Industrial scale
FRC robots are larger, heavier and more complex than FTC robots. Students work with substantial mechanisms, power systems, sensors, code, fabrication, testing and competition operations.
Launch Sequence · FRC #11717
ReBourne Robotics
From school robotics to STEM futures.
BSG Robotics’ next-level Sixth Form engineering programme: an all-girl FIRST Robotics Competition team preparing students for industrial-scale robotics, university-linked mentoring, international competition and ReBourne Futures — our student-led outreach programme for schools.
Coming this Autumn
Team #11717 will hit the FRC Arena
01.09.27
0Girls supported in STEM
0Regional, national & international awards
0Years of BSG Robotics growth
2027Europe competition target
Founding partners supporting ReBourne
Strategic Solutions
Superior
RAR Automation UK
Yunex Traffic
MergeIT
System 01 · Our Mission
A school team with serious scale.
ReBourne is built from the success of BSG Robotics, the UK’s largest all-girl robotics club: a programme that has grown from a school club into a regional force for robotics, drones, coding, outreach and STEM opportunity.
The next chapter of BSG Robotics
BSG Robotics was founded four years ago and has since won 21 regional, national and international awards across robotics, drone and coding competitions. More importantly, the programme has helped build confidence, ambition and technical curiosity in hundreds of girls.
A proven all-girl STEM programme with a strong identity and track record.
A growing network of employers, industry supporters and university links.
A clear robotics pathway from younger students through to Sixth Form and beyond.
A platform for students to practise engineering, leadership and communication in public, competitive and technical settings.
Welcome to FRC
Bigger game field, bigger robots,bigger ambitions!
System 02 · What is FRC?
The next level of school robotics.
FIRST Robotics Competition is an international engineering challenge where student teams design, build, programme and compete with large robots under the pressure of a real competition season.
Mentor supported
Teams work alongside adult mentors from education, engineering and technology. Students experience the kind of collaborative problem-solving used in real technical workplaces.
International competition
ReBourne is preparing to compete in Europe in Spring 2027, placing students on an international stage alongside ambitious teams from across the FIRST community.
FIRST Robotics Competition in action
System 03 · Why ReBourne?
Only all-girl FRC team representing our country.
ReBourne gives ambitious students a rare opportunity: to be part of a girls-only FRC team, representing the UK on the international stage in Europe in Spring 2027.
Flagship
The Sixth Form destination point for BSG Robotics: a visible, high-ambition programme that shows what young women can do when given serious tools, serious trust and serious opportunities.
STEM FuturesPathway
A next step from FTC into a larger, faster, more demanding robotics environment, connecting school enrichment with university study, apprenticeships, industry and engineering careers.
Next LevelStage
On 1 April 2027, ReBourne aims to take its place in Europe: competing, presenting, problem-solving and showing what a UK all-girl school robotics team can become.
Europe 2027
Back the Build · 2026/27
£10,000 rookie season. Back the Build.
ReBourne is already happening. Our public target is to raise £10,000 towards the team’s rookie FRC season, with partners able to help through funding, equipment, expertise, mentoring and useful connections.
Fund
Equip
Enable
£250 Start the Build
£1,000 Compete
£2,000 Power a Season
System 04 · ReBourne Futures
One programme. Two missions.
ReBourne Robotics is the competition team. ReBourne Futures is the outreach, leadership and regional impact programme that grows from it. Together, they create BSG Robotics’ next-level pathway for girls in engineering.
Powered by ReBourne Robotics
From all-girl FRC to regional STEM leadership
ReBourne is aiming to become the UK’s only all-girl FIRST Robotics Competition programme: a flagship sixth-form route into advanced robotics, engineering, computing and technical leadership. ReBourne Futures makes that ambition bigger than one team by turning our students into mentors, role models and outreach leaders for younger pupils and partner schools.
Build
Students design, build, programme and operate large-scale FRC robots, developing real skills in mechanical engineering, CAD, electronics, autonomous systems, computer vision, coding, strategy and safety.
Lead
Students take responsibility for subteams, communication, sponsors, documentation, mentoring and delivery, developing the leadership and project skills valued by universities and employers.
Reach
Through ReBourne Futures, students deliver free STEM outreach, robotics inspiration, coding activities and engineering role-modelling for schools across Bournemouth, Dorset and the South Coast.
Grow
The programme will help develop a regional mentoring model for school STEM clubs, supporting teachers and students who want to start or strengthen robotics, coding and engineering enrichment.
What this unlocks
ReBourne Futures builds on the success of BSG Robotics, the UK’s largest all-girl robotics programme. This next stage strengthens the full school pathway, extends our outreach and creates a visible model for girls’ engineering leadership locally, regionally and nationally.
400+
BSG students supported through the robotics pathway
2,000
Primary pupils reached per year through outreach ambition
30–40
Schools supported through South Coast hub activity
21+
Regional, national and international awards already achieved
Free robotics, coding and engineering activities for younger pupils.
Student role models showing girls that engineering is creative, ambitious and possible.
Mentoring for school STEM clubs across the region.
A national example of what an all-girl robotics pathway can become.
For students
ReBourne students gain technical depth, confidence and leadership through real engineering responsibility, then use those skills to mentor and inspire younger pupils.
Leadership
Mentoring
Engineering
For schools
Partner schools gain access to student-led outreach, STEM club support, practical robotics inspiration and a growing regional network of robotics expertise.
Outreach
STEM clubs
Resources
For partners
Corporate and university partners can support equipment, mentoring, careers, workplace links, work experience and visible regional STEM impact.
Volunteering
Careers
Work experience
Corporate mentoring that changes the pathway
ReBourne Futures creates meaningful volunteering opportunities for engineers, technologists, project managers and STEM professionals. Partners can support students through technical mentoring, design reviews, coding guidance, careers talks, workplace visits, mock interviews, work experience routes and outreach events that help young people connect school robotics with real STEM futures.
BUMentoring Computing · Engineering · Wednesday afternoons
System 05 · University-linked support
Mentored by computing and engineering expertise.
From September 2026, Bournemouth University mentors from computing and engineering departments will support ReBourne students during Wednesday afternoon enrichment.
Students gain access to technical thinking beyond the normal school curriculum.
Computing support strengthens programming, systems, sensors, simulation, data and autonomous control.
Engineering support strengthens design, prototyping, mechanisms, testing, manufacturing choices and iterative improvement.
Mentoring helps students speak the language of university, industry and technical project work.
The programme creates visible links between school robotics, higher education and local STEM employers.
System 06 · Team architecture
Build. Control. Impact.
ReBourne is structured like a serious robotics team. Students specialise, lead, collaborate and contribute to the whole mission.
BUILD
Mechanical Design
- Drivetrain and chassis
- Mechanisms and manipulators
- CAD and prototyping
- Fabrication and assembly
- Testing, repair and pit readiness
- Robot safety and quality assurance
CONTROL
Coding and Systems
- Robot programming
- Autonomous routines
- Driver controls
- Sensors and electronics
- Vision and AprilTags
- Telemetry, simulation and debugging
IMPACT
Operations and Outreach
- Game strategy and scouting
- Sponsors and partnerships
- Budget and logistics
- Health, safety and documentation
- Awards, media and communications
- Year-round team operations
Team Captains
The BUILD Lead, CONTROL Lead and IMPACT Lead form the ReBourne Team Captains: a leadership trio responsible for communication across subteams, team standards, competition readiness and whole-team success.
System 07 · Student benefits
A springboard to the real world.
ReBourne is designed to help students grow as young engineers, coders, communicators, organisers and leaders. The robot is the challenge. The personal development is the point.
Skills
CAD, programming, fabrication, testing, data, design thinking, documentation, presentation and project delivery.
Knowledge
Students build understanding of mechanisms, controls, electronics, software systems, safety, strategy and engineering trade-offs.
Networking
Students meet mentors, university staff, industry partners, other teams and adults working in real STEM sectors.
Communication
Students explain technical ideas clearly to judges, sponsors, peers, mentors, parents and the wider community.
Experience
Students learn through pressure, deadlines, competition, teamwork, failure, iteration and visible public achievement.
System 08 · Partner campaign
BACK THE BUILD
ReBourne is happening. Our aim now is to build the strongest possible rookie season for the UK’s only all-girl FRC programme — with a clear public fundraising target of £10,000 and a partnership model that values funding, equipment and expertise.
£10,000
Rookie season target
The target supports the practical costs of building and competing: registration, robot parts, technical equipment, practice resources, safety and competition preparation.
Three ways to partner
Fund. Equip. Enable.
FundSupport registration, robot parts, equipment and competition preparation.
EquipProvide tools, laptops, materials, components or useful resources.
EnableOffer mentoring, training, workplace visits, expertise or connections.
Start the Build
Helps with components, wiring, consumables, materials, safety items and smaller essentials.
Build the Robot
Supports mechanisms, fabrication, electronics, sensors and competition-ready systems.
Compete
Makes a substantial contribution towards registration, robot costs and reaching the competition arena.
Power a Season
Provides major backing towards the full cost of delivering the rookie season.
Every supporter is a ReBourne Partner
We do not use bronze, silver or gold sponsorship tiers. Financial and in-kind contributions can look very different, but each plays a part in building the team, developing students and strengthening ReBourne Futures.
System 09 · Recognition pathway
Optional Gold CREST route.
Students who want to take their work further may be able to shape their FRC contribution into a Gold CREST Award project, using the robot season as the foundation for a substantial investigation, design challenge or technical development project.
BUILD students could investigate mechanisms, materials, drivetrain choices, reliability, prototyping or design optimisation.
CONTROL students could explore autonomous movement, vision processing, sensor systems, control loops, simulation or data-led testing.
IMPACT students could develop research-rich projects around team operations, outreach impact, strategy systems, logistics, safety processes or STEM engagement.
GoldCREST Optional student project pathway
System 10 · Roadmap
From launch to Europe.
The ReBourne timeline gives students a clear route from training and team formation to build season, testing and international competition.
Autumn 2026
ReBourne launches through Sixth Form enrichment. Students begin technical training, subteam formation, mentor sessions and early robot systems work.
January 2027
FRC game season begins. Students analyse the challenge, design strategy, prototype mechanisms, plan systems and organise the build season.
Jan–Mar 2027
Design, build, code, test, iterate and prepare. The team works across BUILD, CONTROL and IMPACT to move from concept to competition-ready robot.
1 April 2027
ReBourne aims to compete in Europe in Spring 2027, representing the country as an all-girl FRC team on the international stage.
Founding partners
Strategic Solutions
Superior
RAR Automation UK
Yunex Traffic
MergeIT
System 11 · Partners
Partners already building with us.
ReBourne is already being supported by founding partners from engineering, technology, business and the wider STEM community. We are continuing to grow that network as we work towards our £10,000 rookie season target.
Fund the programme through contributions towards registration, robot parts, equipment and competition preparation.
Equip students through tools, laptops, materials, components or access to useful technical resources.
Enable the team through mentoring, training, workplace links, technical expertise or useful connections.
Support the UK’s only all-girl FRC programme and a school team representing the country internationally.
Help develop engineering, computing, leadership, communication and project-management experience.
Strengthen ReBourne Futures and the wider regional STEM pathway around the team.