OWL Robotics seeks to build skills in engineering, programming, and project management in a secure and welcoming environment while promoting our values of teamwork, inclusion, respect, creativity, and safety.
Our team’s goal is to create an educational experience that you cannot find in a standard classroom. We focus on simulating what an engineering field is like and providing an engaging learning opportunity for high school students, all within our school. Our robotics program helps develop leadership and collaboration skills that all students on the team can take with them into their life after high school. The team wants to help promote engineering for all students. We want to teach kids that engineering is more than just complicated math and science, and that it can be a beneficial career option.
OWL Open Circuits Robotics is a student led, gender diverse, and LGBTQ+ inclusive FRC robotics team. We focus on building confidence, team spirit, and useful STEM and business skills to prepare for adulthood.
Our team, founded in 2014, has bounced back from a year of relative inactivity in 2018 to have three successful seasons. During the 2022 season, our team participated in the Minnesota North Star Regional Tournament in April. We also participated in a tournament at Irondale High School. That year, we primarily focused on defense and launching cargo with the help of a human player. In the fall of 2022, Open Circuits participated in an invitational tournament at Roseville Area High School. During that tournament, we took the opportunity to onboard many of our freshman members.
During the 2023 season, our team participated in the Northern Lights Regional Tournament and the Land of 10,000 Lakes Regional Tournament. We improved significantly over the season, learning valuable lessons about collaboration, practice, and planning. Our new members were able to help in many areas and have become valuable members of multiple sub-teams.