FRC Team 1108 first competed at the 2003 Lone Star Regional. This rookie team, with ten members, two faculty mentors, and three community mentors was honored that year to bring home the prestigious Rookie All Star Award. The team’s robot, Hyo, finished qualifying rounds as the number one seed and became a part of the Regional’s winning alliance. Panther Robotics qualified to attend the Championship at Houston and was named National Rookie All Stars at this event.

Since this promising beginning, the team has worked tirelessly to emulate the successes of our rookie year. Nineteen trophies, including five Regional Chairman’s Awards, have since been added to our collection. And, while awards represent dedication and team excellence, our most important reward over the last six years has been the positive impact of FIRST robotics on our team, our school, and our community.

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The vision of FIRST is, according to Kamen, “To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heros.”

The Mission of FIRST is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

Scherman named top



KC Volunteer in 2009

Dean Scherman, one of the founders of Panther Robotics, mentor to many area teams and member of the KC Regional Planning committee was named 200's Volunteer of the Year at the Greater Kansas City regional's Friday Awards Ceremony.

We dedicate this season to two of our founding mentors, Dean Scherman and Matt Farmer. We miss them both.