Our Affiliations

We are FRC 8592.

FRC stands for FIRST Robotics Competition. 

FRC is a robotics competition organized by FIRST for high school students.

There are over 3,300 teams from +30 countries (map) and over 87,000 students.

The World Championship brings together the top 600 FRC teams from around the world.

FIRST is short for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.

FIRST is a global robotics community with a suite of programs for students from age 4 to 18.

In addition to FRC for high school students, 

FIRST also organizes FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) for grades 7-12 

and FIRST LEGO League (FLL) with divisions spanning grades PreK-8.

FIRST World Championship brings together +1,000 teams 

with approximately 50,000 attendees from over 50 countries.

FRC 8592 is part of FIRST Chesapeake, a FRC district with over 100 teams 

from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

FRC 8592 is the varsity robotics team of 

Nova Labs Robotics, a youth program of Nova Labs.

Nova Labs is a non-profit community makerspace in Northern Virginia

with 25,000 sq. ft of space and around 700 members.

FRC 8592 is a community team with 35 students from over 10 different schools.

We are mentored and assisted by 25 coaches and additional parent volunteers.

We meet at the Nova Labs makerspace from mid-August to mid-May.

Our rookie year was 2021 but we've already been to two World Championships (2023, 2024).

In 2024, we finished the season 8th in Virginia, 13th for our district, and top 15% worldwide!