SUPER SMOOTH OPERATOR

Second named competition machine. Designed, built and programmed by students. Best Robot Design Award, Wisconsin State Championship.

INTAKE: "VAN GOGH GOGH" — EXTENDING
DRONE LAUNCHER: 95% IN-ZONE · 30 PTS
CONTROL: REV CONTROL HUB
SEASON: 2023–24
TEAM ID: 0b10100 = 20

※ DIMENSIONAL SPEC PENDING — AWAITING TEAM RECORDS

The competition robot lit up in a darkened room, LEDs streaking across its frame

A — VAN GOGH GOGH
EXTENDING INTAKE

B — DRONE LAUNCHER
95% CONSISTENT · 30 PTS

C — BEST ROBOT DESIGN
WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Close-up of the Van Gogh Gogh extending intake — twin linear slide rails and motors on the workbench mid-assembly

PN 10100-001 · INTAKE

Close three-quarter view of the robot's upper assembly — Limelight camera, servos and the elastic launcher rail

PN 10100-002 · DRONE LAUNCHER

Extreme close-up of a mecanum wheel — red hub plate and black rollers — bolted to the REV channel drivetrain

PN 10100-003 · DRIVETRAIN

DWGPF-R2

TITLEPICASSO

SZN2023–24

SCALENTS

REV2

ID0b10100

BUILD GROUPS — WHO MAKES IT

001MECHANICALDrivetrain, sub-assemblies, intake. Built in-house.N=5

010PROGRAMMINGRobot code — driver control and autonomous.N=4

011DESIGN / CADRobot modeled in CAD, documented in the engineering notebook.N=7

100DRIVE TEAMTwo drivers at the field.N=2

101OUTREACH122+ events, 500K+ people reached. 22+ FIRST teams mentored, 8+ FLL teams formed.N=3

9 STUDENTS · 6 COACHES & MENTORS · MOST STUDENTS RUN MORE THAN ONE DISCIPLINE

BIT 4 / 5 — STATE: 0 — SEASON LOG

SZN
13→26

Timing-tower format: the record as it stands, no commentary. The data speaks or it doesn't.

10 ENTRIES9 AWARDS2 NAMED ROBOTS

SZNEVENTROBOTRESULT / AWARD

25–26WISCONSIN CHAMPIONSHIPROSETTAINSPIRE AWARD 3RD PLACE

24–25CHICAGO REGIONAL INVITATIONAL—INVITATIONAL

23–24WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPPICASSOBEST ROBOT DESIGN AWARD

23–24QUALIFIER 1 · LAKESHORE WIPICASSOINSPIRE AWARD

23–24WI QUALIFIERPICASSOINNOVATE AWARD

22–23WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPACUTEBEST DESIGN · HALL OF FAME TOP 6

22–23WI QUALIFIERACUTEWINNING ALLIANCE · STATE QUALIFIED

21–22WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP—STATE WINNING TEAM

20–21WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP—STATE WINNING CAPTAIN

19–20WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP—STATE WINNING CAPTAIN

SOURCE — FTC-EVENTS.FIRSTINSPIRES.ORG/TEAM/10100 ↗FULL SEASON ARCHIVE →

Off-season, the machine goes to libraries, maker faires, STEM camps — 21 outreach events in 2024–25 alone. First thing we teach every kid: count to twenty on one hand. 10100.

BIT 5 / 5 — STATE: 0 — PEOPLE

9 STUDENTS · 6 COACHES & MENTORS

Team members kneeling on the practice mat around the robot during a build session

FIG. 05 — MID-BUILD4:5

"Our team number is 10100. It is binary, either you get it or you don't.."
— PHOENIX FORCE LEGACY · THE TEAM QUOTE WALL

The bare robot chassis on the shop floor at kick-off — FRONT and RIGHT tape labels, yellow motors waiting

SEQ 01/03 — ROBOT IN 30 HRS · KICK-OFF

Two students heads-down assembling the robot at a white table covered in parts, wires and slide rails

SEQ 02/03 — 30 HRS NON-STOP

Students running the finished robot through final testing on the practice field, game elements beside it

SEQ 03/03 — FINAL TESTING

PARTNERS 2022→25 — SET LIKE A COLOPHON,
NOT A LOGO WALL.

EVERY SPONSOR AT $100+ IS NAMED ON THIS SITE.

NON-PROFITSTEM FORCE INC.

2024–25HOLOSOFT · JOHN DEERE · GOOGLE

PAST SEASONSFirst Eigen · WhizAI · Generic Solutions · Pandata Group · CDO Magazine · YDC · Spectrum Brands · Avid Plumbing · Families & alumni

FULL SPONSOR ROSTER →SPONSOR THE TEAM →

CODA — RECRUITMENT. THE WORD HAS FIVE BITS; THE TEAM DOESN'T.

10101← YOU. 20 BECOMES 21.

CONTACT
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