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FIRST Robotics Competition / 6228İstanbul, Şişli

MAT ROBOTICS

Ignite a Spark. Change a Thousand Lives.

We’re the FIRST Robotics Competition team of YTU Maçka Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School. Since 2015, we’ve been inspiring our community through engineering, science, and social impact.

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Team
6228
Founded
2015
Active Members
25+2026–27 season
Alumni
50+
Location
İstanbul, Şişli
Season
2026–27
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Team members behind a table at a competition stand with the robot in front of them.
2025 Week 0 — Rising All Star award

The team behind the robot.

At MAT Robotics, our goal isn’t only to be a competitive robot team — it’s to inspire the people around us through the unifying power of science and technology. Beyond lasting national and international success in robotics competitions, we aim to raise wider social awareness.

Our core mission is to help young people accomplish shared tasks through cooperation, have fun while learning, and develop respect for one another along the way. We want our students to grow into innovative people who benefit society — gaining not just technical skills, but leadership, responsibility, and teamwork.

Founded
2015
Active Members
25+
Alumni
50+

Skills our students gain

  • Mechanical design & CAD modeling
  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Electronics & control systems
  • Project & time management
  • Strategy development
  • Teamwork & leadership
  • Content creation & science communication
Team
On the field

Engineering in motion.

Years on the field.

From our first competition in 2015 to today.

Team members celebrating with medals and a trophy inside a competition arena.
Our full team history

  1. We reached the playoffs at the Haliç Regional. In May 2026, we captained the 4th alliance at the İBB Off-Season, a 35-team event.

  2. We became the first team in Turkey to win the Rising All Star Award, at the Istanbul Regional. In partnership with YTÜ, we hosted and organized the FRC Week 0 off-season event.

  3. We competed in the lower semifinal, finishing among the tournament’s top 6 teams.

Beyond the robot.

Alongside our competition robot, our ongoing projects give back to our local community and the FIRST family.

MATˣ

A STEM outreach project launched for our 10th anniversary. This season we’re aiming to reach 10,000 students, raising awareness of and inspiring interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Girls FIRST in MTAL

We noticed how few girls take part in FIRST from vocational high schools. Together with 11 partner teams, we’re encouraging girls already at these schools to get involved in FIRST.

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Machina

Machina Bilim Hikayeleri and Machina Dergisi are our weekly science and technology publications for elementary and middle-school readers. Machina+ goes deeper for a high-school audience.

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Mecha Forge

We design our own mechanical parts and share them — CAD and STL files included — free with other robotics teams.

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Taking science beyond the classroom.

Through MAT-X we’re aiming to reach 10,000 students this season; through Girls FIRST in MTAL, we support girls’ participation in FIRST at vocational high schools.

2026 Zeytinburnu Deneyap Atölyeleri presentations
2025 Hiltown AVM workshop
2025 SolidWorks training

Our goal this season

10,000

students reached

From our MATˣ events

  • Hiltown AVM Workshopchildren and families 340
  • YTU Schools Maker Daypreschool students 150
  • Dene, Keşfet, Meslek Lisesiyle Üret Festivalistudents 230
  • Bil Koleji Maker Dayelementary students 200
  • Maçka SolidWorks Trainingaspiring young engineers 100

25 teams we’ve met Meeting the FRC Community

12 organizations make this season possible

We compete every season thanks to the organizations who support us.

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Documents for sponsors, parents, and other teams who want to know our team and our season plan in more depth.

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