Boost Robotics

Our History

We were deeply involved in community outreach for robotics between 2017-2019. However, in 2020, the pandemic shut down all of our in-person programs. During shelter-in-place, we came across a few teams that were struggling to get their first robot for the season going, which was compounded by lack of assistance due to the pandemic. A few teachers across the Bay Area subsequently reached out to us to look for guidance for their students on how to build a competition robot that would be successful in that year's season. This led to the founding of Boost Robotics, where we design a robot specially tailored to each VEX Robotics competition season, and create curriculum designed to teach and guide new robotics students through the building and programming of the robot. Throughout the past four years, we have increased in scale and size, going from less than 50 students in our first season to hundreds in the most recent seasons. Starting in the 2023-24 season, we now release all our curriculum publicly on this website.

Our Model

For the 2024-25 season "High Stakes", we are offering both virtual and in-person classes. The in-person classes will be hosted at the India Community Center. The virtual classes will follow the same model as previous seasons, where students form teams and buy their own parts. Both virtual and in-person classes will be weekly, where we go over specially tailored curriculum. This will include thorough presentations, pictures, and videos to assist with the building and programming of a specially designed High Stakes robot. During the week following that meeting, the students will work to complete building that part of the robot, and be ready to receive the next week's material. Each meeting will begin with a Q&A, followed by a status update by the students on their progress thus far. Once a basic functional competition robot has been built, advanced sessions will be offered to guide students on possibilities to improve the capabilities of the robot through the use of sensors and other additional more advanced techniques. The initial build is to enable teams to venture into competitions, but our ultimate goal is to ignite the passion for robotics so that they use the tools they have acquired to build and expand on their own.