About Us // Team 16481

The team behindthe machine.

RoboRacers 16481 is a community FTC team based in Dublin, California. Since our inception in 2019, we've grown into a team of 16 passionate high school students backed by two industry-experienced coaches and a network of mentors who help us build, code, and compete at our best.

STUDENTS

COACHES

YEAR FOUNDED

2019

LOCATION

Dublin, CA

Our Mission

Three goals.One direction.

We are driven by three overarching goals that guide everything we build, code, and teach. Scroll to take the whole lap.

Breaking barriers

Making STEM education and opportunities accessible to every student, regardless of background or experience.

Spreading technical knowledge

Building a stronger STEM community by mentoring younger students and sharing what we learn.

Pushing the envelope

Innovating across mechanical and software design — testing limits, learning fast, building faster.

Breaking barriers

Making STEM education and opportunities accessible to every student, regardless of background or experience.

Spreading technical knowledge

Building a stronger STEM community by mentoring younger students and sharing what we learn.

Pushing the envelope

Innovating across mechanical and software design — testing limits, learning fast, building faster.

Mechanical // 6 Builders

The build crew.

The hands turning raw aluminum and 3D prints into a robot that moves.

Mechanical // 6 Builders · 6

#01

Kamal

Mechanical

#02

Anay

Mechanical

#03

Surya

Mechanical

#04

Siva

Mechanical

#05

Sashank

Mechanical

#06

Aryan

Mechanical

Software // 8 Coders

The code crew.

The minds writing the autonomous routines and driver control in Java.

Software // 8 Coders · 8

#01

Zain

Software

#02

Mithilessh

Software

#03

Shreesh

Software

#04

Ishaan

Software

#05

Vivaan

Software

#06

Arhan

Software

#07

Soorya

Software

#08

Prasham

Software

Mentorship // 2 Mentors

Guided by experience.

Industry mentors who help us push past what we thought we could build.

Mentorship // 2 Mentors · 2

#01

Arya

#02

Vikram

Coaching Staff // 2 Coaches

Behind the wheel.

The coaches steering strategy, mentorship, and everything in between.

Coaching Staff // 2 Coaches · 2

#01

Coach Ramana

#02

Coach Sundar

Our Story

From garage to grid.

What started in 2019 as a small group of students who loved building robots has grown into one of the Bay Area's most committed community FTC teams. Six seasons later, we're still chasing the same thing: building robots that work, and people who'll engineer the future.

Every season, our team takes on a new challenge from FIRST, designs and builds a robot from scratch, codes its autonomous behaviors in Java, and competes against teams across California and beyond. Win or lose, every match is a chance to learn something new.

We're proudly backed by 17 industry sponsors and run through the RISE Foundation — every dollar goes back into the team, the robot, and the next generation of engineers.