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Booker T. Washington HS · Tulsa, OK · Since 2002

RoboHornets

Team 1209 is a student-run FIRST Robotics Competition team. Every January we get a new game, six weeks, and a pile of aluminum. Then we build a robot to play it.

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Team 1209 in the 26-27 season
Current seasonPre-kickoff
26-27BIOCORE
Robot
To be built
Next up
Oklahoma Regional · Mar 3
Year the team was founded
2002
Student members
40+
Mentors
10+
Build meetings a week
3×
01 / Who we are

No shop classes. We build robots anyway.

Team 1209 started in 2002 to bring hands-on STEM to a school without shop classes. More than twenty seasons later, we are still spreading the values of FIRST to our members, Booker T., and Tulsa.

  1. 01Early Jan

    Kickoff

    We learn the new game alongside every FRC team in the world, then discuss strategies until we agree on one.

  2. 026 weeks

    Build season

    Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in Booker T.'s lab: designing, CADing, machining, wiring, and coding.

  3. 03Spring

    Compete

    We take the robot to regional events, scout every match, fix what breaks, and learn along the way.

02 / The machines

A new robot every year

All seasons
Roomba, the 25-26 robot25-26 · REBUILT

Roomba

Our 2026 competition robot, with every line of its code public on GitHub.

  • PathPlanner
  • Phoenix 6
  • WhatTime
Marina, the 24-25 robot24-25 · REEFSCAPE

Marina

Swerve drive on eight Kraken X60s, with an elevator, a coral mechanism and an algae mechanism.

  • Swerve
  • Elevator
  • Kraken X60
Frodo, the 23-24 robot23-24 · CRESCENDO

Frodo

A modified kitbot that outlasted its own replacement and carried us through the season.

  • Kitbot+
  • Java
On the calendar

Upcoming events

03 / From the hive

Impact stories

Our impact
September 9, 2026

Bringing more Hornets into FIRST

Freshman Orientation, Back-to-School Night, Showcase Night and tailgates: our biggest recruiting days of the year.

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August 29, 2026

Tulsa Maker Faire 2026

Tulsa, OK

Maker Faire gathers people who enjoy learning and sharing what they do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show their hobbies, experiments, and projects.

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April 2, 2026 – April 4, 2026

Volunteering at the Green Country Regional

Tulsa, OK

Team members supported the Green Country Regional by volunteering as field resetters, robot inspectors, and machine shop workers.

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04 / Sponsors

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Titanium

Carbon Fiber

  • AEP

Steel

  • Mercurie Consulting, LLC
  • Thrive Together Wellness

Aluminum

  • KSQ
  • Millie Hammond
BTW students

Join the hive

No experience needed. We teach tools and safety, CAD, electronics, programming and outreach from day one. Find us at Freshman Orientation, Back-to-School Night or Showcase Night, or send us a message.

How to join
Sponsors · Mentors · Donors

Get in touch

For sponsoring, donations, mentoring, or anything else this site does not cover, get in touch.

Send a messagebtwrobotics@gmail.com