Sciborgs win awards at every competition in the 2025-2026 FRC season.

Group photo after being awarded the Team Spirit award and the PNW District Championship.

First Robotics Competition events are more than robot alliances battling against each other, but it is also a wholistic recognition of the teams that design, build, wire, program, test, and support those robots. This year, the Palouse Area Robotics Team (P.A.R.T.) Sciborgs participated in three competitions and was recognized with team awards at each event.

At their first event at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem Oregon (March 5-7), the Sciborgs walked away with the most prestigious award. The Impact award honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST based on continued, multi-year effort. Winning this award guaranteed them a place at the District Championship competition.

This season's second event at the Sundome in Yakima Washington (March 19-21) the team was recognized with the Gracious Professionalism award. Part of Sciborg culture is to go above and beyond to assist any and all teams in need. At this event, Sciborg orange jerseys could be seen in pits across the venue. From helping rookie teams rebuild bumpers, program CAN IDs, and identify stray nuts in gearboxes, to assisting mature teams with their Autonomous trajectories in path planner and debugging vision system issues, Sciborgs want to ensure that every team has a fair chance to show their stuff. An interesting example of this was when another team started billowing smoke during pre-match system checks while in queue with the Sciborgs. The Sciborg pit crew helped diagnose and rewire their robot even though the damaged bot would not be able to compete with them, and in fact would only be on opposing alliances from that point forward. This philosophy and behavior is recognized through the GP award.

At their third and final event this season, the Pacific Northwest District Championships in Cheney Washington (April 8-11), the Sciborgs were recognized with the Team Spirit award. Another part of Sciborg culture is to enthusiastically celebrate every member of every team. FRC awards ceremonies can be marathon events, where teams with dozens of members and mentors snake their way down through the stands to reach the field for their award recognition, Sciborgs applaud and cheer until the last member of each team is on the field. When the announcers state, "let's have another round of applause for X team", to spur recognition from the crowd once the full team is at the front, the Sciborgs never stopped, and inspired other teams to express a similar level of support. But the team also makes sure their drive team on the field feels the love. From targeted cheers to synchronized waves and gestures traded with the members on the field, the Sciborgs are an unending source of FIRST spirit at every venue they attend.

With the season now at its end, the Sciborgs shift their focus to community outreach events (providing robot demonstrations across multiple states and counties) and off-season team training and shop cleanup. Keep an eye out for us at:

• Palouse Prairie Charter School (May 12),

• Moscow Middle School (May 14th),

• Moscow High School (May 15),

• Lincoln Middle Schol (May 18),

• Lena Whitmore Elementary (May 20),

• Moscow Charter School (May 22),

• Jennings Elementary Schol (May 29),

• Pullman High School (June 1),

• Neil Public Library (tbd),

• Johnson Independence Day parade (July 4), and

• National Lentil Festival parade (August 22)