8bit 7845

Team 8BIT #7845 is a high school robotics group located in Jerusalem. Since 2019, the group has put together full-sized robots. As well as building a team that resembles a new company, more than a school club. Each year, we compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition, going against teams from around the world. But this journey is about much more than competing or engineering. It’s about writing code late into the night, racing deadlines. It’s about teaching others what we’ve learned. It’s about how to lead, how to fail and start over, and how to win — without losing humility. Along the way, we realized that what happens off the field matters just as much. We run events for the community, help launch other teams, and teach classes for kids and beginners. We show younger students that engineering isn’t just wires and code — it’s creativity, chaos, and fun. We represent Jerusalem, but our impact goes far beyond it. Our goal is to bring curiosity to the next generation, inspire them, and use technology as a tool for learning, growth, and real change in society. Each year, the team takes on the FIRST Robotics Competition. The group competes against other teams from many countries. The work is never only about the robot. It is about learning to write code at night before a deadline - it is about teaching younger students. The work helps members figure out how to direct, how to fail, how to begin again, along with how to win modestly. During this process, members found that their work away from the field carries equal weight; they manage community gatherings, instruct new teams as well, and hold classes for the community. They also teach younger children that engineering can be imaginative, disorderly, in addition to very enjoyable. The team stands for Jerusalem, but its effect reaches the entire nation. The group exists to begin interest, add to a desire to achieve, and employ technology as a means for learning and change in society.