The Winter Soldiers

FTC Team #8813

About Us

We are a ninth year FIRST Tech Challenge team consisting of 15 students from the Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois. We are committed to creating competitive, industrially designed robots and spreading our passion for robotics across the globe. Over the past few years, we've worked to promote STEM in Iowa, Illinois, Alaska, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Somalia, North Macedonia, Burundi, Fiji, Russia, and India.


Awards in 2022-2023

Houston World Championship

Division Connect Award 3rd Place

Iowa State Championship

Inspire Award 2nd Place

Control Award Winner

Division Finalist Alliance Captain

Iowa Super Qualifier

Design Award Winner

Semifinalist Alliance 2nd Pick

Iowa League Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Finalist Alliance 2nd Pick

Awards in 2021-2022

Houston World Championship

Connect Award Finalist

Semifinalist Alliance 1st Pick

Iowa State Championship

Inspire Award Winner

Semifinalist Alliance 1st Pick

Iowa Super Qualifier

Inspire Award 2nd Place

Winning Alliance Captain

Iowa League Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Winning Alliance Captain

Awards in 2020-2021

Detroit World Championship

Event Canceled

Iowa State Championship

Inspire Award Winner

6th Ranked Team

Iowa Super Qualifier

Inspire Award 2nd Place

6th Ranked Team

Iowa League Qualifier

Inspire Award 2nd Place

Top Ranked Team

Awards in 2019-2020

Detroit World Championship

Event Canceled

Iowa State Championship

Inspire Award Winner

Semfinalist Alliance Captain

Iowa Super Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Finalist Alliance Captain

Iowa League Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Semifinalist Alliance Captain

Awards in 2018-2019

Detroit World Championship

Think Award Finalist

Iowa State Championship

Inspire Award Winner

Semfinalist Alliance Captain

Iowa Super Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Winning Alliance 2nd Pick

Iowa League Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Awards in 2017-2018

Detroit World Championship

Motivate Award Finalist

Iowa State Championship

Inspire Award Winner

Semfinalist Alliance Captain

Iowa Super Qualifier

Inspire Award Winner

Iowa League Qualifier

Think Award Winner