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About Beaverworx

Founded in 2008, Team 2609 Beaverworx has been continually inspiring the next generation of leaders in STEM. Based out of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School in Guelph and operating as part of Royal City Community Robotics, these very busy beavers compete annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Students work alongside teachers, volunteers, and industry mentors to design, build, and program 120-pound robots capable of performing highly complex tasks, all under a tight timeline, strict constraints, and real-world engineering challenges.

Operating with a drive for success and innovation, Beaverworx guides its students into their future, preparing young minds to work and thrive in an increasingly technological world and global economy.

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Team 2609 Beaverworx at a FIRST Robotics Competition eventTeam 2609 Beaverworx with an award at a district eventTeam 2609 Beaverworx group photo at a FIRST Robotics Competition eventTeam 2609 Beaverworx members at a competition venueTeam 2609 Beaverworx with their robot in the pitsA Team 2609 Beaverworx student celebrating at a competitionTeam 2609 Beaverworx with an early robot

How the team works

  • Hands-onFrom CAD to competition, students carry the robot through design, fabrication, and testing.
  • TeamworkStudents, teachers, volunteers, and industry mentors work side by side all season, coaching and building together.
  • Open to all skillsEngineering, software, fabrication, media, outreach, and project management all have a place.

Why it matters

What we're building toward

Every season starts from the same goals. Win or lose, these are what the team measures itself against.

  • Build a competitive robotDesign, fabricate, and program a robot capable of competing well at Districts, the Ontario Provincial Championship, and beyond.
  • Develop real skillsGive students hands-on experience with the engineering process used in industry: CAD, fabrication, electronics, and software.
  • Compete with purposeSeed strongly in qualifications, play clean matches, and treat every event as a chance to improve, not just to win.
  • Grow the next generation of STEM leadersPrepare students to work and thrive in an increasingly technological world and global economy, on this team and beyond it.

Since 2008, that focus has paid off, including a 2023 FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship on Einstein Field in Houston, Texas. See the full record, season by season, on Robots & Projects.