FIRST Team #2643 “Dark Matter” is a robotics club from Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, California. It is made up of a group of students who share a common interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The team enjoys sharing their love and knowledge of robotics and engineering with their community in an effort to help the FIRST family grow. They participate in events such as the Bay Area Science Festival and Scout-a-Rama where they spoke to kids and parents about joining FIRST. Come support our team at these events!
We attended our last competition of the 2018 season, in Fresno, California. We are very happy with the performance of our robot this year and are motivated for our offseason competitions along with next Build Season. We made it to quarterfinals at this final competition of the 2018 season and know this is only the beginning of climbing the competition ladder to one day attend Worlds.
Silicon Valley Regional 2018
Silicon Valley Regional is an event that we attend every year. We worked extra hard in this competition because there were many teams that we could learn from them. We offered as much help as we could to the few rookie teams that were there because everyone was a rookie at some point and we wanted to help mitigate the anxiety of being a rookie in a competition full of hardened veterans.
Canadian Pacific Regional 2018
The 2018 competition season was very special to our team as we had the opportunity to attend and compete in three regional competitions this season. A highlight of our competition season was our team's trip to Canada to compete in the Canadian Pacific regional. On this trip we had to opportunity to explore Downtown Victoria when we were not competing. At competition our team performed very well and advanced all the way to semi-finals in the elimination rounds of competition. We are thankful for the opportunity to attend this event and excited for the rest of competition season.
End of Build Season 2018
The end of build season was just as exciting as the last! We are all very excited to go to our first competition in Canada. We're confident with the robot this year because we put our souls into the work that we did.
2018 Kickoff!
Today the team took the light rail down to SJSU to go to the 2018 kickoff to see the new game live and start the new season. The Game Manual can be found by clicking the link.
Bernal Middle School Demo
The team took the 2017 robot to Bernal Middle School to demo our team and introduce robotics to students and get them interested in the STEM field.
Central Valley Regional
Team 2643 entered its first competition of the year. We learned a lot about strategies and had many positive interactions with the other teams. Members are proud of each other's efforts and spirit! The coconut shells we brought were a unique addition to this year's competition. We implemented a new system of scouting which allowed members to gain experience scouting in both the pits and the stands.
QualComm Tour Field Trip Form
All Team 2643 members, please click here for a digital copy of the QualComm tour field trip form.
Madera Form
All team2643 members: If you have not received a form for the Madera trip or lost your copy click here for a digital copy.
Capital City Classic Competition
Team 2643 participated in Capital City Classic today. We also went to many resourceful workshops that Davis Senior High School offered. Thank you to all who attended this event!
Capital City Classic
Capital City Classic is two weeks away, on October 24 and 25 at Davis Senior High School 315 W 14th St, Davis, CA 95616. We hope you will attend! For more information, visit: http://www.wolfpackrobotics.org/capitalcityclassic/ccc-game-day/
CalGames Competition 2015
Team 2643 made it to quarterfinals in CalGames. This was a great experience for new members who got to drive our robot. Thank you to everyone who attended!
CalGames 2015
CalGames 2015 will be held on October 2 and 3 at Lynbrook High school. For more information, visit: http://wrrf.org/calgames/calgames-2015/
Capital City Classic
Capital City Classic will be held on October 24 and 25 at Davis Senior High School. For more information, visit: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/calendar/off-season-capital-city-classic-2015
Discovery Day
Discovery Day 2015 will be held on November 7 at AT&T Park from 10 am until 4 pm. For more information, visit http://www.bayareascience.org/festival/discovery-days-at-att-park/
Silicon Valley STEAM Festival
Team 2643 today attended the Silicon Valley STEAM Festival. We demoed our 2015 Recycle Rush robot along with team 5027, team 3501, and various other teams.
Intuitive Surgical Demo
Team 2643 was invited to the Intuitive Surgical Demo on Thursday, June 18. We presented our robot and participated in a game similar to this year's competition, Recycle Rush.
Silicon Valley Regional 2015
Team 2643 competed this weekend in the Silicon Valley Regional, finishing in rank 10 and becoming the 6th seeded alliance captain. We also won the Industrial Design Award, making this our most successful competition ever. Thank you to our alliance partners Team 115 and Team 2144, and congratulations to our sister team 5027 Event Horizon for making it to champs!
Sacramento Regional 2015
This weekend Team 2643 competed in the Sacramento regional. We finished in rank 7 and became the 5th seeded alliance captain, the best our team has ever done. Special thanks to our alliance partners Team 3859 and Team 692.
GLaDOS
Team 2643 proudly presents our 2015 robot, GLaDOS.
Santa Teresa FLL Qualifier
On Sunday, November 23, team 2643 will be hosting an FLL ( FIRST LEGO League ) qualifier. Come join us to see amazing LEGO robots built entirely by elementary school students.
Today the team took the light rail down to SJSU to go to the 2018 kickoff to see the new game live and start the new season. The 
Team 2643 made it to quarterfinals in CalGames. This was a great experience for new members who got to drive our robot. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Team 2643 today attended the Silicon Valley STEAM Festival. We demoed our 2015 Recycle Rush robot along with team 5027, team 3501, and various other teams.
Team 2643 was invited to the Intuitive Surgical Demo on Thursday, June 18. We presented our robot and participated in a game similar to this year's competition, Recycle Rush.
Team 2643 competed this weekend in the Silicon Valley Regional, finishing in rank 10 and becoming the 6th seeded alliance captain. We also won the Industrial Design Award, making this our most successful competition ever. Thank you to our alliance partners 
On Sunday, November 23, team 2643 will be hosting an FLL ( FIRST LEGO League ) qualifier. Come join us to see amazing LEGO robots built entirely by elementary school students.
Team 2643 will be attending the Bay Area Discovery Days at AT&T park on Saturday, November 1st from 11 a.m - 4 p.m.
CalGames 2014 will be held October 3-4 at Woodside High School, 
This is Dale, our robot for the 2014 game Aerial Assist. 
