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San Francisco's first and only girls robotics team!The Missfits are an all-female community robotics team based in San Francisco. We aim to take on a male dominated field, and show girls how fun and rewarding engineering can be.
Our student-led, mentor based team introduces female youth to engineering and technology. Only 24% of STEM careers are filled by women, and we want to help increase that percentage. Our team designs the robot, builds it, and competes in regional and national FRC Robotics competitions. Along the way, we learn engineering skills such as CAD, electronic design, machining, programming, and project management. We want to ensure all team members are given the chance to learn while also having a blast! Team members come from a wide range of San Francisco Bay Area public and private high schools. We also want to help make our community a better place by giving opportunities to those who may lack them. Through our robot demonstrations and hands-on workshops, we aim for that "WOW" moment where a 12-year old girl discovers that science and engineering is her passion too! |
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Team milestones
2017 - Successful First Season
In our rookie year, 2017, we demonstrated our outstanding potential at multiple competitions. At SFR, we won the Rookie Inspiration award, and were ranked 20 out of 41 teams. Later that season, at SVR, we performed exceptionally well, ranking 8th and earning both the Rookie All Star award and the Highest Rookie Seed Award, as well as making it to semifinals as captain of alliance 7. As a strong finish to the season, we competed in the Newton Division at the World Championship in Houston, securing a 24th place finish out of 67 teams.
2019 - Champs
In 2019, with the game Destination Deep Space, we reached a significant milestone marking the turning point for further team development. We became Regional Winners at SVR, earning a wild card entry to the FIRST Robotics Championship. There, we advanced to the semifinals round of the Galileo Division, a remarkable achievement showcasing the significant progress we made.
2020 - Missfits Documentary
We had the honor of director Ellie Wen making a short documentary about our team. Released in 2020, The Missfits was filmed throughout the 2019 season and shows the world how we take on a male-dominated field and break gender stereotypes as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. In addition to appearing on KQED, it was shown at many different film festivals and won many awards.
2021 - POP Innovation Project
Set during the pandemic, FIRST’s Innovation Challenge called on teams to design a solution to a real-world problem related to the season’s theme FIRST Game Changers in addition to building a business model and delivering a pitch. Our project was called POP, and included an app as well as a series of buttons designed to help families get moving during the pandemic. POP earned us the FIRST Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalist Award for the Oxygen Group, showcasing our ability to blend creativity, technology, and problem-solving to address real-world challenges.
2024 - Engineering Excellence + Woodie Flowers
With the 2024 game Crescendo, we achieved a major milestone at SFR, winning our team’s first Engineering Excellence award in addition to a Woodie Flowers award. The Engineering Excellence award, in particular, was a tribute to our careful design documentation and ensuring our robot's reliability and functionality in competition. This, along with a strong overall performance during the competition season showcased our drive for continued improvement and commitment to strive for excellence.
In our rookie year, 2017, we demonstrated our outstanding potential at multiple competitions. At SFR, we won the Rookie Inspiration award, and were ranked 20 out of 41 teams. Later that season, at SVR, we performed exceptionally well, ranking 8th and earning both the Rookie All Star award and the Highest Rookie Seed Award, as well as making it to semifinals as captain of alliance 7. As a strong finish to the season, we competed in the Newton Division at the World Championship in Houston, securing a 24th place finish out of 67 teams.
2019 - Champs
In 2019, with the game Destination Deep Space, we reached a significant milestone marking the turning point for further team development. We became Regional Winners at SVR, earning a wild card entry to the FIRST Robotics Championship. There, we advanced to the semifinals round of the Galileo Division, a remarkable achievement showcasing the significant progress we made.
2020 - Missfits Documentary
We had the honor of director Ellie Wen making a short documentary about our team. Released in 2020, The Missfits was filmed throughout the 2019 season and shows the world how we take on a male-dominated field and break gender stereotypes as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. In addition to appearing on KQED, it was shown at many different film festivals and won many awards.
2021 - POP Innovation Project
Set during the pandemic, FIRST’s Innovation Challenge called on teams to design a solution to a real-world problem related to the season’s theme FIRST Game Changers in addition to building a business model and delivering a pitch. Our project was called POP, and included an app as well as a series of buttons designed to help families get moving during the pandemic. POP earned us the FIRST Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalist Award for the Oxygen Group, showcasing our ability to blend creativity, technology, and problem-solving to address real-world challenges.
2024 - Engineering Excellence + Woodie Flowers
With the 2024 game Crescendo, we achieved a major milestone at SFR, winning our team’s first Engineering Excellence award in addition to a Woodie Flowers award. The Engineering Excellence award, in particular, was a tribute to our careful design documentation and ensuring our robot's reliability and functionality in competition. This, along with a strong overall performance during the competition season showcased our drive for continued improvement and commitment to strive for excellence.
logo history
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Our logo was yellow by design, and blue was later added to reflect the blue shirts we wore during our first year of competitions, when we were recognized as the "Ladies in Blue” by the announcers. These two colors have become associated with our team as a recognizable part of our branding. Our old logo was designed to convey power and irreverence, invoking images of a powerful female. The flipped power logo, forming an “M”, reflects our mission to upend the status quo as “misfits” who did not fit the conventional norms for females in FRC, hence our team name: The Missfits. |
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After many years of our Wonder Woman logo, we decided it was time for a change. Though the look is new, we wanted to keep as much of our original messaging as possible: all-girls, women in STEM, and rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our new logo features an “M” (for “Missfits”) in the shape of a dahlia, which is the official flower of San Francisco. The dahlia flower represents elegance, creativity, and inner strength, reflecting our team mission of promoting women in STEM. Strong blue circuitry juxtaposes lighter yellow petals, reflecting our goal of excelling in the male dominated field of robotics and engineering. |
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team outreach
Here are our recent and past outreach initiatives.
missfits alumni
We play a pivotal role in inspiring the next generation of STEM thinkers and leaders by providing young girls and non-binary students with a hands-on introduction to robotics and other engineering subfields. Our supportive and inclusive environment allows every student to explore STEM by engaging in real-world projects; we introduce to them a future full of STEM.
Since 2017, we’ve had seven graduating classes of students. Here’s a look at where they’ve gone on to after their time with the Missfits.
Since 2017, we’ve had seven graduating classes of students. Here’s a look at where they’ve gone on to after their time with the Missfits.
