About #5140
WACO Aerobotics #5140 is a First Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team out of WACO Learning Center and Air Museum in Troy, OH.
5140 is comprised of teens 12-18 years old with a desire to learn engineering and robotics principles while having fun.
Preston
Drive captain
The veteran of the team. He’s been applying his engineering skills to build robots for over four years.
Gavin
Driver/builder
Starting out as a programmer, Gavin has been giving robots the code they need to come to life. Now he operates the controls, running our robot to victory.
Jordan
Driver/builder
The man with a wrench. Jordan drives the robot and makes sure that it stays in one piece.
Eric
builder
Eric is the mechanical guy. He helps design and build our robots, making sure that they come out on top.
Nick
builder
The mechanic. Nick helps design and build the robot
Grayson
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics
Adhira
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics. Learning the basics of Programming to control the robot
Maddix
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics
Kemper
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics
Pellum
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics
Jude
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics
Asher
human Operator/builder
Fresh recruit assisting in building and learning the in’s and out’s of FTC robotics
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Aerobot Blog
Practice: 2/20/2026
Attendance: Preston, Nick, Grayson, Gavin, Asher, Eric, Jude Coaches: Dave, Marcus Coding: Gavin wrote a test script to run[…]
Practice 1/30-1/31/26
Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Nick, Jordan, Eric, Jude, Greyson Coaches: Mr. Duff, Mr. Bodey, and Dave As an overview, the[…]
Miami University Qualifier
#5140 pushed hard for a quick turnaround into the Miami University Qualification match on Jan. 24, 2025. Some coaches[…]
Practice 1/19/26
Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Eric, Asher, Nick, Greyson, Maddox, Jude, and Jordan Coaches: Dave, Mr. Duff, Mr. Bodey Coders: Fixed[…]
Jan. 17, 2026 – Lebanon Qualifier
#5140 competed in the FTC Qualifier event at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio. The first match started[…]
After Hours Coding
Coders have been hard at work in between practices getting autonomous working and ironing out bugs in the mechanisms.[…]
Practice 1/12/2026
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Jordan, Eric, Nick, Asher, Jude, Greyson, Maddox, and Pellum. Coaches: Marcus, Dave, Stephen To-Do List: Coaches wisdom:[…]
1-10-26
Today we worked on the portfolio, organization and accuracy of the launcher. Our trifold poster was also reviewed and[…]
Robotics 1/9/26
In todays robotics:Our coding team, tuned the robot for object launches (the equation and debugging) [Equation is still not[…]
Practice 1/5/2025
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Jordan, Eric, Nick, Asher, Jude, Greyson, and Maddox Coaches: Mr. Duff Coders: Continued to[…]
Jan. 3, 2026 – Practice
Attendees: Jordan, Eric, Preston, Gavin, Jude, Asher, Maddix, Kemper, Pellum Asher, Eric, Preston, Jordan, Maddix, Jude, Kemper, Pellum got[…]
Jan 2, 2025 – Practice
Attendees: Jordan, Preston, Eric, Gavin, Jude, Asher Thanks to our generous sponsors for the new storage bins. Our old[…]
Practice 12/30/26
Time: 9:00pm-12:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Jordan, Nick, and Maddox Coaches: Mr. Duff Overview: The goal today was to get[…]
Practice 12/29/25
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Eric, Nick, Jude, Asher, and Maddix Coaches: Mr. Bodey and Mr. Duff Overview: With[…]