Team Updates
Applications for the 2026-2027 season are out! Check out the link below to access them. For any questions, contact summum6133@gmail.com. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vujQUehfWXMt4YGuS8PCjFSbrU7qwhQW/view
March 18, 2026
Team 6133 "The NUTS!" works with the non-profit organization See3D to recycle used plastic into new rolls of 3d printer filament. Our team collects old used, or broken parts at competitions, local makerspaces, and our school library, and we give them to See3D. We do this to help keep plastics out of landfills and work to make FIRST™ a more sustainable robotics organization. We have collected filament at the Central Ohio Newark Qualifier and the Ohio State Championship so far. If you are interested in donating your own old filament, contact us at summum6133@gmail.com and if you are interested in See3D and their program, check it out at See3d.org.
March 18, 2026
We're proud to be featured in The Chatterbox! Their recent article on Team 6133, The "NUTS!," shares our journey to the FIRST™ World Championship, from competing at the Troy regional to earning a spot at Worlds in Houston. Read it here
March 17, 2026
What an incredible weekend at the State Tournament finishing as part of the 4th place alliance with Captain Tech Titans, and earning 2nd place Inspire Award and advancement to the World Championship! Congratulations to every team that competed and thank you to the gracious hosts of this event.Thank you to the hosts of this event and to our sponsors, without whom none of this would be possible.
March 14, 2026
March 02, 2026
Check out our newest video on how to pocket in Onshape!
March 02, 2026
Our team had a blast getting to demonstrate our robot for the students at Hyde Park school's STEAM night. It was a super fun event where these students got to learn about the types of science and robotics programs ahead of them in high school. They also had the opportunity to drive the robot and try to score some hoops with it. We really appreciate the opportunity to attend this event and inspire these students to pursue robotics and STEAM in the future!
March 01, 2026
We would like to thank Ms. Merrill, the co-founder of Vecteris Consulting for educating us on strategic methods for organizing a team's goals, priorities, and execution plan.
She helped us implement a structured system focused on outreach, team accountability, budgeting, fundraising, and long-term planning.
Using a clear quarterly and semester rocks model, we were able to define roles, set measurable targets, and build sustainable plans that will guide our team moving forward.
What stood out most was how intentional and disciplined her approach is. She uses this same strategic structure in her own business, and seeing how it translates from the professional world to our student team was incredibly valuable.
We're grateful for the time she invested in us and for the insight she shared. The clarity and direction she gave our team will have a lasting impact on how we operate and grow.
February 21, 2026
Thank you to Dr. Roy for taking the time to meet with our team and share his expertise in computer vision. His experience and willingness to support our work will be a valuable resource as we continue developing our vision systems.
January 31, 2026
Check out team member Trisha Roy talking about our recent win on the Walnut Hills High School weekly news show, the Walnut Weekly!
January 22, 2026
This weekend we competed at the Lebanon Ohio qualifier winning 1st Place Alliance Captain and the 2nd Place Inspire Award. Thank you to the hosts of this event for an incredible qualifier!
January 18, 2026
We're looking forward to competing this weekend at the Lebanon, Ohio Qualifier, see you there!!
January 13, 2026
January 11 2026
Thanks to team 16657, Ohio State Newark, and Central Ohio Technical College for hosting this qualifier. We are proud to announce that we are the first-place Inspire Award Winner and part of the Winning Alliance with team 10084 Calamari.
The NUTS! are hard at work preparing for the Central Ohio FTC Qualifier, their first qualifier of the season!
January 03 2026
Thank You to our Generous Sponsor, Barnum, for an Incredible Tour!
"I hadn't realized companies like this existed!" On November 24th, members of The NUTS! Had the incredible opportunity to visit H.H. Barnum Company, one of our gracious sponsors. Team member Bryan Zhang states, "The Barnum tour fascinated me with their amazing technology and systems and very detailed replies to questions in which we got a hands-on look at the electronic systems Barnum specializes in, and how these systems can make a factory's workflow safer and more efficient ." Beyond learning about this new side of manufacturing and large-scale industry, we also explored how they essentially serve the role of a carpenter: if a client knows the shape of the chair they want, Barnum chooses the wood, the fasteners, the structure, and the assembly.
Additionally, Zhang stated how "The tour taught me the extreme, growing importance of control engineering as technology begins to expand in complexity and automation control becomes an important factor in almost all systems around the world. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to learn more about control systems and the branch of control engineering, which has brought out my curiosity towards the management of large systems in complex environments." Overall, it was an amazing and eye-opening experience. It was refreshing to see a career path not harmed by AI, and one that more students and future employees should really be aware of. We'd like to thank Barnum for this incredible learning experience.
November 24, 2025
Outreach with local FLL team
As a part of our continued outreach efforts, one of our team members recently attended a practice
for a local FLL team. This team is from Spencer Center, the same elementary school three of our
members attended. This team member said, "it was an amazing experience and I loved being
able to share some of my knowledge with other FIRST™students!" During the practice, they
helped the team refine their innovation project and discussed comparisons between FLL and
FTC. They and a second member plan to attend another of the FLL team's practices in a few
weeks.
November 04, 2025
The NUTS! at Paul George STEM Center for the "STEM is for everyone day"
October 04, 2025
FTC Guide for Parents and New Students
The NUTS! 25-26 Application Now OPEN!
The NUTS! Team Application for the 2025–2026 FTC season is now OPEN!
March 19, 2025
Recruiting: The NUTS! Open House
The NUTS! are hosting an Open House from 6–7pm on Tuesday, March 18th in the WHHS cafeteria.
Please attend if you want to learn more about and/or are interested in joining the team for the 2025-2026 FIRST™ Tech Challenge season!
March 18, 2025
The NUTS! Finish Third At Ohio Championship
Qualification Matches - 4th Overall (5W-0L)
Qualification 1: Win (87 - 68)
Qualification 2: Win (263 - 131)
Qualification 3: Win (242 - 70)
Qualification 4: Win (307 - 133)
Qualification 5: Win (231 - 188)
Playoff Matches - 3rd Place Alliance (2W-2L)
Alliance Partner: Team 12099 - Stars of the Galaxy
Playoff 3: Win (288 - 267)
Playoff 4: Loss (316 - 368)
Results
Inspire Award: 2nd Place
Premier Event: Invited
Useful Links
Robotics Without Borders: Expanding FIRST™ to Ethiopia!
Class of '25 team member, Robel Yoseph, has spearheaded the initiative to start the first FLL team in Ethiopia! Robel is of Ethiopian descent and has heard firsthand about the lack of opportunities for students in STEM and wants to help change that. He hopes that "By starting this team in Ethiopia it will inspire the next generation of engineers to take part in hands-on STEM experiences." He began by mass-emailing various schools in Ethiopia in hopes of getting in contact with one of them, which he eventually did. Although the school that contacted him initially agreed to start the team, he received no future responses to any follow-up communication.
He then contacted his dad's friend, who went to high school in Ethiopia, to see if he could contact the headmaster of St. Joseph School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Through the help of the alumni group chat, he eventually made contact with Mr. Leul Belay, the IT Director at St. Joseph. The school agreed to create a team and The Walnut Hills FTC team, The NUTS! helped the St. Joseph team with the selection and registration process, as well as purchasing a Spike Prime™ kit to get their season started. Robel also hopes that "other schools will follow this path and contribute to the growing economic boom in Ethiopia by creating opportunities for these future engineers."
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March 01, 2025