KCLMS Volcanix FTC robotics team members at a competition
KCLMS Volcanix competition robot with mecanum drive
KCLMS Volcanix robot competing in a First Tech Challenge match
FIRST Tech Challenge UK Think Award plaque won by KCLMS Volcanix

Volcanix

The First Tech Challenge team at King's College London Mathematics School.

The Robot Sponsor Us

“Engineered to erupt!!”

The fifteen students of the KCLMS Volcanix robotics team

Who We Are

Fifteen students who design, build and program a competition robot from scratch. We won the Think Award at our first UK qualifier, and everything we make (CAD, code, write-ups) is open source.

Meet the Crew
0 Think Award, first try
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0 hours in the workshop
0 % of our code is public

What We Do

Design · Build · Program · Compete

Close-up of the KCLMS Volcanix competition robot

The Robot

Mecanum drive, three-wheel odometry, Pedro Pathing and a Limelight vision stack we tuned ourselves.

Technical Details
First Tech Challenge DECODE competition arena
Hidden Volcanix sticker

This Season: Decode

Robots read a coded pattern with vision, then launch artifacts into goals in that order. We score them with a tuned dual-flywheel launcher and a repeatable autonomous.

Our Strategy
KCLMS Volcanix bake sale fundraiser stall

Outreach

School visits, workshops and help for rookie teams: around 200 students reached so far.

Work With Us

Life on the Team

Straight off the camera roll

Team selfie over the robot mid-build
Post-match selfie
Whole-team planning meeting in the classroom
Friday meetings
3D-printed robot parts spread across the workshop table
Parts everywhere
KCLMS Volcanix robot during a First Tech Challenge match

Help Us Keep Building

Sponsorship covers parts, entry fees and outreach, and our books are public.

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