FIRST Tech Challenge · Team 26413

A high school robotics team in Weston, Massachusetts. We build a new competition robot every year and teach younger students to do the same.

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GNCE Mercury logo: the god Mercury holding a staff inside a lavender diamond

Mercury

Galactic Narwhal Chicken Effect Founded 2024 Instagram ↗
GNCE Mercury team with our robot at the Ryken RoboBowl, advancing to the Massachusetts Championship
Ryken RoboBowl, December 2025. We were first pick on the winning alliance and qualified for States.
The team

Eleven students and four coaches

We design, build, wire, and program one robot each season.

Several of us have competed at international events and won awards there.

In the summer we run a robotics camp, and during the school year we coach Weston's FIRST LEGO League teams.

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The robots

Three seasons, three machines

The Mercinator, GNCE Mercury's BIOBUZZ robot, fully built
The Mercinator · our 2026–27 robot for the BIOBUZZ season, in progress · Follow the build →
CAD render of GNCE Mercury's DECODE robot with its intake, transfer, and turret shooter
DECODE robot · 2025–26 season, MA States qualifier · See how we built it →
GNCE Mercury's INTO THE DEEP robot with intake and lift arm
INTO THE DEEP robot · 2024–25 rookie season, Think Award · See how we built it →
Next competition
Since 2024

The record so far

1,000
Students directly impacted
$8,000+
Raised for parts, travel, and outreach
100,000+
Students reached
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  1. 01TeamMembers, leads, and coaches→
  2. 02SeasonsEach robot and every qualifier result→
  3. 03OutreachSummer camp, FLL coaching, and demos→
  4. 04ContactEmail, Instagram, and sponsorship→

Build with us, or help us get to the next event

Students. Rookies are full members of the team. Tell us whether you want to build, code, design in CAD, or run outreach.

Families and sponsors. Donations pay for robot parts, competition registration, and travel.

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