FIRST TECH CHALLENGE

Team 10180: Hemlock's BrainSTEM

Team 10180 BrainSTEM is Hemlock Middle School's FIRST® Tech Challenge robotics team.

FIRST® Tech Challenge is a student-centered program that focuses on giving students a unique and stimulating experience. Each year, our middle school team engages in a new game where they design, build, test, and program autonomous and driver-operated robots that must perform a series of tasks.

Interested in joining?

While team size is limited, please contact the lead mentor with questions about joining BrainSTEM.

Lead mentor
Phil Coulson
philipcoulson042@gmail.com

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Check out the 2025 season!

For the 2025 season, FIRST® Tech Challenge teams will investigate the power of the world’s artifacts and unlock mysteries in a new challenge, DECODE™ presented by RTX.

Every artifact we uncover holds a story. Each tool, each innovation, each work of art connects us to the people and ideas that came before us. Using STEM skills and teamwork, today we can dig deeper into discoveries than ever before.

This year's competitions

Flint FTC Qualifier
November 14–15, 2025
Ranked 13th, Picked by Alliance 4, Placed 3rd
Think Award 2nd Place
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Midland FTC Qualifier
November 22–23, 2025
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