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Save the date to help us send our sister team, the Royal Robots, to the Michiana Premier Event in Indiana!

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HUGE THANKS to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dubuque for having us this week to share our love of robotics and FTC. We loved the thoughtful questions everyone had and were impressed with the creations they made during our STEM activity. Definitely saw lots of engineers in the making!

Help send our sister team, the Royal Robots, to the Michiana Premier Event they qualified for in Indiana! Save the date and remember to eat out at Jersey Mike's in Asbury on April 21st!

Thank you Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools for your support! We were excited to attend the fundraiser to showcase what you help make possible!

Annual event serves as fundraiser, celebration of Dubuque public schools Hazel Foust, 8, and Mila Brown, 10, recently planted a garden at their school.

THANK YOU to the Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools for inviting us to attend their Enhancing Excellence Fundraising Event tonight!

We had a blast meeting new people and sharing our FIRST journey. We love when we get to connect with our community.

Thank you to everyone that donated to support us and all the wonderful groups that receive funding from the Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools. You make what we do possible!

Robo Raptors and Royal Robots—Season Send"t" Off!

Our competition season has come to an end—and what a season it was! We made it to state, with our sister team! We built two competitive robots this season, learning a lot along the way. We made new friends, took chances, failed, succeeded, planned events, coded, built, fundraised, picked up new skills, challenged ourselves and each other. We had an amazing group of supporters and teammates.

FTC Iowa State Championship Recap:

Robo Raptors finished our season in 18th place in the Gold Division matches out of 36 teams.

Royal Robots finished their matches in 4th place in the Black Division out of 36 teams. This earned them the 4th place Alliance Captain position for the double elimination tournament! They moved up to the 3rd place Alliance Captain after initial alliances were picked. Royal wrapped up their season after participating in the double elimination tournament.

Beyond the field, both teams had fun showcasing their season during their judges interviews and in their team pits.

To top it off, our amazing Coach Sendt received the Compass Award for being her awesome self and helping us grow!

The Robo Raptors and Royal Robots want to thank all of our supporters—our coaches, mentors, families, sponsors, community partners, community members and each other! We learned so much and grew a ton. It was an amazing season!
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Congratulations to Coach Sendt on receiving the 2026 FTC Iowa Championship Compass Award!

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We couldn't ask for a better coach! Thank you for your time, believing in us, guidance and so much more. You have made a lasting mark on each of us that we will carry forever! - Robo & Royal

FIRST Tech Challenge - Iowa
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2026 FTC Iowa Compass Award Winner: Coach Sendt Congratulations Coach Sendt on winning the Compass Award at the FTC Iowa Championship!The Compass Award recognizes an adult coach or mentor who provides outs...

It’s here! The FTC State Competition kicks off today! Wish us luck!

As we count down to state we’re looking back at our meets from this season to appreciate the experiences and all we have learned!

MEET REFLECTION: Bettendorf League Meet 1/31/2026
We did much better at pre-planning with our alliances and broke out of our shells more with talking to other teams. We still had some connection issues on our robot with caused unfortunate penalties due to being in the wrong place during the disconnect. We were communicating better during matches but needed to be a little bit louder for everyone to hear. Going forward, we worked on wire management to improve our disconnect issues and we knew we needed to turn up our voices.

Remember to stop by Pizza Ranch for dinner tonight to support our teams! Please share our event with family and friends!

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