Now that we've qualified for the World Championships in Houston, Texas 1,669 miles away from home we need help getting Sourdough (and Chu Pika) there. Help us achieve our goal by donating to our GoFundMe. By donating you are changing a story, and in turn the future. #linkin…

Today concludes our 2022 season. We would like to take the time to thank all of our supporters including our mentors, friends, family, school, and sponsors for their support on this journey. Although the season did not end the way we desired, the lessons learned from our e…

The post robot season hangover is very real.

RoboTigers1796 Valkyrie has made it home safely to Clifton Park with a new friend!

As the 2023 season approaches we are officially saying goodbye to our beloved 2022 robot, Sourdough. We are proud of Sourdough and the journey it took us on. We’ve attended two Regionals, World Championships, and three offseason events with Sourdough. We had a year of rebuil…

Happy Holidays from Team 1796! We are so excited to start the new year and new season with our team and can't wait to see what the future holds. We are determined to give it our all and are #chargedup and ready to take on any challenges that come our way. Thank you for being…

It’s been a while since we’ve done an intro post and we have some new followers. Hello! We are the RoboTigers Team 1796. We are a FIRST Robotics Competition team based out of Queens Technical High School in Long Island City, New York. Over the next few weeks, we will be sha…

In 2018 our team launched #ChangeTheStory. This initiative embodies recognizing, highlighting, and sharing the stories of the vastly diverse individuals in the STEM community. As a team, we were inspired to start Change The Story after experiencing firsthand the transformat…

As a rookie into a young team from 06-08, our team struggled to succeed in FRC. We would walk around picking up pieces of our robot and bumpers off of the field after each match. Our members at the time felt discouraged from STEM because of this. They thought- why would it b…

We strive to increase accessibility and inclusivity within STEM. We are working towards this goal by building our network of RoboTiger alumni through our Alumni Association program. Building an established network allows more individuals in our community to access opportunit…

95% of RoboTigers live in minority-populated areas, 53% of the team lives in single-parent households,, and 90% of our parents didn’t know what STEM was prior to us joining. If FIRST robotics was not offered at our school we would not be involved in STEM today. We have expe…

82% of RoboTigers are at an economic disadvantage. In our community, the poverty cycle limits access to both education and opportunities. We’ve been fortunate enough to have found STEM through FIRST. Since joining STEM our access to education and opportunities has increased,…

Our mission to change the culture of STEM to be more accessible and inclusive is driven by our personal experiences of FIRST's impact on our lives. We want to share the experience with as many people as possible. Seeing the joy and excitement on the faces of those we have re…

We are the RoboTigers and we ROAR. Representation, Opportunity, Advocate and Reach (ROAR) are our team’s four core pillars. These pillars define who we are, what we do, and why we do it. We REPRESENT by participating in FIRST embodying our philosophy of, if we can do it yo…

Happy FIRST Robotics Competition Day New York! Thanks to Senator Pete Harckham , Paul D. Tonko and John C. Liu for supporting our teams at FIRST Tech Valley #omgrobots

Robotics competition underway at MVP Arena dlvr.it/SlplCx

Help us get to champs! Bit.ly/1796champs23

We would like to recognize Henry Quinones and Sashata Rudra, our Dean’s List Semi-Finalsts, for their contributions to our team. Sashata's leadership as the head of the Brand Management subgroup has been instrumental in increasing our team's reach by 40%. She has also demon…

LIC Robotics Team needs funding for Champs! gofund.me/aa7085cf

youtu.be/2FiBRH92mTk Another amazing year for RoboTigers1796 . 2 regional wins, a FIRST Impact award and a WFFA for 4 Blue Banners! We really like their indexing and transfer system, slick arm and claw and also some of their customized vision systems.