STEM Cells
Our students compete in FIRST Tech Challenge as STEM Cells, team 18306. Every season they design, build and code a new robot, then bring what they learn to every Kinetix workshop.
Our DECODE robot
Built for DECODE, the 2025–26 FIRST Tech Challenge game, and taken to the Australian Championship. Tap the numbers to see what each part does.
- DrivetrainMecanum wheels
- VisionLimelight camera
- ElectronicsREV hubs, custom wiring
- DesignModelled in CAD by the team
- Team number18306
Season by season
Judged awards from official FIRST Tech Challenge events, newest first.
- 2025–26DECODE
- 1stInspire Award Sydney South Qualifier, November 2025
- 2ndInspire Award Sydney North Qualifier, November 2025
- 1stThink Award Australian Championship, Macquarie University, December 2025
- 2024–25Into the Deep
- 2ndInspire Award FIRST European Premier Event, Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 2025
- 1stInspire Award Sydney Qualifier, November 2024
- 1stThink Award Australian Championship
- 2022–23Power Play
- 2ndInspire Award Sydney Qualifier
- 1stConnect Award Sydney Qualifier
- 2ndControl Award Australian Championship
- 3rdJudges' Choice Award Australian Championship
- 2021–22Freight Frenzy
- 1stMotivate Award Australian Championship
- 2020–21Ultimate Goal
- 1stConnect Award NSW Qualifying Tournament, November 2020
- 3rdMotivate Award Australian Championship (remote), December 2020
Results from the FIRST Tech Challenge event system. See the full record on FTC Scout.
What is FIRST Tech Challenge?
FIRST Tech Challenge is an international robotics competition for students aged 12 to 18. Each September a new game is announced, and teams have a few months to design, build and program a robot to play it.
Robots are only part of it. Judges also look at each team's engineering process, its outreach and how it shares what it knows. The Inspire Award, the competition's top honour, goes to the team that does all of that best.