We are Team 5064, a FIRST Robotics Competition team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Our goal is to actively and continuously strive to improve ourselves and others by practising and promoting the Core Values of FIRST both in and out of competition…, oh, and we build awesome robots too. Our team’s motto is Go FAST., where FAST stands for

• Fast: as in the physical quantity velocity having both a speed and direction
• Agile: as in quickly, smartly and resourcefully responding to change
• Strong: as in having great physical and mental strength and resilience
• Trained: as in mastering the necessary skills to excel and reach our goals

By going FAST we continuously challenging ourselves, our team and our robot with the goal of reaching our full potential. We do not settle for easy solutions, we strive for FAST solutions.

We are recruiting team members, students and mentors, right now. If you are interested in sponsoring us, see Sponsor page.

Programs

We run two different programs for students interested in high-level robotics in Edmonton, our coursework and our team.

Coursework

If you are interested in starting your own robotics team or joining an existing one other than us, come take the electronics and programming section of our program. This will give you a great start in advanced concepts vital for being able to compete, taught by Edmonton’s top FRC team members and mentors. Learn to program in C and work with electronics on the Arduino platform, which will give you the confidence to build bigger! Course work is done Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm from September 8th to December 10th, 2015.

Join Team 5064

Students from any school in the Edmonton area from Grade 8 to 12 wanting to join the team will meet from September to June. Regular meetings are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm, beginning September 8th, 2015 through to June 2, 2016. The FRC build season is six weeks from the beginning of January to mid-February. During this time, the team meets 6 days per week, generally for 3 hours per night. Students who are technically inclined will do the Coursework September to December. Students who are not part of the technical crew will spend the first months doing advertising, fundraising and outreach activities.

The team