About Us
MISSION
Transforming innovators into inventors, engineers, and real-world problem solvers.
As a high school robotics team, our intention isn’t only to build robots, but also to be a foundation for future STEM leaders through fostering a creative and interactive environment that prepares us to accept greater challenges with experience and hands-on solutions.
FRC TEAM 9644: Founded 2023
Founded in Fall 2023, FRC Team 9644: NEIA Robotics was established as a student-run FIRST Robotics team at New England Innovation Academy in Massachusetts. The 2023 fall season was used as time of preparation. We focused on forming the team and organizing our subgroups based on experience and interest. Out of this process, our team gained electrical & mechanical engineers, software developers, and members for media and marketing.
Our Rookie Year: 2024
2024 was our rookie year, where we competed for the first time. During the competition season, we operate much like a sports team. For 8 weeks starting in early January, we meet daily to design, build, and test a robot to compete in competitions. This process involves electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software development, media, and marketing. Over the course of this year’s season, our team performed extremely well. We first competed in 2 district events. Though we had an average placement at the Bridgewater State University event with 26th place, we were awarded Rookie All-Star as the best first-year team at the event. We placed 10th at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute event, served as the 6th seed captain, and received the Rookie Inspiration Award as the most inspiring rookie team. These placements and awards allowed us to qualify for the New England District Championship, where we competed against the top 96 teams in New England. From our performance there, and from receiving the District Rookie All Star Award as the best rookie team in the region, we were invited to the FRC World Championship in Houston, Texas, where we placed 39th in our division among more than 70 teams.
2025
In 2025, we are focusing on growth as we move past our rookie year. We are working toward being role models for neighboring teams as well as rookie teams who started out in a similar position to ours. As we grow as a team, we will continue to practice gracious professionalism and keep building a team where we transform fellow young innovators into inventors, engineers, and real-world problem solvers.
COMPETITIONS
Districts 2025
Districts this year went exceptionally well. We qualified 11th and were the first pick of the 6th alliance captain. In our opening playoff match, we upset the 3rd seed and advanced through the upper bracket. We ultimately finished 5th overall.
Robot-wise, we became 80% faster at scoring and reached a 100% consistent 2-piece auto, even managing to place three pieces in our final match.
Granite State 2025
Granite State was our first competition of the season, and we had strong competitive momentum. We ended qualification in the top 5 and went on to captain the 3rd-seeded alliance, ultimately finishing 4th.
WPI 2024
WPI 2024 was the first event where we served as an alliance captain, qualifying around 10th (can be confirmed on thebluealliance.com) and leading the 6th alliance.
OVERALL
Overall, 2025 was an incredibly successful season, ultimately qualifying us for Worlds.
From an idea to execution, our first-year team made it all the way to worlds.
FIRST, which stands for “For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,” is a worldwide organization dedicated to training the innovators of tomorrow. In FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), students design and build a robot to compete in an annual challenge. FRC combines the real-world problem-solving of the robotics industry with the competitiveness and teamwork of traditional sports, all to create teams that run like cutting-edge tech startups. In FRC, students engineer, collaborate and problem-solve their way to new solutions. To learn more, visit FIRST’s site here.
Information for Families
We recognize that much of our team’s success comes from our students’ families; therefore, we want to welcome you and keep you informed. Visit this page to learn more as a robotics family!
Contact Us
Email us at: robotics@neiacademy.org
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