Ducktape Robotics · How to Get Started
We’ve Been Waiting
for Someone Like You.
This team is open to everyone — students, parents, and mentors alike. Whatever you bring to the table, there’s a real role here with your name on it.
🦆 Send Your Join RequestA few reasons this is worth your time
Every kind of student belongs here
Builders, programmers, writers, designers, strategists — this team runs on both Left Brain and Right Brain skills. You don’t need to touch a robot to be essential.
Zero dues. Always.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit committed to keeping this team free for every student on the Forgotten Coast. Cost will never be a reason you can’t join.
Real competition, real stakes
We compete in the AeroCoast League and are targeting the Florida State Championship in our rookie year. This is a serious team doing serious work — and it is genuinely fun.
Skills that follow you everywhere
FIRST alumni earn more scholarships, attend better colleges, and report higher salaries. The skills you build here — technical and otherwise — go on your résumé and stay with you for life.
Built for the Forgotten Coast
Apalachicola, Eastpoint, St. George Island — this team is rooted here. We exist because this community deserves a robotics program as good as any in the state.
Student-led, mentor-supported
Students run this team. Adults guide and support. That structure means real responsibility, real growth, and a team culture you’ll actually want to be part of.
Not sure if you qualify? If you’re a student in grades 7–12, a parent who wants to be involved, or an adult with any skill at all — you qualify. Writers, photographers, bookkeepers, engineers, teachers, truck drivers, and snack-bringers are all genuinely welcome.
Not sure where you’d fit? That’s exactly what the first conversation is for. Send the email and we’ll figure it out together.
What happens after you reach out
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Send us a Join Request
Click the button on this page to send a quick email. Tell us your name, whether you’re a student, parent, or mentor, and a little about yourself. That’s all we need to get started.
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We add you to the list and reach out
We’ll add you to our email list right away and let you know about our next meeting or upcoming event. You’ll know exactly where to show up and what to expect.
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Meet a team lead on Zoom
We’ll offer a short Zoom call with one of our student team leads to begin onboarding — answer your questions, show you around the team, and start figuring out where your skills fit best.
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Find your role and get started
Together we’ll find the role that fits you — whether that’s on the build floor, the writing team, the outreach committee, or something we haven’t thought of yet. Can’t wait to meet you.
Ready? One email is all it takes.
No experience required. No commitment before you’re ready. Just reach out and let’s start a conversation.
🦆 Send Your Join Request coach@fc-robotics.org