The Iron Panthers are looking forward to playing alongside teams from around the world at the 2026 FIRST World Championship.
At the inaugural Northern California District Championship, we debuted our newly rebuilt robot, Troubleshooter. Although we experienced some difficult robot issues in qualification matches, our pit crew was able to work them out by alliance selection. In the playoff bracket, we had a blast playing on Alliance 6 with Team 8 Paly Robotics and Team 841 Biomechs.
In the end, we are proud to have collected enough district points to qualify for the FIRST World Championship in late April! It was amazing to see such a high level of play on the field from amazing NorCal teams.
The Iron Panthers closed out March with a rock-solid performance! Throughout the weekend, we unearthed challenges ranging from vehicular to technical, but in spite of this harnessed our strong spirit and perseverance to become event finalists! We’re proud to have been part of Alliance 1 with Team 6023, Peninsula Robotics, and Team 11024, Hypernova.
Throughout the event, we had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with the Korean Broadcasting System on a documentary about AI and STEM.
Competing at our second district event of the season has officially qualified us for the NorCal DCMP.
At Silicon Valley District Event, we competed our robot Jukebox at its first official event of the season! After qualification matches, we placed 6th and “alloyed” with three amazing teams to form a truly metallic Alliance 3—thanks to our alliance partners Team #972 Iron Claw, Team #1351 TKO, and Team #5499 Berium!
Outside of matches, members had a great time exploring the venue, interacting with other teams, and handing out our custom-made cat ears. We even had the chance to celebrate Pi Day with an assortment of pies for lunch! Next up: Glendale District Event, where Jukebox will get another chance to play.
The Iron Panthers competed with their offseason Sprint Bot as well as their Freshmen bot.
Freshmen Bot ranked 22nd place in Quals, and was selected as 3rd pick for Alliance 1. With teams 1323, 254, and 6619, Alliance 1 was able to win the entire playoff bracket, ranking first place overall.
Sprint Bot ranked 38th in Quals, and was selected as 3rd pick for Alliance 4 by 973 and 581. The alliance was eliminated in the second round of playoffs.
The Iron Panthers’ 2025 World Champion bot, the Grim Reefer, finished rank 33 in Quals. They were selected by 3663, 4738, and 971 for Alliance 8. The alliance made it to the fourth round of playoffs before being eliminated.
The Iron Panthers were part of the 2025 FRC Reefscape world champion alliance!
Our team finished 24th in the Newton Subdivsion and was the third pick for the Newton first seed alliance.
Alongside Team 1323 Madtown Robotics, Team 2910 Jack in the Bot, and Team 4272 Maverick Robotics, we represented the Newton Subdivision in Einsteins, finishing the season as 2025 World Champions!
The Iron Panthers placed 1st after qualification matches and captained the 1st alliance with the Cobra Commanders (498) and All Knights (3944) placed as finalists.
Additionally, we received the Engineering Inspiration Award, and junior Serena Koopmans was recognized as a Dean’s List finalist. Because of this, the Iron Panthers will be headed off to the World Championships in Houston this April…stay tuned!
The second off-season event for 2023 hosted by Team 1323 & 1671. More details to come
The Iron Panthers are attending their first competition of the 2023-2024 of season! They are excited to introduce their new members to their first FRC competition. It is hosted by Team 100, The WildHats.
We were 3rd alliance captains at our last competition of the season and we won the Autonomous Award! Thanks to Homestead Robotics (670) and Presentation Invasion (2135) for playing with us during elims.
We were 3rd alliance captains at our second competition of the season and we made it all the way to semifinals! Thanks to Pumpkin Bots (8793), SOTA Cyberdragons (5700), and OtterBots (7667) for playing with us. We also won the Autonomous Award!
Our first on-season competition for the 2023 season! We were chosen by 1148, Harvard Westlake Robotics to be a part of their 5th seed alliance, along with 4400, Cerbotics.
Our first off-season competition for the 2022 season! Was the first competition experience for many of our new members and members who were unable to attend competitions last year due to the COVID restrictions.
We were 5th seed alliance captain and chose teams System Overload(6059) and Skywalkers(8404).
Our second competition of the season was the Monterey Bay Regional. We were chosen by TKO (1351) to be on the 5th seed alliance, along with System Overload (6059).
Our first in-season, in-person competition was the Ventura County Regional, in Ventura County. Our team did very well, ending in 7th place at the end of qualification matches and as the 5th seed alliance captain. As alliance captains, we partnered with Mortorq (1515) and The Mechapirates (5136).
Our second off-season competition was Chezy Champs. Although we did not place as high as we had hoped, it was an amazing learning experience and all of our members who attended had a blast.
For our first off-season competition, CalGames, our whole team is extremely grateful of everyone that attended, whether they were scouting, taking pictures, or helping in the pits. Although our new driveteam has only had about a month of practice, we made it to finals and our whole team is so unbelievably proud of all our driveteam members.
For this competition, our team decided to experiment with different mechanisms and built a new robot, the Fathership! We placed #25 in the qualification matches, and then partnered with 4171 Baybots, 100 Wildhats, and 5104 Breakerbots in the 8th Seed Alliance. Though we did not make it to Semifinals, everyone had an amazing time rooting for our team and watching other matches! We also won the Wes Walter Wow Factor Award, most likely due to our ambitious suction triple climb.
We had a blast at Chezy Champs, completing three triple climbs throughout the competition! We were also excited to be part of the 4th seed alliance with 114 Eagle Strike, 3309 Friarbots, and 1671 Buchanan Bird Brains.
The Iron Panthers is part of the winning alliance in the 2019 FRC Destination: Deep Space! Thanks to all of our sponsors and families who have helped make our dream a reality!!
Our FRC team, along with 973 The Greybots, 1323 Madtown Robotics, and 4201 The Vitruvian Bots, competed in Einstein representing the Newton Subdivision and finished the 2019 Houston Championships as the new World Champions!
The Iron Panthers finished the Newton Subdivision in Rank 21 and was the second pick for the Newton first-seed alliance.
