About

Limited Liability FTC 3650

FTC 3650 Limited Liability is a school-based team at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego, founded in 2009. We are a ~10 student team (grades 9–12) led primarily by students with faculty mentorship.

Team photo.

How we operate

Day-to-day work is student-led: mechanical, CAD, programming, and testing are done by students with faculty oversight. We design and build all robot systems in-house, track iterations in internal documentation, and prioritize reliability.

Engineering focus

Autonomous performance and repeatability
SolidWorks CAD and custom chassis designs
Java programming in Android Studio
Simulation with a trajectory model to optimize projectile angles
Full-field driver practice and structured testing

FTC

What is FIRST Tech Challenge?

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics program where student teams design, build, and program a robot for a new game each season. Teams compete at local league meets and are evaluated on engineering process and robot performance.

Engineering cycle

Students iterate through design, build, programming, and testing on a fixed seasonal timeline.

Competition structure

Teams qualify through local league meets and are scored on match performance and technical review.

Outreach

Outreach is part of FTC expectations; for our team, it is an active area of growth.

Team scale

Teams are student-run with adult mentorship, emphasizing safe and repeatable engineering practices.

Latest

Season updates

Short, factual progress updates.

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Photos

Team & build

Build, CAD, and competition images.

SolidWorks CAD render — CAD

LM1 CAD model.

Robot close-up — Robot

Close-up at LM3.

Team working on the robot — Build

Build session.

Robot part close-up — Detail

Machined part close-up.

Drive team during a match — Competition

In-match drive team.

Team members at the field — Team

Team in the pit.