Who We Are and What We Do

WHO WE ARE

We are the Ammoknights, robotics team #1566, stationed in Idaho Falls, under the direction of the FIRST organization.
We started in 2005 as Idaho’s original high school level robotics team competing in FIRST FRC. (We are the oldest team in the state!)
We have competed in every competition since we started. In 2019 we won our regional competition and were able to attend the World competition.
Every year our goal is to build a competition robot and make it to Worlds again. We also want to spread STEM in the community. (This is a youth-led, mentor supported team. Youth lead and do the work, with guidance from adult volunteers.)
Lots of team members have gone on to pursue engineering degrees in college because of this team.
We are a 501c3 non-profit: The Rockymountain Robotics Coalition.

Each year we build a new robot based on that years’ FIRST FRC challenge.
We learn, and teach others, about programming, design, engineering, business, marketing, graphic design, social media, outreach, and networking.
We give students an opportunity to use STEM principles and problem solving in a real-world setting, teaching them skills that will help them be successful in the future.
We work to promote Women in STEM by hosting Summer OUTREACH camps for community members and girl scouts.
We support STEM in elementary schools by helping with the FIRST Lego League contests in the area and OUTREACH camps for grades 4-8.
We help Community Youth in Action (CYA) by hosting STEM classes for some of the kids in their facility.