Events – Team 5199

December 20, 2024

Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade 2024

We had a great time participating in the Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade! This year, we were fortunate to bring two robots along for the ride!

It was a great opportunity to be out in the community, spread some holiday cheer, and see so many familiar faces lining the parade route!

For many of the kids along the parade route, it was the first time they had ever seen a working robot up close. It was very rewarding to see their excitement and enthusiasm.

Hopefully the experience made an impression and inspired the next generation to get curious about STEM.

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support us – your energy and excitement truly made our day.

November 18, 2024

Arroya Vista Elementary School Outreach Event

We had an incredible time at the Arroyo Vista Elementary School STEAM Night! Our team proudly showcased our robot, sharing the excitement of robotics and STEM education with students, parents, and teachers.

Thank you, Arroyo Vista Elementary, for hosting such an amazing event! It was fantastic to connect with so many bright young minds and show them what’s possible with science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

November 16, 2024

Ladera Ranch Outreach Event

We had an amazing time engaging with the community at the Ladera Ranch Elementary School STEAM Night! Our team showcased our competition robot by shooting notes into the crowd. The event was buzzing with energy as attendees learned about FIRST Robotics. We are so grateful to Ladera Ranch Elementary School for hosting such an incredible event and giving us the opportunity to connect with families and students!

November 10, 2024

Capistrano Valley High School STEM Night

Recently, our team attended the Capistrano Valley High School’s STEM Night, where we showcased the robot shooting notes to the crowd. People of all ages came by to watch the robot or catch the notes that were shot into the air. Thanks to everyone who participated in this event!

October 26, 2024

George White Elementary School Outreach Event

On October 24th, our team went over to George White Elementary to showcase our off-season robot Siren during their STEAM night showcase. Kids came in to check out the design and catch game pieces from a distance. Students were engaged in our conversations, and were curious about the moving parts. A huge thank you to George White Elementary for letting us get involved!

October 22, 2024

Marco Forester Middle School

We went to Marco Forester Middle school on October 10th. We presented to Mrs. Gonzales’ 5th period robotics and 6th period Technical Education. We showed the students our robot Trident and explained how our robotics program works.

October 2, 2024

Chezy Champs Offseason Competition

This weekend was an unforgettable experience, competing at Chezy Champs, an invite-only event, with some of the best teams in FRC. Huge shoutout to all the teams who made the competition so intense and exciting!

Thank you to our alliance partners, Team 6328 – Mechanical Advantage, Team 2910 – Jack in the Bot and Team 670 – Homestead Robotics. You guys were incredible!

After intense finals, we’re so excited to say our alliance won the competition! Those last few matches were very competitive, and we couldn’t have done it without the teamwork, strategy, and support from everyone involved.

Thank you to all the teams, mentors, volunteers, and event organizers who made Chezy Champs so special. We’re beyond grateful for the experience and can’t wait to see what the future holds!

Finally, a huge thank you to Team 254 – The Cheesy Poofs for hosting such an awesome competition. A lot goes into putting on an event of this size and the execution was flawless! Thanks to all the volunteers who put in the long hours to make it such a success!

August 8, 2024

Seal Beach Boeing Family Day

The Robot Dolphins recently did a practice competition at the Seal Beach Boeing Facility with 9 other FRC teams. We helped setup, maintain and take down the field. We also were able to view Boeing’s facility when they gave tours. We spent the entire day doing practice competitions with other teams. We thank team 3309 the Friarbots for hosting this event at Boeing’s facility.

August 7, 2024

Salesforce Adventure Club Outreach Event

We are excited to announce that we recently hosted an outreach event with team 589 Falkon Robotics at the Irvine Salesforce office!

During the event, kids saw both robots operate and shoot notes which they tried to catch out of the air. Kids also built the tallest towers they can out of marshmallows, graham crackers and pretzel sticks.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the event and to team 589 for coming and demonstrating their robot with us!

May 25, 2024

Mission Viejo Trail Fencing Project

The team turned out in force to help install fence posts along the trails in Mission Viejo. We are proud of our team members and mentors for stepping up to help on this Eagle Scout project. The technical expertise and team work we practice in class and as a team came in handy. What was scheduled as an all day work project was done in less than half the time. Great Job Robot Dolphins!!!

May 25, 2024

Aliso Viejo Middle School Outreach Event

Team 5199 had the incredible opportunity to showcase our robot, Siren, at Aliso Viejo Middle School. One of the most rewarding parts of the event was seeing the students’ faces light up with curiosity when we let them get a closer look at Siren. This allowed them to ask many questions and learn about the complexities of the bot. We’d like to especially thank Derek Lee, Moises Martinez, and Lacie Miller for joining us at this event! Despite minor difficulties, the event went smoothly and we had a blast presenting at Aliso Viejo Middle School.

December 13, 2023

Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade

November 14, 2022

STEM Panels

Team 5199 has hosted various panels to provide support to not only our team, but teams throughout the world. All of our panels are streamed live on YouTube, so anyone can watch.

May 10, 2021

Bots at the Beach

The Robotic Dolphins co-hosted the Bots at the Beach FLL (FIRST Lego League) Robotics competition with Team 3476, Code Orange, at Dana Hills High School.

July 6, 2020

Summer Series

After the FIRST season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Robot Dolphins hosted a week-long series of virtual robotics workshops to teach important skills, lessons, and strategies for success in robotics to FRC teams throughout Southern California. 5199 collaborated with several major FRC teams, including 1622, 2458, 3309, and 3476, to bring about one of the largest online summer robotics during the course of the 2020 pandemic with 350+ attendees.

January 27, 2020

CUSD Innovation Fair

In 2020, the Robot Dolphins were invited to present their award-winning 2019 robot at the CUSD Innovation Fair, an annual event intended to encourage and inspire students throughout the Capistrano Unified School District to pursue careers in STEM.

June 21, 2019

Summer Camp

In the summer of 2019, Team 5199 was invited by the CUSD CCA to hold a six-week long robotics workshop to teach middle school students the basics of robotics. Each participant learned aerodynamics, soldering, electrical components, simple power tools, how to build simple parts, and more.

January 4, 2018

FTC

Team 5199 started FTC Team 15497, the MantArrays, in 2018

From 2018 to 2022, the Robot Dolphins have collaborated with FTC team 15497, working alongside one another, sharing materials, offering guidance, and facilitating a pathway for transitioning into the FRC program.