[ C1 / WHO WE ARE ]
Twelve students. One rookie season. One machine.
We're Apex Robotics — FIRST® Tech Challenge Team 36674 from Tracy, California, competing in BIOBUZZ™ presented by RTX.
- Students
- 12
- Rookie year
- 2026
- Founder
- Anish P.
Apex Robotics
FIRST® Tech Challenge Team 36674 Tracy, CA BIOBUZZ™ 2026–27
[ C2 / APEX-R1 ]
A turret shooter that aims while it drives.
APEX-R1 starts inside an 18-inch cube, drives on mecanum wheels and launches from a turret that keeps its aim while the chassis moves.
- Start cube
- 18 in
- Turret
- ±170°
- Flywheel
- 4 in
- Fixed hood
- 40°
Source · Competition Manual TU04 · R102 · RobotConstants.java
[ C3 / DRIVE + ODOMETRY ]
It knows where it is.
Mecanum wheels strafe and turn at once. A goBILDA Pinpoint fuses two dead-wheel pods with an IMU at 1500 Hz, so the robot always knows its position and velocity — even when the HIVE moves.
[ C4 / INTAKE + SORTER ]
It knows what it's holding.
Rollers pull balls into the hopper, where a REV Color Sensor V3 tells POLLEN from NECTAR, sets the flywheel RPM for that ball and ejects the opponent's NECTAR — rule G408, a rule-compliance feature, not just an efficiency one.
[ C5 / TURRET + SOLVER ]
It finds the APEX.
Odometry says where we are. Vision says where the HIVE is. The solver closes the loop: flight time falls out of the fixed 40° hood, the turret leads the moving shot, and the flywheel spins to the exact RPM.
solve() · Ballistics.javaAcquiring
Move over the field to aim · click or press F to fireTap the field beside the robot to aim and fire
[ C6 / THE SEASON ]
Built for consistency.
A HIVE TIP is worth ten CELL points — so we built for consistency: no shot fires until four gates agree.
- POLLEN
- 2.8 in × 40
- NECTAR red / blue
- 3.6 in
- HIVE TIP
- 20 pts
Source · Competition Manual TU04 · 9.8 · Table 10-2
[ T / THE TEAM ]
The people behind APEX-R1.
Twelve students across CAD, code, build and outreach — founded by Anish Pattanaik in 2026.
- Students
- 12
- Lead
- 1
- CAD
- 7
- Code
- 6
- Build
- 8
- Socials
- 1
Anish PattanaikFounder & Team Captain
Abhinav AyyauCAD · Build
Shubham PriyadarshiCAD · Code · Build · Socials
Siddhant VengantiCAD · Build
Agamveer SinghCode- Sehej AhujaCode · Build
- Sarvin VarshneyCAD · Build
- Aarav MuttanapalliCAD · Code · Build
- Srihari VishnuCAD · Build
- Akash LogeshCAD · Build
- Vedanth VengantiCode
- Abhinav NirmalCode
Meet the team
5 of 12 portraits published · 7 pending
[ I / INDEX ]
07 SHEETS
The drawing set.
Every page of this site is a sheet. Pick one.
- DWG-001Meet the TeamTwelve students across CAD, code, build and outreach.
- DWG-002OutreachWorkshops, demos and mentorship — the log of where we've been.
- DWG-003Meet the RobotAPEX-R1, a turret shooter that aims while it drives.
- DWG-004CADThe drawing set: assemblies, design decisions and the maths behind them.
- DWG-005CodeJava on the FTC SDK. One loop, six steps, four gates.
- DWG-006SponsorsBecome a Founding Partner of a rookie team.
- DWG-007LinksThe manuals, docs and tools we actually use.
- LAB-001Robot LabAPEX-R1 on the bench: orbit the model, explode it, change the look.
[ S / SPONSORS ]
Become aFounding Partner.
As a rookie team in our inaugural season, Team 36674 is building more than just a robot — we are building a foundation for STEM excellence in our community.
Typical rookie startup budget · $3,800–$5,500Source · Team 36674 sponsorship proposal