We're located at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, or SOCES [SO⋅SIS] for short. SOCES is a Title I magnet school in the center of the San Fernando Valley. Since we're a magnet school, our members live anywhere from South Central LA to Thousand Oaks.

Go ahead and take a scroll through all of the robots we've built in the past (that we have pictures of). If you want to learn about what awards some of these robots have won, give our Awards page a visit.

First Tech Challenge is a school year long competition, during which teams comprised of under 16 students are tasked with a building a robot that can effectively compete in that season's "game." Students will then compete in live matches against other teams to determine placements and advancements. Students in grades 7-12 are allowed to compete. More information can be found here.

Currently, we compete under FTC teams #20625 and #20626.

First Lego League is a school year long competition, during which teams comprised of under 16 students are tasked with a building a robot out of LEGO parts that can effectively complete that season's "tasks". Students will then compete in live matches against other teams to determine placements and advancements. Students in grades 4-8 are allowed to compete. More information can be found here.

Currently, we compete in unofficial teams amongst ourselves, however we plan to create official teams for the 2026-2027 season.