FTC 18241 - Outer Galaxy

12/01/2025

Great work team Outer Galaxy. Winning 5 of the 6 games today during the first tournament of the season held in Princeton, NJ.

02/23/2025

Team Outer Galaxy advances into the State Championship for the fourth successive season

Congratulations Team Outer Galaxy! It's a 4 in 4. The Marlton (New Jersey) based galaxy girls delivered an yet another outstanding performance at the league tournament of the Into The Deep (2024-25) season winning Inspire 2 Award, Think Award and as the third alliance captain team in Columbus, NJ yesterday. The team had a great start at the beginning of the day with some unexpected challenges with the electronic controls on the bot which they fixed quickly and demonstrated perseverance in the playoffs. Inspire Award is given to the role model on and off the field. The team is also a top contender in all judging categories. The New Jersey State Championship will be held on March 16, 2025 at Hillsborough High School where top teams amongst 192 FTC teams will compete in the penultimate event of the season.

Sincere thanks to all our great season sponsors Musk Foundation, Thorlabs, Gene Haas Foundation, Bristol Myers Squibb, Iii Technologies, The Boeing Company, Comcast, Reckitt, Onshape by PTC and TE Connectivity. We couldn't have done it without you.

01/16/2025

Galaxy girls and their bot wins all 5 matches for the third time this season
Team 18241 Outer Galaxy won all 5 matches at Egg Harbor Twp tournament last weekend to continue their impressive run in 2024-25 season. It was a consistent performance with both the autonomous and driver controlled phases of the matches with a high score of 201 during the day. So far the team is at 22-5 win-loss record this season.

12/02/2024

Outer Galaxy wins all matches second time in a row at TCNJ tournament and claims #1 rank

The Galaxy girls had an yet another rocking performance in the FTC tournament held at The College of New Jersey yesterday. The team won all their 6 matches and also registered an event high score with 187 points along with their alliance partner team 14481.
Awards earned by Team 18241: " #1 Ranked Team" and also "Highest Match Score by an Alliance" Award

Great display of teamwork and collaboration. Go Outer Galaxy!

12/01/2024

The Galaxy Girls are ready for their FTC tournament tomorrow to be held at TCNJ. We are excited for the showdown with our peer FTC teams. We can't wait for Europa to explore the paradise INTO THE DEEP.

12/01/2024

OUTER GALAXY Wins All Five Matches at Williamstown Meet

Another great performance by team Outer Galaxy in the early stages of the season winning all 5 matches at the tournament held today at Williamstown High School. Girls and their robot Callisto demonstrated consistency with decent autonomous runs along with stronger performance in the driver controlled period. The team was awarded #2 Ranked Team at this event and also were recognized for consistent autonomous.

09/14/2024

Outer Galaxy all set with their FTC field and ready to go INTO THE DEEP season. Feel free to reach out to us if you need any help or want to practice as we progress into the season.

03/18/2024

Marlton based all-girls team 18241 Outer Galaxy emerged on top against stiff competition at New Jersey State Championship of FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition held at Hillsborough High School on March 17, 2024. They were ranked #2 after winning 4 of their 5 qualification matches and won Inspire 3 Award along with the Connect Award at this state championship event. Outer Galaxy, a team of 5 girls from grades 7 thru 11 have demonstrated that collaborative efforts have enabled their team to surpass technical boundaries while engaging young girls in STEM through robotics in local and broader communities. They won 16 awards during the 2023-24 season, ranked #1 team in the league for most of the season and broke the New Jersey state high score record two times.

Congratulations Team 18241! We can't wait to witness where you go next in the Outer Galaxy.

02/25/2024

Team 18241 OUTER GALAXY advances to New Jersey State Championship

Marlton based all-girls robotics team 18241 Outer Galaxy earned a spot into New Jersey State Championship of FIRST Tech Challenge competition to be held on March 17, 2024 by winning Inspire Award 2nd Runner-up, Connect Award and also a Finaliast Alliance Captain Team. One of the top performing all-girls team in the region, they were ranked #1 team based on the Ranking Points and Tie Breaker Points for most of the season. New Jersey has 178 teams in the region with majority of these representing the local high schools.

Team 18241 won all 5 of their matches in qualification phase of the tournament and also went on to win the semi-finals. One of the highlights of the day was team's perseverance when the robot claw severed after collision with Alliance Partner robot in their second match of the day. Only 8 minutes until their 3rd match, they had to take the field with no claw on the robot. With sheer determination, they won that match by scoring 30 point autonomous, launching drone in zone 1 for another 30 points and rigging the robot in the endgame for 20 points. Team fixed the claw with older 3D printed version and won remainder of their qualification matches.

Congratulations on advancing to the states for the third straight year. All the best team in the NJ State Championship on March 17.

Thank you to all our sponsors for adding glamour to our yet another season to remember. The Boeing Company, Franklin Templeton, Gene Haas Foundation, Philips, Bristol Myers Squibb, SafeAI, TE Connectivity, Onshape, Kendall Electric, Ert Corp andIii Technologies

01/29/2024

Outer Galaxy girls do it again!!! This weekend they broke the New Jersey state record with a score of 257 in qualification match #7 at Howell HS in Farmingdale, NJ on January 27. Shout out to our alliance partner team 17036 Robotech Anomaly for a great collaborative effort. Team FTC 18241 - Outer Galaxy claimed the HIGHEST SCORING ALLIANCE award for the fourth time this season and also broke the state record for the second time. Congratulations girls on your accomplishments this season so far. Nothing is impossible when you are determined and committed.

Gratitude to all our team sponsors this season. You all are the reason why we can transform our dreams into action.
Gene Haas Foundation, Bristol Myers Squibb, Franklin Templeton, The Boeing Company, Philips, SafeAI, TE Connectivity, Iii Technologies, Ert Corp, Kendall Electric and Onshape

01/16/2024