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FRC TEAM 2856 / LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
PlanetaryDrive Robotics.
01 / THE MACHINE
The 2026 competition robot.Designed as one system.
Geometry, materials, wiring, and code have to work as one when the match clock starts.
02 / THE TEAM
Students own the work.Mentors guide the process.
We are a student-led high-school engineering team in Lexington, Kentucky. Every season, we design, fabricate, wire, program, and test a new competition robot.
- 01 Drive base
- 02 Floor intake
- 03 Structure
- 04 Controls
- 05 Three-wheel shooter
THE PEOPLE BEHIND 2856
The team behind the 2026 robot.Four student groups, one build season.
Programming, electromechanical, business, and outreach students work together throughout the season. Mentors teach and supervise while students make the decisions, build the systems, and represent the team.
Learn by contributing to something that has to work.
THE SEASON MOVES FAST
From kickoffto the competitionfield.
Understand the game
Read the rules, study how points are scored, and decide what the robot must do well.
Make the machine
Turn strategy into CAD, parts, wiring, software, and a robot that can take the field.
Find the next problem
Run it, break it, repair it, and learn what the next revision needs to become.
CHOOSE A PATH
Explore Team 2856.
The machine
CAD, fabrication, electrical systems, controls, and iteration.
02The team
The students, mentors, values, and purpose behind Team 2856.
03Your place
Programming, electromechanical, business, and outreach roles for students.
04The support
Help cover parts, tools, registration, and competition travel.
05The conversation
Questions, visits, mentoring, partnerships, and next steps.
POWERED BY COMMUNITY
Sponsors fund the parts, tools, registration, and travel behind the season.
BACK THE WORK
Support the team.
Sponsors help make parts, tools, registration, and travel possible.
Sponsor Planetary Drive