FTC Team #17628

About Oak Grove Robotics

We are Oak Grove Robotics, a FIRST Tech Challenge team that has competed at both the World Championship, and the New England Premier Event. We have won numerous awards including the Inspire Award.

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Inspire Award

The Inspire Award is the focus of FTC judging. It goes to the team that best embodies the mission of FIRST through their robot, portfolio, outreach, and actions. Winning it means judges saw something exceptional in everything we do.

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World Championship

The FIRST World Championship is where the best FTC teams from every region gather to compete. Oak Grove Robotics qualified by being the captain of the best alliance in the state. We showed up ready to compete against the worlds top teams.

Mahogany Squad's Team

Every role matters. Every member contributes to who we are.

William B.

William B.

Head Programmer. Writes autonomous code, tele-op programs, and vision systems. Robot Operator

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Kane N.

Heads the mechanical design and build process each season. Robot Driv er

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Madeline R.

Madeline R.

Team Manager, and Team Cheerleader

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Rylan W.

Team Manager, and Lead Team Strategist

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Li

Li

Programmer, writes code for Marrow, and vision systems. Human Player, and is from China.

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Owen S.

Owen S.

Team Scout, Stratagist, and Cheerleader

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Lord The Hog
Our Robot

Lord The Hog

FTC Team #17628 ยท 2025โ€“2026 Season

Specs
  • โš™๏ธMecanum Drive
  • ๐Ÿ”ฉ5051 Aluminum
  • โš–๏ธ31 lbs
  • ๐Ÿ“ทLimelight Vision System
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Mentors & Coach

The adults behind the scenes who guide, support, and push us to be our best.

Head Coach
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Coach

Mariah Westerhausen

Head Coach for both 17628 and 24387

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Mentor

Todd Liebenow

Mechanical engineer, 30+ years of product development experience, including design, simulation, manufacturing, and business development. Founding Member/coach of OGR.

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Mentor

Tim Wodrich

Engineer at John Deer for 20+ years

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Mentor

David Bertolini

Architect, designer, and professor with 20+ years in higher education. Ph.D.

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Mentor

Elizabeth Woodrich

Founding member of 17628, and now Mentor.

Our Journey

2014

Team Founded

Oak Grove Robotics was formed in 2014 and first competed in BISON BEST for five years.

2019

Joining FTC

We joined FTC Robotics with a team number of #17628

2023

FIRST World Championship

We went to the FTC World Championship. We played against some of the best teams and came back inspired to push even further.

2026

Inspire Award

We won the Inspire Award at the Fargo Qualifier. This was the highlight of our season because it is the best award a team can receive.

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New to FTC?

Learn how FIRST Tech Challenge works โ€” match structure, robot anatomy, awards, and the full season calendar.

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Looking for our sister team?

Meet Arc of the River #24387 โ†’