20357 Kill-A-Watt — FTC Robotics Team

FIRST Tech Challenge · Team 20357

Formerly Los Toros Locos

Student-built robots. Real meets. Our first year as an independent team.

FIRST Tech Challenge

FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics program for middle and high school students. Every season there is a new game. Teams design, build, and program a robot to compete at meets with other teams.

We document our work, collaborate with other teams, and pick up CAD, Java, and real build skills along the way. That is the program we compete in as team 20357.

Five seasons with the school. First season on our own.

Kill-A-Watt is team 20357's next chapter. Same students, same drive, and now we handle the team ourselves.

01

5 Seasons as Los Toros Locos

We spent five seasons as a school-sponsored team. The first couple years were a grind — we were still learning how to build something that could actually compete. In our final season as Los Toros Locos, everything clicked. We won the Design Award, made the finalist alliance, and advanced at States!

02

The Split

With our new ambitions, our vision started to differ heavily from the school's. Splitting off lets students stay in control and opens the door for new members, mentors, and sponsors who actually fit what we're trying to build.

03

Our Independence

This is our first season as a community team. The freedom is great, but there's no school budget behind us anymore — registration, parts, travel, all of it is on us. That's why we're looking for supporters, whether it's individual donations or sponsors.

Kill-A-Watt team working on robot 20357

Each season the game changes and so does our robot. What stays the same is working as a team, iterating fast, and learning by doing, not just watching.

Active team members are students in grades 9–12 who design, build, program, and compete hands-on every week. No prior experience required. We need programmers, designers, media, and drive team, but most of all we need people who actually want to help the team get better. Commitment matters.

We're local to St. Johns County, based in the World Golf Village area.

Built in the shop. Tested on the field.

Every season follows the same arc — idea to competition field. Students run it start to finish; mentors guide, but we're the ones putting in the work.

Design

Starts in CAD — sketches, subsystem plans, and the engineering calls we make before anything gets cut.

Build

From there we fabricate — 3D prints, CNC parts, hands-on assembly. Prototype, test, fix, repeat.

Code

In parallel we code it — Java, autonomous paths, teleop, and driver controls on the FTC SDK.

Strategize

Before we step on the field, we scout teams, rank partners, and plan how every matchup should go.

Compete

Then we run it — league meets, playoff pressure, and a push toward States and Worlds.

Want to join or help us grow?

Students in grades 9–12 can join as active members. We're based in St. Johns County, in the World Golf Village area.

Application info is used only for team recruitment and is visible to authorized team leads — never posted publicly.

Students

Grades 9–12. Design, build, code, drive, and compete. Commitment matters. We need people who show up and put in the work.

Mentors

Guide and advise the team in advisory roles — not on the build floor. Email us to get involved.

Sponsors

Fund robot parts, registration, and outreach. View sponsorship tiers or email us to get started.