M'Aiken Magic Team 1102

Real robots, built by students from the CSRA.

M'Aiken Magic is FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1102. Students in grades 8 to 12 from across the CSRA meet at Aiken High School to design, machine, program, and promote a competition robot.

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Team 1102's competition robot, full of yellow game pieces, with red bumpers showing the number 1102
Team 1102 students and mentors in matching green shirts posing on a competition field, two of them kneeling in front holding awards

Ways to take part

Pick the program that fits your student's age and interests. All of them are hands-on.

  • FIRST Robotics Competition

    Grades 8-12

    Our main team, Team 1102. Students work in five subteams to take a robot from sketch to competition floor, and run the team like a small company while they do it.

  • FIRST LEGO League

    Younger students

    A team for students who are not ready for FRC yet. They build and program LEGO robots and learn how a team solves problems together.

  • Off-season events

    All members

    Between seasons we compete at off-season events, train new members on real equipment, and open our doors to families at events like Robo-Day.

Everyone on the team has a job

A robot team needs more than builders. These are the five subteams.

SubteamWhat students do
Engineering Designs the robot's structure and mechanisms, and tests ideas on paper and in CAD before anything is cut.
Manufacturing Cuts, drills, machines, and assembles the parts, then keeps the robot repaired between matches.
Programming Writes the code that drives the robot, from driver controls to the routine that runs on its own at the start of a match.
Media and PR Photographs, films, and writes the team's story for social media, sponsors, and competition judges.
Business Plans the budget, finds and thanks sponsors, and organizes outreach and fundraising.

On the calendar

Where you can find the team next.

  • FSC District Richland Event

    District competition, Hopkins, SC

  • FSC District Sumter Event

    District competition, Sumter, SC

  • FIRST South Carolina State Championship

    District championship, Anderson, SC

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Back the team

Sponsorship pays for parts, tools, event registration, and travel. Eight giving levels, named for the ranks of a wizard's career.

See giving levels
  • Dragon $10,000 and up
  • Wizard $7,500 to $9,999
  • Archmage $5,000 to $7,499
  • Sorcerer $2,500 to $4,999
  • Mage $1,000 to $2,499
  • Enchanter $500 to $999
  • Magic Maker $250 to $499
  • Apprentice $1 to $249

Start building with us

Students in grades 8 to 12 are welcome, and no experience is needed. Email us to find out how to get started.

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