RoboKnights8569

FTC Team 8569 · NCSSM

Engineering, weaponized.

Build theimpossible.

We don't enter the arena to participate.

Explore the machine

The RoboKnights Worlds competition robot

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00 / Mission

Precision is not a detail.
It is the whole machine.

Durham, North Carolina

Student engineered

Competition proven

01 / In the field

The season, as it happened.

The Worlds robot, fully assembled

Elite Ball Knowledge on the competition field

Demonstrating the robot to students in Hunt Lobby

Intake loading an artifact

Working through a design on the whiteboard

Mentoring Trial N' Error, FTC 16328

The robot collecting an artifact

The team at the Museum of Life & Science

A build session in the lab

The robot scoring an artifact

The robot under the ROBOTS sign at the museum

Mentoring Metallic@, FTC 23303

Practice on our lab field

The 8569 robot up close

02 / Systems

Three disciplines.
One machine.

01

Programming

Code that thinksbefore we do.

Computer vision, motion planning, and control systems engineered for decisive performance.

02

Mechanical

Built for thepoint of impact.

Every gram, gear, and geometry choice is designed to survive the match—and dominate it.

03

Outreach

Impact beyondthe arena.

We build access, curiosity, and the next generation of people who refuse to think small.

03 / Impact

60K+

Social media impacts

2.5K+

Face-to-face connections

13

Teams reached

4

Teams mentored

50+

Hours of training

10

Members recruited

05 / Contact

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something impossible?

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