Team Name:	Hyper Bots
Robot Name:	HB 3
Organization:	Framwellgate School Durham
Program:	V5RC
Active:	Yes
Grade Level:	High School
Location:	Durham, United Kingdom

About the Team

Building on experience in the Under Over, High Stakes and Push Back seasons, this group of students in years 11 and 12 started the Overdrive season with a determination to do even better this season. At the Push Back UK Nationals the Hyper Bots beat a higher ranked alliance in the round of 16 to reach the Quarter Finals for the second year running, and were the most successful High School team from the north east of England. We were particularly proud when the team received a Sportsmanship award at Whickham last year, recognising the inclusive and supportive approach we take to robotics at Fram - be excellent to reach other! Their custom black t-shirts with iconic Hyper Bots logos were very kindly donated by J.G. Uniforms, which is run by a parent of one of our students who also designed the logos. The team is currently raising funds and they would be very grateful for any donations at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/framvexrobotics - thank you! Framwellgate School Durham is a co-educational, non-selective secondary school and sixth form for students aged 11–18, located in the Framwellgate Moor area of Durham. As an academy under the Excel Academy Partnership, it emphasises values of excellence, compassion, and respect.

About this Season

The Hyper Bots answer to the Overdrive challenge is evolving fast, with more emphasis on automation, complex engineering solutions and coding in C++ for the first time. The team are ambitious, locked in (!) and aiming to qualify for the World Championships this season.

About Team Sponsor

Framwellgate School Durham started our VEX robotics journey through the generosity of The Reece Foundation, who provided our first VEX V5 competition starter kit. The Reece Foundation was launched in 2007 by renowned North East engineer and businessman Dr Alan Reece to promote manufacturing and support education relating to engineering, maths and physics. A passionate believer in engineering as a provider of prosperity and enjoyable employment, Alan Reece felt it important to encourage students to become enthused and excited by engineering and ultimately inspired to become our engineers of the future. Lord Crewe’s Charity is a Christian Charity supporting Clergy, Education and the Local Community. Their guiding values are Christian Stewardship and Responsible Benevolence. With careful stewardship of Lord Crewe’s original endowment, the Charity uses its income to support clergy in the dioceses of Durham and Newcastle, to support education, particularly at Lincoln College, Oxford and to support the local community in the parishes where the Charity owns land and more widely through the two dioceses. Lord Crewe’s Charity awarded a generous multi-year grant in 2025 to fund Framwellgate School Durham's robotics teams, enabling the school to purchase a portable VEX robotics arena, game elements and equipment that will help ensure that our teams can compete on equal terms with the best teams in the country for many years to come.