Who are the Millerbots?
The Washburn Millerbots, now in our 17th season, were founded in 2008 by Sarah Etzel, Peter Grul, Jerrod Nelson, Mark Le Feber, and Linda Teppo. Based out of Washburn High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, we compete as FIRST Robotics Team 2549. While our obvious aim as a FIRST Robotics team is to win each season, we also care about developing skills. We provide our team members with experiences in real-world engineering, design, and problem-solving; we learn how to work together as a team and effectively communicate complex ideas, even through disagreement.
Over the past decade, our team has won four Regional competitions, two Imagery awards, two Safety awards, one Engineering Inspiration award, one Industrial Design Award, and gone on to compete at Nationals four times.
Washburn Millerbots (Team 2549) FIRST Robotics Competition Awards
This Year’s Game
On January 10, 2026 the new game, Rebuilt, was unveiled and with thousands of teams from around the world we will get to work designing and building a brand new robot.
If you are interested in learning more about the specifics of the game, you can watch an animation and read through the manual here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fybREErgyM & https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2026/Manual/2026GameManual.pdf
Washburn Millerbots 2549 