A program to grow through.

Pacific Steel 5025 gives students a place to practice solving problems, working with people, and taking responsibility. Robotics gives that learning a real project and a team to share it with.

Pacific Steel robot 5025 competing on the REBUILT field

SAN DIEGO / FRC 5025

Learn to trust your ability to learn.

A student does not need to know every answer to contribute. Robotics gives you practice finding an answer: asking questions, testing an idea, listening to feedback, and trying again. At 5025, that work happens alongside students and mentors in our San Diego shop.

Meet the team

Skills you can take anywhere.

You may use a drill, a spreadsheet, or a line of code to learn them. The habits matter long after the season ends—in school, at work, and in everyday decisions.

Solve problems

A mechanism jams. A test fails. Work out what happened, weigh the options, and try again. Learn to use evidence when the answer is not obvious.

Work with people

Explain an idea, listen to a different one, and agree on a way forward. A robot only works when the people building its parts work together.

Take responsibility

Plan a task, follow through, and tell your teammates when you need help. Practice managing your time when someone else is counting on your work.

Keep learning

Ask questions, accept feedback, and improve a first attempt. Getting something wrong is useful when you can understand it and make the next attempt better.

What happens here

A shared project gives students a reason to practice skills together.

01Design and build

CAD, fabrication, assembly, and the fixes made between matches.

02Code and test

Controls, autonomous routines, sensors, and the time it takes to trust them.

03Read the game

Scouting, match plans, and decisions made with an alliance.

OUR HOME

A shop with an open door.

Pacific Steel works at the Daniel and Mary McSweeney Engineering Complex in San Diego. The team has invited local FRC teams to use its practice field for matches and code testing.

Plan a visit

Exterior of the Daniel and Mary McSweeney Engineering Complex

2014

From a rookie season to the next kickoff.

Follow the robots, games, and event records year by year. Results link back to The Blue Alliance.

Explore our history