2026 Awards - FIRST North Carolina State Championship

TerrorBytes
Research Triangle High School
Alfredo Systems/John Deere/Google&Research Triangle High School

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Boneyard Robotics 2682
Pitt County Schools
Pitt County Educational Foundation/Modlin Insurance Agency/Suddenlink by Altice/The Optimist Club of Greenville/Aramark/PItt County Development Commission/Greenville Utilities Commission/The Kiwanis Club of Greenville/CPR-Stat/Helen McClung/Grady White Boats/Just Write Laser Engraving/Pair Electronics&Pitt County Schools

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The Hedgehogs
Orange High School & Cedar Ridge High & Family/Community
REV Robotics/JW Faircloth & Son/Gene Haas Foundation/Eno River Farm/Corning Incorporated STEAM Fund/Orange County Schools/Kiwanis Club of Hillsborough/Fidelity Investments/Barbara Lott/JC Electric/Gonzalez Painters and Contractors, Inc.&Cedar Ridge High&Family/Community&Orange High School

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Karissa T
TerrorBytes

Sejal S
Team PyroTech

jordan w
f(x) Robotics

Eastbots
East Chapel Hill High School
SIM RTP/USA Dutch/Corning/PSF/ABB/Gene Haas Foundation &East Chapel Hill High School

TerrorBytes
Research Triangle High School
Alfredo Systems/John Deere/Google&Research Triangle High School

Carrborobotics
Carrboro High School
Triangle Electrical Services/Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation/Microsoft/Fitch Lumber/Family and Friends&Carrboro High School

The Mechanical Minds
Fred T Foard High & Bandys High & Challenger Early College High & St Stephens High School
Corning/Catawba Valley Community College/Weinig Holz-Her/Utility Solutions Inc. & Bandys High & Fred T Foard High & St Stephens High School & Challenger Early College High

LYNK
Inspire Carolina
Fountain Electric/The McKeithans/Century Fire Protection/Vannoy Construction/Parton Lumber/West Coast Products&Inspire Carolina

RoboWhales
4-H
Glenn W Bailey Foundation/The BERMANS/HITACHI/Gene Haas Foundation/John Deere&4-H

Mind Over Metal
Cape Fear Academy
Cape Fear Academy

f(x) Robotics
Family/Community
NC Robotics Initiative & Family/Community

Vinay Bhargava
RoboWhales

Eastbots
East Chapel Hill High School
SIM RTP/USA Dutch/Corning/PSF/ABB/Gene Haas Foundation &East Chapel Hill High School

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GeodeBots
Family/Community
PPG/FIRSTNC/TE/Columbia Forest Products/Nehemiah Center&Family/Community

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Nano Knights
North Lincoln High
North Lincoln High

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Iron Corsairs
Lumberton Senior High
Lumberton Senior High

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The Power of Friendship
Apex Friendship High
NASA/REV Robotics&Apex Friendship High

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Glitch 2.0
Asheville High School
Asheville High School

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Hawktimus Prime
Family/Community & Holly Springs High School
Wake Electric (Bright Ideas)/Catepillar/Iron Horse Contracting/Intuitive Foundation/Gene Haas Foundation/Crawl Space Ninja/Campbell & Farrelly Dentistry/Ratheesh Family Fund/Town of Holly Springs/Domenico Family/Ferguson Waterworks&Holly Springs High School&Family/Community

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Team SPORK
Family/Community & Pine Lake Preparatory School
Motorola Solutions Foundation/Gene Haas Foundation/Booz Allen/Inspire Our Children/IST Precision&Pine Lake Preparatory School&Family/Community

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SeQuEnCe
Family/Community
RHA Wealth/Schneider Electric&Family/Community

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Triple Strange
Family/Community
Qorvo/P&G/Gene Haas Corp/TE Connectivity/Tannenbaum Foundation/Honda Jet/Collins Aerospace - RTX-Raytheon/Intuitive Foundation/QualComm/Publix Charity/Cross Company/ECG Robotics, Inc./Harris Teeter/United Way&Family/Community

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DARC SIDE
Durham Academy
&Durham Academy

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RoboWhales
4-H
Glenn W Bailey Foundation/The BERMANS/HITACHI/Gene Haas Foundation/John Deere&4-H

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LYNK
Inspire Carolina
Fountain Electric/The McKeithans/Century Fire Protection/Vannoy Construction/Parton Lumber/West Coast Products&Inspire Carolina

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Slice
Family/Community
Caterpillar/3M/Relay Inc/Gene Haas/TE Connectivity&Family/Community

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