FRC 131 CHAOS

Join FRC 131 CHAOS tonight at the Manchester Taco Tour! 🌮🤖

📍 Thursday, May 28 | 4–8 PM
You can find us on the corner of Mechanic St. and Elm St. next to the YMCA!

We’ll be doing a live robot demonstration and selling water to help raise money for our program. Stop by, say hi, and check out our robot in action. We can’t wait to see you there!

As we are making our way through the 2026 FIRST Rebuilt competition season, we would like to thank our gracious sponsors for making all of this possible!

This week’s Sponsor Spotlight appreciation post goes to our lunch sponsor, Goldenrod, a local restaurant in Manchester, NH! We would like to thank Goldenrod for providing us with wonderful meals throughout our build and competition season. Because of this support, CHAOS is able to continue working hard!

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New England DCMP Recap!!!

On April 16th-18th, we competed at the New England District Championship at the “Big E” in Springfield, Massachusetts. This event marks the third stop of our official 2026 Rebuilt season and it was definitely one for the history books!

Heading into this event, we were placed in the Burns division amongst 49 other incredible teams and were very excited to see how the event would shake out!

During the qualification rounds, our robot proved to be competitive on the field. We ended up with a solid record of 8-4-0 making us the number 7th seed in the competition.

Heading into Alliance Selection, we were honored to be the captain of Alliance 6. From there, we used our scouting data to choose our alliance partners, FRC1058 PVC Pirates and FRC78 AIR Strike.

During the playoffs, we battled our hardest, but due to multiple robot failures, we ultimately ended up losing our first two matches, marking the end of our time at the New England District Championship. Even though we did not make it as far as we would have hoped, we are incredibly proud of the performance we had during the intense elimination rounds!

At the end of the event, we were honored to be one of the 4 teams in the district to receive the FIRST Impact Award! This award is the most prestigious award in the FIRST program. It recognizes teams that positively impact their community over a sustained period of time. We were given this award for our unique efforts in providing sustainable and scalable STEM workshops and learning opportunities, community service work such as food drives, along with robot demonstrations that aim to spread the message of FIRST within our community of Manchester, NH.

Receiving this award not only inducted us into the New England FIRST Hall of Fame, but also automatically qualified us for the World Championship in Houston, Texas which we will be attending next week!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the volunteers who made this event run smoothly. We would also like to thank the Big E and NE FIRST for putting together a great competition!

We will be back in action again next week at the FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas!

On Monday, April 13th the team was invited to attend a Manchester Board of School Committee meeting to highlight our recent event success and advocate to local community leaders.

Here our awards team delivered our 2026 FIRST Impact Award presentation, highlighting the great work we have done within our community. Our local policymakers loved learning a bit more about our team and seeing all the hard work we have put in this season.

We also had the chance to inform them about our upcoming performance at the New England District Championship and the possibility of attending the World Championship in Houston, Texas!

We are so honored to have the support and encouragement of the entire Manchester School District behind us whatever we do. Having the ability to participate in events like this just furthers our long-standing relationship and inspires us to keep positively impacting our community of Manchester, New Hampshire!

DCMP Impact Exchange was a success!

Thank you to all the teams who attended our New England District Championship Impact exchange last week! It was such an amazing experience!

Teams shared their presentations, answered a variety of questions, and got some amazing feedback! It was a great collaborative experience for teams preparing for their Impact presentations!

We would like to thank and for being our gracious co-hosts!

We would also like to show our appreciation to , , , , , .robotics , and for participating! It was lovely to have everyone there!

As we make our way through the 2026 FIRST Rebuilt competition season, we would like to thank our gracious sponsors for making all of this possible!

This week’s Sponsor Spotlight appreciation post goes to our amazing sponsor, the Harnisch Realty Group, a real estate team based out of Bedford, NH! We would like to thank the Harnisch Realty Group for their support of our program. We are proud to represent them throughout the 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition season!

This week we will be competing in Springfield, Massachusetts for the New England District Championship!

This will be our third event of the FIRST Rebuilt season! We will be competing on the Burns Competition field!

If you are able, come cheer us on at The Big E in Springfield Massachusetts this Thursday (April 16th), Friday (April 17th), and Saturday (April 18th)!

If you can't make it, you can watch the stream and cheer us on from home by going to
https://www.youtube.com/live/vt824z7MRE4?si=pgG2bWRkY_zGznCj !

We have officially arrived at the 2026 New England District Championship!

This season, CHAOS is honored to have the opportunity to compete with our newest creation, Rewind, and to present for the FIRST Impact award at the District Championship level!

Thank you to everyone who has made this year possible. Including our sponsors, supporters, families, friends, mentors, and everyone cheering us on! We could not have done it without you!

Onto the competition!

Attention teams attending the New England District Championship!

FRC 131 CHAOS, FRC 166 Chop Shop , and FRC 2079 4-H Alarm Robotics are co-hosting an Impact exchange!

This will be taking place on Thursday April 16th. It will begin at 2:00pm in the A Barn section ( between pits and field ).

All teams are welcome to this exchange! Whether you are new to Impact, have submitted for years, or have never submitted before, we would love to have you there! Teams will practice their presentation, have an open Q&A, and receive feedback from others!

It is sure to be a great experience and we cannot wait to see you there!

On March 28th and 29th, we competed at the Greater Boston District Event in Revere, Massachusetts, marking the second stop in our 2026 Rebuilt season!

Heading into the qualification matches, our robot was off to a solid start, ultimately going 6–6–0 in qualification matches. This led to our final ranking of 16 out of 37 teams.

During Alliance Selections, we were honored to be selected as the first pick of Alliance 5, led by Alliance Captain Team 501, The PowerKnights ( ) from right here in Manchester, New Hampshire. Together we rounded off our alliance with Team 8709, Pathfinder Tech ( )!

During the playoffs, we battled our hardest, but ultimately ended up losing our first two matches marking the end of our time at the Greater Boston District Event. Even though we did not make it as far as we would have hoped, we are incredibly proud of the performance we had during the elimination rounds!

Other than robot play, we were honored to receive the Innovation in Control Award. This award recognizes teams that create unique, highly efficient, and innovative control systems. We were given this award for our proficiency in using a Meta Quest on our robot!

We are leaving this event with 31 District Points bringing our final total to 81 District Points!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the volunteers who made this event run smoothly, as well as the hosting team, Team 125 NUTRONs, for putting together a great competition!

Stay tuned, we’ll be back in action at the New England District Event in Springfield, Massachusetts on April 16th–18th!