Update: In June 2018 FTC Team retired as a competitive team however, we will continue to maintain this website for the next year.  If you have any questions regarding FIRST or it's programs please feel free to contact us.  

Thank you,
FTC team 8496

We are FTC Team 8496, Heat it up and Keep it cool Robotics.  We are a FIRST Tech Challenge team.  However from 2010 to June of 2014 we competed as an FLL team.   We have written down lessons we have learned and information we have gathered during our FLL career.  We hope that you will find this information helpful.  We love to talk about FLL so please feel free to email any questions.  We hope you enjoy this website.   For information on FTC 8496 please click on the link above. 

FTC Team 8496

"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