LEGO Robotics and Python Programing – Advance

Spend an afternoon in great company and with our fabulous robotics team at our studio on Balboa Street in San Francisco!

Sundays, 2025-26 Season
What the Olympics are for sports, and the Nobel Prize is for science, FIRST Lego Robotics is for kid’s engineering. Join Celsius and Beyond’s award-winning team this Fall to participate in the world’s most prestigious robotics competition for youth.
You will learn about project management, computer programming, robotics design, analytic thinking, problem-solving, research skills, long-term projects, open-ended tasks, and, best of all, working as a team.
Our team is limited to precisely 10 participants, so please register early.

Registration is now open to returning students!

Priority enrollment is available to participants from last year’s Celsius and Beyond FLL team, or those who attended our 2025 Advanced Robotics summer camp. Members of the general public are welcome to register starting August 15, pending availability.

Age: 11-14
Fee: $1,550—Includes 16 hours of semi-private instruction, group instruction, approximately 15 hour of additional hours before competition, instructor time at the competition, competition material, registration for the program and the competition.

A team effort worthy of an award requires many hours.  Each student is expected to participate in at least 80% of the weekly and pre-competition meetings.

Your dedication will pay off—big time! Beyond the excitement of competing on a large stage, you’ll gain real skills in coding, building, and problem-solving. Along the way, you’ll grow more confident and discover the power of teamwork as you tackle challenges side by side with your teammates.

Parents’ assistance is much appreciated and helpful.  Areas of support are: the research aspect of the project, rehearsal of robot performance, marketing, and presentation.

Our admired instructors, Jae and Trevor, will lead the team.
Jae led the FLL robotics team for 16 years, 7 of them at Celsius. As the founder of STREAM Foundation, he has been involved in robotics classes, projects, and outreach programs. He is currently a software process automation developer.

Meeting time: Sundays.  First meeting: September 7, 2025
September: 10 am – 2pm
The entire team will study the challenge, design the robot, and strategize

October and November: choose between 10-12 pm or 12-2 pm
Each pair will be working with one of the instructors for 2 hours.

December: 10-2 pm and evening time
Practice and troubleshooting before the competition.

Competition Day: A weekend day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., sometime in late to early December. The organizer determines the exact date at a later time.

The Regional Competition in mid-November will be held in the Bay Area [15 to 60-minute drive]. The State Championship (if applicable) will also be held in the Bay Area in February. The International competition (if applicable) is usually held in St. Louis in April.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization that helps young people discover and develop a passion for science. It was founded 20 years ago by MIT scientists and attracted 300,000 students from 51 countries last year!

Read more about the competition here: https://www.firstlegoleague.org/

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