FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION

“To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.” 

Dean Kamen, Founder

“Under strict rules, limited time and resources, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. It’s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team. Each season ends with an exciting FIRST Championship.”. FIRST Robotics Competition is considered to be the “Ultimate Sport of the Mind”, and the “hardest fun you’ll ever have”. The Walpole High School Robotics Team has competed as Team FRC 1153 since 2003, with our rookie game being “Stack Attack”. The most recent game we competed in was the 2025 game “Reefscape”.

For the 2026 Season REBUILT by Haas, the Walpole Robotics Foundation will funds two teams- FRC 1153 Timberwolves founded in 2002 and in 2023 founded a second FRC team, 1119 the “Pup Cups”. This allows our students double the chances to interact with the robot, influence it in their image, and be on the drive team.

FRC 1153 has ~20 mentors all with different skills, whether it be programming, design, working with tools, fundraising, etc. We also have between 35 and 55 students every year who all come together to build award winning robots.

Our team is funded by plenty of amazing sponsors that help keep this program running! We are extremely appreciative of their support, and thank them for helping us spread STEM education throughout our community and beyond.

See Events Page for a list of upcoming competitions

Here is a list of the 2022-2023 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Season Events that FRC 1153 will be attending, or could attend. You can also find the relevant links to watch the event live, as well at the dates.