Chantilly, VA, February 11th, 2026.  Chantilly Robotics is building the field elements for this year's game. Field elements are parts or obstacles unique to this year's game. Making these field elements allows the team to test their robot on these newly made parts and optimize the robot accordingly. One element that the team made this year was the hub, which is where the robot shoots balls, called fuel, to score. Another element the team made was the tower, which is where the

CHANTILLY, VA – DECEMBER 8th, 2025 –  With build season fast approaching, Chantilly Robotics jump-started preparations with an energizing preseason project focused on building and understanding shooter mechanisms. The team spent the entire preseason developing a shooter prototype that intakes a ball and launches it into a target area, giving members valuable hands-on experience before the season begins. They began with digital designs in Onshape, creating custom parts such as

CHANTILLY, VA – DECEMBER 8th, 2025 – Build season is rapidly approaching and Chantilly Robotics is taking apart Pearl, last year's robot, repurposing the parts and components for this year's robot. Chantilly Robotics split the take down time into 2 parts: electrical followed by mechanical. Electrical went first, and they started with the sparks on the outside and then moved their way to the middle of the robot taking apart all of the electrical components. Ashvika said that “

Chantilly, VA, November 19th, 2025.  Chantilly Robotics creates a new YouTube channel designed to teach new programming subteam members essential coding skills. The channel provides clear, structured tutorials that help new students understand important concepts and become confident contributors to the robot development process. The channel is a useful learning tool for new and learning members on the programming subteam. Students' engagement and understanding increases as t

CHANTILLY, VA, NOVEMBER 6th, 2025. Chantilly Robotics Team 612 brought energy and teamwork to the Battle of Baltimore, kicking off the season with enthusiasm and collaboration. The Battle took place on October 18th, and many members, both new and returning, experienced an off-season competition. Rhea, a new member of the team, described the experience as “fun,” especially getting to explore “the pits” and ask “questions about other teams’ robots.” She added that the “fun che