Glastonbury's FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 2170
Galvanized Guardians, at Glastonbury High School (GHS)
Advisors: Lisa Burnham and Roman Mouradov

Instagram: @frc2170  ​
Look up tournaments and teams on the Blue Alliance website:
Click below for official FRC information directly from FIRST:

Adult mentors needed!

1. Robot Programming

The team needs programming mentors that can teach the students Java and help them create Java software needed to control the robot and its various subsystems. The team also would like to use cameras to identify vision targets and adjust drive trajectories.

2. Electronics

Mentors are needed to supervise the students designing and creating the control board for the robot. The students need to make the board for the competition robot and their practice bots. They wire all the batteries, motors, motor controllers, etc. The electronics team is also responsible for the pneumatic boards.

3. Build

Mechanically experienced people that know how to use tools are needed to help students design and build the robot. Based on the challenge created by FIRST, the students need to create prototypes and present them to the team. Each year the team must factor in challenging time constraints.

4. CAD

Mentors familiar with SOLIDWORKS CAD 3D design can help the students prototype the robot and catch any problems that might arise during the build season. This group of students also prints templates for the physical construction of mechanisms to be integrated in the final robot.

5. Marketing

The team needs a current business plan, T-shirts, pit design, and help writing up award applications. Adult support is needed to help the kids raise money (approx $20K annually) for robot parts, competition fees, travel expenses and more. Grant writers are also needed.

Weeks
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6 April 
7 DCMP April 18
Worlds
​April 

Upcoming Outreach Events

FLL Explore Celebration Evening March 17, 2026
Need volunteers at all five schools to review/talk with teams starting at 6:15pm: ​
Elementary School STEAM Nights
Demo KitBot for families at all five schools:
  • Hopewell - February 25
  • Buttonball - March 12
  • Nayaug - March 18
  • Hebron Avenue - March 26
  • Naubuc - April 9

FRC State Championship at GHS

June 19 set up, Run camp on June 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2026
Annual Summer Camp FRC Fundraiser at GHS

2025-2026 School Year

OFFICIAL FRC SEASON KICK-OFF
JANUARY 19, 2027
11:30am in the GHS STEAM lab

Please check the official GHS team website, but meetings will likely be held after school once every couple of weeks until the official season begins. Then we will meet in the STEAM lab on:

 - Tuesdays 5pm - 8pm
 - Fridays 5pm - 8pm
 - Saturdays 9am - 3pm

The team will compete in two regional events. A small group (usually the drive team) loads the equipment and robot in on Friday evening. The whole team attends the competition all day Saturday and all day Sunday, unloading back into the STEAM lab Sunday night after driving back to GHS. These events are open to the public, and parents are encouraged to come and watch:

Uncertain dates for 2027, but in Springfield, MA
Western New England University

Uncertain dates for 2027, in Hartford, CT
Hartford Public High School

Event List: https://www.thebluealliance.com/events/ne
There is a link on that same page to watch livestreams of the events. (https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=funroboticsnetwork)

~Districts will be held at the Big E fairgrounds April 14-17 (yes, during April vacation)
~Worlds will be in Houston, TX April 28 - May 1