Chapter 02 · Origin story

Our history

We've been doing this since 5th grade. The team has gone through a few identities along the way — each one taught us something we needed for the next.

2023
FLL · Masterpiece

The Megabirds 🏆 Breakthrough Award

The Megabirds with mentors at their first FLL competition
// 2023 · the original lineup, with mentors

Our first season. Our school's mascot was a bird, so naturally our Lego mascot was a chicken. We learned what an Innovation Project was. We learned that robotics is mostly debugging. And — to our genuine surprise as rookies — we won the Breakthrough Award for creativity on our Innovation Project and our custom robot architecture.

Mascot · Lego chicken Status · Rookie award winners
2024
FLL · Submerged

The Awesome Inventors

Year two. We started taking the engineering portfolio seriously, prototyped harder, and shipped a custom Innovation Project we were genuinely proud of.

Focus · Engineering portfolio Status · Sharpening
2025
FLL · Unearthed

The Conducktors

The Conducktors at FLL Unearthed competition
// 2025 · the Conducktors at FLL Unearthed

We wanted a name that was fun (ducks!) and related to robotics (conductors!) — and we crammed them together. Our final FLL season was also our first real outreach push: we helped launch Team 73319 · Time Twisters, and they made regionals their rookie year. By the end of the season we had a tighter Innovation Project, a leveled-up robot architecture, and a clear path into FTC.

Mentored · Team 73319 Status · Ready for FTC
2026
FTC · Rookie season

The Superconducktors

Our rookie FTC season. After three years of Lego, we're stepping up to metal, motors, and high-powered electronics — and pushing ourselves to learn more, build harder, and tackle problems we couldn't have touched a year ago. "Super" is the leap into FTC and a nod to superconductors, which carry current with zero friction; "conducktor" is everything we kept from FLL. And this year we're widening the circle: mentoring younger teams and helping more kids find their way into FIRST and STEM.

Mascot · Bartholomew II Status · ▶ Building