Wayland Wildcats First Robotics #6090

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Wayland Wildcats First Robotics #6090 Wayland Wildcats First Robotics Team is a competitive high school sport. We design, build, and program robots to complete a task in eight weeks.

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students and mentors work during a six-week period to build game-playing robots that weigh up to 120 pounds (54 kg). Robots complete tasks such as scoring balls into goals, flying discs into goals, inner tubes onto racks, hanging on bars, and balancing robots on balance beams. The game changes yearly, keeping the excitement fresh and giving each team a more level playing field. While teams are given a standard set of parts, they are also allowed a budget and encouraged to buy or make specialized parts. FRC is one of four robotics competition programs organized by FIRST. FRC has a unique culture, built around two values. Gracious Professionalism embraces the competition inherent in the program, but rejects trash talk and chest-thumping, instead embracing empathy and respect for other teams. Coopertition emphasizes that teams can cooperate and compete at the same time. The goal of the program is to inspire students to be science and technology leaders. In 2015, the 24th year of competition, 2904 teams with roughly 73,000 students and 17,500 mentors from 19 countries built robots. They competed in 56 Regional Competitions, 48 District Qualifying Competitions, and 5 District Championships. 600 teams won slots to attend the FIRST Championship, where they competed in a tournament. In addition to on-field competition, teams and team members compete for awards recognizing entrepreneurship, creativity, engineering, industrial design, safety, controls, media, quality, and exemplifying the core values of the program.

What a weekend! Our girls had some great final-round matches, but came up a bit short on fuel finishing 2nd overall. We ...
09/26/2026

What a weekend!

Our girls had some great final-round matches, but came up a bit short on fuel finishing 2nd overall. We couldn’t be more proud of this team!

So proud of our ladies for their perseverance, determination, and willingness to step outside their comfort zones, take on new roles, and keep working through every challenge. And a huge thank-you to our gentlemen for supporting the girls and cheering them on throughout the weekend!

We’re also incredibly grateful to our coaches and mentors who showed up for this team, shared their knowledge, and gave these students the opportunity to compete and grow.

Thank you so much to our fans in the stands and of course all of our parents! We couldn’t compete without you either!

And a special shout-out to our behind-the-scenes mentor Zak, who was always just a phone call away with last-minute advice when we needed it!

It takes a village, and we’re so thankful for ours. Wayland Wildcats Robotics. So proud of you!🤖

Our whole alliance struggled in our first elimination match and came up short, but we bounced back in the second match w...
09/26/2026

Our whole alliance struggled in our first elimination match and came up short, but we bounced back in the second match with a WIN!

We’re still in it!

A rough start, but these girls didn’t give up! They worked out some bugs, found a few more, and worked those out too! We...
09/26/2026

A rough start, but these girls didn’t give up! They worked out some bugs, found a few more, and worked those out too!

We’re now 4-1 sitting in 2nd place with just one match to go before alliance selections!

Keep cheering us on!
https://youtube.com/live/tAZ-ucWDYyU?feature=share

Let’s get this girls competition started! Calibration complete ✅Robot tuning complete ✅Ladies in Tech meeting complete ✅...
09/26/2026

Let’s get this girls competition started!

Calibration complete ✅
Robot tuning complete ✅
Ladies in Tech meeting complete ✅
Collaboration with other teams ✅

And, in true fashion for this season… we’re up first!

Come join us at Allendale High School and cheer on our girls! Let’s go, Wildcats! 🐾

https://youtube.com/live/tAZ-ucWDYyU?feature=share

What a wonderful day for a parade! We loved seeing so many familiar faces cheering us on along the route!THANK YOU to Co...
09/26/2026

What a wonderful day for a parade! We loved seeing so many familiar faces cheering us on along the route!

THANK YOU to Coach Dave for pulling the trailer and to Mentor Jon for pulling our robot—and for letting us use his flatbed so we could display it in the parade! Also thanks to our team families who donated candy for us to throw along the parade route! 🍬

Right after the parade, we headed to Allendale High School to get set up for tomorrow’s Girls Competition! The pit is set up, the girls calibrated the robot, and they even got in a couple of practice matches. They ran into a few glitches, but the girls are working hard to get everything corrected!

Come out and cheer them on tomorrow! The event will also be live-streamed on YouTube for those who can’t make it in person! https://youtube.com/live/tAZ-ucWDYyU?feature=share

The girls are getting ready! Our FRC team has been busy preparing for the Grand Rapids Girls Competition this Saturday!W...
09/21/2026

The girls are getting ready! Our FRC team has been busy preparing for the Grand Rapids Girls Competition this Saturday!

Where: Allendale High School
When: Saturday 9/26 - 9-5p

We’d love to see you there cheering them on!

For more info: https://girlsrobotics.org/event-agenda/

08/24/2026

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support our team today at our car wash! Community support means so much to us and we truly appreciate everyone of you! 💕

A special thank you to the City of Wayland Fire Department for allowing us to use the fire station to host our fundraiser. We are so grateful for your support!💕

Help us fill the fire station for the rest of our time here!!
08/23/2026

Help us fill the fire station for the rest of our time here!!

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