Team History
FRC Team 972 was founded in 2002 at Los Gatos High School but disbanded after six seasons following the retirement of the head mentor. In autumn of 2015, the team was restarted as "Iron Claw Robotics" by a group of LGHS students who had previously been members of Pioneer High School's Team 668, the Apes of Wrath. Since then, the team has found success at the FRC regionals, qualifying for the World Championships twice, and grown from a group of 15 members to a class of 50 students at Los Gatos High—supported by alumni, mentors, and our wonderful parents and community. More than just robots, we strive to foster passion for STEM among team members and inspire the community through outreach. Piper Robinson, Team Co-Captain Nico Gomez-Llagaria, Team Co-Captain Saara Piplani, Software Director Henry Lee, Hardware Director Claire Mayder, Operations Director Angie Lam, Electrical Lead Ellery Han, Shop Manager Michael Chekler, Programming Co-Lead Kyle Eldridge, Programming Co-Lead Kaushik Tadepalli, CAD Lead Alex Chan, Manufacturing Lead Anthony Zhang, Assembly Lead Cameron Nakhijiri, Data Analytics Lead Jahnvi Bheemarasetti, Communications Lead Arman Alasvandian, Driver Ashir Rao, Team Co-Captain Nico Gomez-Llagaria, Team Co-Captain Gavin Tamasi, Software Director Theadin Bachman, Hardware Director Nicole Shimamoto, Operations Director Ian Hsieh, Control Systems Co-Lead Adam Younis, Control Systems Co-Lead Ellery [...]