501(c)(3) Nonprofit · Anthem, Arizona
Anthem Robotics is a community nonprofit that fields FIRST® robotics teams for students of every age — from LEGO® League beginners to our FIRST® Tech Challenge competitors, The Nerds Gummy Cluster.
Our Teams Today
Students start young in LEGO® League and grow into our flagship Tech Challenge team — learning engineering, coding, and teamwork at every step.
Our flagship competitive team designs, builds, and programs a robot for the annual FIRST Tech Challenge. With a sweet candy-inspired identity and a serious engineering streak, the Nerds compete in the Decode season while mentoring our younger roboticists.
Where it all begins. Our youngest roboticists build and program LEGO robots, research real-world problems, and live out FIRST’s Core Values. Each season the team reinvents itself with a brand-new name and identity — most recently competing at the Glendale Qualifier in the Unearthed season.
About Anthem Robotics
Anthem Robotics is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2018 in Anthem, Arizona. Our mission is to use the opportunities provided by FIRST to create a space where students expand their knowledge of STEM, develop well-roundedness through skills like design, public speaking, and writing, and grow in a safe, fun, team environment where everyone feels welcome.
We use robotics as the “lightning rod of interest” — and we embrace FIRST’s values of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® in everything we do.
Elementary & middle schoolers discover STEM through hands-on builds.
Students join the Nerds Gummy Cluster to build real robots and write real code.
Our FRC heritage paved the way — and remains part of our story.
Our Story
Since 2018, Anthem Robotics has fielded teams across all three FIRST programs. Here’s how we got here.
Our founding high-school team launched in Anthem and earned 501(c)(3) status, setting the stage for everything that followed.
Our LEGO League team has competed nearly every season under a new name — from the Nuggets to the Shakespearean Pirates — introducing dozens of young students to STEM.
Our rookie FRC season as the RoBeagles was a standout — earning the Rookie All Star, Highest Rookie Seed, and Rookie Inspiration awards across Arizona regionals.
Student-led and mentor-guided, Team 8-Bit built 120-pound competition robots and won the FRC World Championship in 2024, backed by sponsors including NASA and American Express. The team is not competing this season.
Our focus today is on growing young engineers through FIRST Tech Challenge (Team 30401) and FIRST LEGO League (Team 46735).
Support & Get Involved
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, every dollar and every volunteer hour goes directly to our students. Whether you’d like to sponsor a team, mentor, or enroll a student — we’d love to hear from you.