The Project Y team at the FIRST in Texas District Championships. Courtesy photo

The team showing off the robot at the ASME Northern New Mexico Social Mixer. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Los Alamos’ local high school robotics team, Project Y, has seen a successful 2024-2025 season. They competed with the For Inspiration of and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) program with the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) division. They spent seven weeks designing, building, and programming a robot able to perform various tasks needed for the FRC game, REEFSCAPE.

From March 7-9, Project Y competed at the FIRST In Texas District Plano Event and finished 8th out of 31 teams. In the next twenty days, the team focused on honing the robot’s skills so that it could perform even better at the next competition – the FIRST In Texas District Amarillo Event. 36 teams competed at this competition, and Project Y finished in 9th place, successfully earning them the opportunity to compete at the FIRST in Texas District Championships a week later. Project Y saw competition from 91 teams, and finished 69th overall.

This outstanding group of students did not stop advocating for STEM in the community after the competition season was over. On April 30, 2025, a group of Project Y students demonstrated their 2025 season’s robot at the American Society Mechanical Engineers Northern New Mexico Social Mixer.