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What Is Unity Robotics?
Unity Robotics (https://www.unityrobotics.org) is an organization founded in 2023 by FIRST Tech Challenge team The Clueless #11212 to unite the local robotics community and support budding FLL Challenge teams through their robotics journey. While hosting our community outreach events, we noticed that many students would leave our programs with a newfound interest in robotics but did not know how to find a team or stay involved with FIRST. Unity Robotics bridges this gap by coordinating individual students into structured teams, partnering with local schools, training parents and students, and providing consistent mentorship throughout the active competition season. As FIRST students, we know firsthand how beneficial these programs are for developing teamwork and technical skills, and we use our experience to expand exposure to STEM within our community.
Our Impact by the Numbers
Through the Unity Robotics initiative, our team has achieved the following milestones over the past two seasons:
Taught over 500 students
Partnered with 3 local schools to begin or expand internal school FLL programs
Formed 18 FLL teams consisting of 124 total students
Provided local FLL teams with SPIKE Prime kits to ensure they have the necessary hardware to compete
Founding and Mentoring Teams
To help students get involved in competitive robotics, we collect interest from local families through a Google Form and carefully group students into new FLL teams based on their school location, proximity, grade, and prior experience. Once these teams are established, we provide personalized, weekly mentorship both online and in person to offer technical and logistical support. We also pair less-experienced groups with mentors from more expereinced FIRST teams. Through this network, several FLL teams have advanced beyond regional tournaments to compete at the FIRST World Championships in Houston.
Workshops and Seminars
We host targeted educational events throughout the year to support students, coaches, and rookie teams:
CS2N Office Hours: We hosted a 2-hour collaborative session to review self-paced, introductory SPIKE Prime curriculum lessons using a virtual robot-programming interface.
Intro to FLL Seminars: We ran a 2-day class series introducing over 25 students to LEGO hardware pieces, line-following code, and team-based mini innovation projects.
Pybricks Workshop: In collaboration with FLL #50906 Tinkerbits, we held a workshop at the Mira Mesa Library teaching 8 rookie FLL teams how to use Pybricks firmware and provided a master program template to improve coding efficiency.
FLL Coaches Seminar: We organized a mid-season panel featuring 2 veteran coaches and 3 graduated FLL students to help 22 FLL coaches learn strategies for judging presentations, robot design, team productivity, conflict resolution, and full inclusion.
Global STEM Outreach: We brought our customized robotics curriculum to rural communities in JiangXi, China. To support children with limited technology access, we designed and built our own custom EV3 robots and interactive devices. We guided over 35 students through hands-on coding, problem-solving, and fundamental engineering principles to inspire curiosity and confidence.
FLL Tournaments and Scrimmages
We run and volunteer at tournament events to build students' confidence and ensure they feel prepared before their first official qualifier:
Unity Robotics Mock Tournament: Our annual simulated competition mirrors a regular tournament with team pits, judging stations, and full game matches. Our recent mock tournament supported 15 teams, 86 students, and 21 volunteers.
Carlsbad Unified Mock Tournament: We volunteered as judges to help 132 students across 22 teams prepare for their competitive season.
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