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FIRST TECH CHALLENGE • TEAM #25547

SPIRIT, FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team #25547. Unleash the drive.

Engineering the future of autonomous robotics through precision CAD, agile programming, and relentless passion.

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Base
ASTANA, KZ
Rookie year
2023
Awards
4
12VSPIRIT25547
CAM_01 // CHASSIS ISO LIVE
  • 18x18x18 COMPLIANT
  • AUTO ACCURACY: 98.4%
  • APRILTAG VISION LOCK
01 // Team

Meet the Team

SPIRIT (#25547) is a student-led FIRST Tech Challenge team from Astana, Kazakhstan, based at the Al-Farabi Palace of Schoolchildren.

Since 2023, we've designed, built and programmed our robots from scratch, earned Inspire and Reach awards, and competed at two Central Asia Championships. Beyond the robot, we use FTC to grow as engineers and give back to our community.

  • Diar, CaptainCaptain

    Diar

    Leads the team on and off the field and keeps everyone pulling the same way.

  • Darina, InspireInspire

    Darina

    Leads our Inspire Award push: the engineering portfolio, judging interviews and outreach.

  • Khamza, Main BuilderMain Builder

    Khamza

    Heads the build, turning CAD into a competition-ready robot.

  • Bekzhan, BuilderBuilder

    Bekzhan

    Assembles, tunes and repairs mechanisms from the drivetrain up.

  • Sultanali, BuilderBuilder

    Sultanali

    Builds and maintains the robot's mechanisms, keeping every part match-ready.

  • Nurassyl, CoderCoder

    Nurassyl

    Programs driver control, autonomous routines and vision.

  • Danial, CoderCoder

    Danial

    Writes robot code, from autonomous paths to the control loops that keep it precise.

Al-Farabi Palace of Schoolchildren in Astana, with the statue of Al-Farabi in frontHome base

Al-Farabi Palace of Schoolchildren

Astana, Kazakhstan51.17°N 71.45°E

02 // Robot

The robot: technical specs

Four subsystems, one 18-inch cube. Pick a subsystem to light it up in the CAD viewer, then drag the model to inspect it from any angle.

// SPIRIT_R1
WIREFRAME

YAW 038° · PITCH 24°
  1. 1MECANUM ×4HOLONOMIC DRIVE
  2. 2ODOMETRY PODS ×3DEAD-WHEEL LOCALIZATION
  3. 3DRIVE MOTORS ×4PID HEADING LOCK
SYS-01 // Drivetrain

High-torque Mecanum drive with odometry pods & gyro PID stabilization.

Four independently driven mecanum wheels give us true holonomic control: strafe, rotate and translate at the same time. Dead-wheel odometry pods and the IMU fuse into a field-relative pose, and a PID heading lock keeps the chassis on line under contact.

Configuration
4× mecanum, holonomic
Localization
3-wheel odometry + IMU
Control
Field-centric, PID heading lock
Wheels
104 mm mecanum
  • Holonomic
  • Odometry
  • PID
03 // Awards

Our Awards

FIRST judged awards recognize the whole team: the robot, the engineering process and the impact we make off the field. Click a certificate to see it full size.

04 // Outreach

Igniting STEM beyond the field

The robot is the tool; people are the mission. We run workshops, mentor younger teams and publish what we build so the next generation of engineers starts further ahead.

  • COMMUNITY

    STEM Workshops

    Hands-on robotics sessions at schools, libraries and community events. Kids drive real robots, wire their first motors and write their first lines of code.

    • Live robot demos
    • Intro to coding
    • Build challenges
  • MENTORSHIP

    Mentoring Younger Teams

    We coach FIRST LEGO League and rookie FTC teams through design reviews, programming help and scrimmage practice.

    • FLL coaching
    • Rookie FTC support
    • Practice scrimmages
  • OPEN SOURCE

    Open-Source CAD & Code

    Our CAD models, robot code and build notes are published so any team can learn from what we build, and improve on it.

    • Public CAD releases
    • Robot code on GitHub
    • Build guides

Recognized for impact

  • Reach Award — Winner · Burabay FIRST Regional 2025
  • Reach Award — 2nd Place · Astana FIRST Regional 2025
05 // Portfolio

Documented. Defended. Downloadable.

Judges read our portfolio before they ever meet us. It is the full record of how SPIRIT designs, tests and iterates, and it is yours to download.

Season portfolio // PDF

The SPIRIT engineering portfolio

Design iterations, CAD, code architecture, testing data, outreach and our business plan, condensed into the document we present to FTC judges.

  1. 01Team, mission & season goals
  2. 02Engineering design process
  3. 03Robot subsystems & CAD
  4. 04Software, vision & autonomous
  5. 05Outreach, business & sustainability
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Format: PDF
Team #25547 · ASTANA, KZ

06 // Sponsors & Partners

Fueling team Spirit

Every part on our robot and every workshop we run is made possible by partners who believe in student engineers. Thank you.

Sponsorship // Open for 2026–27

Interested in backing Team #25547? Let's connect.

  • Logo on the competition robot & pit display
  • Recognition at events, in our portfolio and online
  • Direct impact on Kazakhstan's next engineers
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