Team Updates
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
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
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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