About Us
Bennington Area Robotics is a community-based youth robotics group, drawing middle and high-school aged students from Bennington and surrounding towns, including North Bennington, Shaftsbury, Hoosick Falls and Cambridge.
We participate in FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), an annual robotics competition where four robots race to collect and score game pieces on a 12’x12’ playing field.
Team members design, build, and program their own robots to perform tasks and score points. Along the way, students develop skills in mechanical engineering, programming, planning, design, presentation, collaboration, and gracious professionalism (competing hard while helping other teams succeed).
Students work directly with technical mentors from the local community, including mechanical engineers, automation engineers, and software developers.
Bennington Cookie Clickers in playoff match 4 of the VT State Championship in Feb 2025.
Teams
- FTC 18650: Cookie Clickers – formed in 2019, winning alliance at the Vermont Championship in 2025
- FTC 32473: Bennington Bolts and Biscuits – formed in 2025
Meeting Schedule
- Sundays 3:00 – 5:00 PM
- Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Beech Street School, 246 South Stream Road, Bennington VT 05201
Upcoming Events
- Sat 1/31/2026 – Bennington Qualifier at MAUMS
- Sat 3/7/2026 – Vermont Championship at South Burlington HS
Links
- Bennington Area Makers, our host organization.
- FTC Decode, our competition for 2025-2026.
- FIRST Tech Challenge, the robotics league we compete in.