Introducing Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School's FTC Robotics team!
01/24/2026
Thank you to this year's financial sponsor MidAmerican Energy Foundation, and our resident engineer, Jeff Bellis from BAE Systems.
Any success we have had is, in part, because of your support.
Appreciate your dedication to our students and the future of ingenuity in our city.
01/24/2026
A long, busy day as the JFK CougarBots #27293 compete at League Championships!
We may not look as cool, we don't have thousands of 💲 to spend on fancy parts and 3d printing, we are not supported by a whole team of professional engineers.
But our team is resourceful and adaptable!
We can create the same launching angles with cardboard and zip ties, we can find the work-around, and we WILL give our competitors a run for their money.
We are proud of our work, and hold to our team motto: Success is a Process.
Let's go, CougarBots!
02/09/2025
Listen as our Co-Captains, Malick and Evelynn, talk about the amazing growth our team has made over the last two seasons.
Thanks Kennedy Torch for the air-time!
Torch Out Loud: Malick Sogur and Evelyn Timmerman on Kennedy Robotics
Live in the pits
01/18/2025
A big thank you to our mentor team, Metro Robotics for the surprise! We were gifted a cool new banner for today's Leauge Championships.
Thanks for being wonderful!
01/18/2025
CougarBots are up and at 'em early this morning prepping for Leauge Championships.
Come cheer on our team @ Prairie Middle School.
Qualifications matches run from 11:45-4pm.
Finals begin at 430
Cougarbots struggled at yesterday's meet when our control systems refused to speak to each other.
HOWEVER
Many other teams provided support, suggestions, and even supplies, and with their collaboration we were able to get back up and running today.
Thank you Metro Robotics for your guidance!
12/14/2024
This week in the robotics room...
Slides are on and bucket attatched
The arm and claw are built
The meet tonight started tough and stressful: our driver hub wouldn't power on, and we lost our code. But they fought with perseverance when things got tough and picked up two more wins for the season!
Interested in sponsoring a new driver hub for the CougarBots? DM us!
11/25/2024
A Huge THANK YOU to MidAmerican Energy for sponsoring the CougarBots! Our team is hard at work building and coding brand-new mechanical arms, thanks to your generosity.
We couldn't do this without our wonderful sponsors!
11/23/2024
Come see the CougarBots at Center Point Urbana Middle School.
Matches start at 12:15
11/01/2024
First meet underway -
Proud of our rookie team.
We are looking forward to a season of growth and progress, collaboration and ingenuity, and a whole lot of fun!