About
About
FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC) 21380 Beyond Robotics was founded in July 2022 by students from all over the San Gabriel Valley. The team members come from diverse backgrounds, and each bring their own unique skills to the table. We dedicate to build a strong foundation of teamwork and are committed to helping each other succeed. We have also been working hard to develop our engineering and programming skills so that we can build amazing robots for the FTC seasons. As an FTC team, we are required to design and build a robot that is capable of autonomously and independently completing various game tasks. The game changes yearly, so our team must be creative in designing a new robot each season. Beyond the building and programming of the robots, we also need to fundraise and manage the team’s finances.
History
Our team emerged from the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) 44690 SF Hackers, which was founded in 2019 by a group of elementary and middle school students who spend hours every week learning, designing, and building robots with LEGOs.
Our FLL team was the champion of Southern California and advanced to the world championships. We scored 640 points in the 2021 – 2022 Cargo Connect season at the world championship competition in Houston, Texas.
Our Mission
Serve as an exceptional ambassador for FIRST® and STEM initiatives, both within the San Gabriel Valley communities of Southern California and beyond.
Our Values
FIRST core values are our values.
Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.
Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!
Our Objectives
Acquire and apply strong STEM skills and engineering principles while realizing the value of innovation and collaborative teamwork.
Show proficiency in Computer Aided Design, robot programming, and handling various tools and materials.
Display remarkable Gracious Professionalism in all interactions.
Take an active role in advancing STEM education and inspiring younger generations to explore and pursue STEM fields.
Contribute to the betterment of our communities through volunteer work and community service.
Members
Fuming Yang
Flintridge Prep School
Outreach Lead
Outreach/Business
“You can’t make god do all our work!”
Timothy Chen
Temple City High School
Strategy Lead
Coach/Code
“2.718281828459045”
Terry Zhang
San Marino High School
Code Lead
CAD/Engineering Notebook
“I have a dream.”
Jerry Wang
San Marino High School
Driver/Web Lead
Building
“As they say, I AM the Drive Team!
Emily Zhang
Arcadia High School
Outreach/Fundraising Lead
Website/Social Media
“Meet me at the APT!”
Michael Mo
San Marino High School
Building/CAD Lead
Notebook/Driver
“We believe in ourselves!”
Jiaming Yang
Flintridge Prep School
Human Player/Safety Master
Building/Engineering Notebook
“…”
Jerry Jin
Huntington Middle School
Team Support
“I like my cheese drippy bruh.”
Young Mentors
Gladys Yu
Westridge School
Coaches and Mentors
Simon Mo, PhD
Coach
Expert in software engineering and mechanical engineering. Coached FLL for three years. Involved in the FIRST programs since 2019.
Jia Yan, PhD
Mentor
Software engineer at CGTech. Expert in software engineering and Computer Aided Design (CAD) / Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM).
John Chu, MSE
Mentor
Manufacturing engineer at Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Expert in building next generation super cool medical robots.
Ryan Hudson and Willie Harris
Mentor
Caltrans builder, planner, and engineer.
Angel Peil
Mentor (Community Advisor)
Lions Club International District 4-L2 Second Vice District Governer 2023-2024. CEO of EPIA Inc.
Niraj Ganesh, MS
Mentor
Robotic engineer at Northrop Grumman
Lan Dang
Mentor
NASA-JPL, works on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 and Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 satellites as the Science Data System Lead.