5×
​VEX World Championship Appearances​​

3×
VEX World Championship divisional Award

24
Awards & Recognitions Earned​

​2015
A Decade of Designing, Building & Competing​

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Team Asteria · VEX IQ​

VEX IQ · TEAM 45864Z · SAN JOSE, CA
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​We build
robots.

We build
​resilience.

An award-winning youth robotics team turning bold ideas into competition-ready machines—and helping the next generation do the same.

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Meet our Mentors

2021–22 Innovate Award · Northern California State Championship

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OUR JOURNEY

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From a garage

workshop to

the world stage.

Asteria grew through seasons of sketching, prototyping, rebuilding, programming, and learning under pressure. Each robot tells a story of teamwork and iteration.

​01


​Design with intention
​We start by understanding the game, comparing mechanisms, documenting decisions, and building prototypes that can be tested—not just admired.

02


​Learn through failure
Competition robots rarely work perfectly the first time. We diagnose problems, use evidence, and improve one subsystem at a time.

03


​Lead by sharing
Our experienced members now coach and mentor younger teams, passing forward the habits that helped Asteria succeed.

SELECTED RECOGNITION

​Engineering recognized at every level.

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VEX IQ World Championship · Math Division · Create Award

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Create Award
​Math Division · 2021–22

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Judges Award
Middle School Division · 2020–21

​STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Robot Skills Champion
California · 2018–19

SIGNATURE EVENT
STEM Research Award
Silicon Valley · 2019–20

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COACHES & MENTORS

​Experience

becomes impact when it
​
is shared.

On stage at Google Girlpower Event sharing their experience with ~500 young girls, who were introduced to robotics for the 1st time.
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ROBOTICS COACH & MENTOR

Aarohi Kulkarni
Across 2024 and 2025, Aarohi helped coach and mentor two youth robotics teams, supporting robot design, building, programming, troubleshooting, teamwork, judging preparation, and competition strategy.

​​​From competition veterans to guides for younger builders, Asteria’s coaches and mentors help students develop the confidence to solve problems independently.

ROBOTICS COACH & MENTOR
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Bhavya Dash
Bhavya brought her years of VEX IQ experience to younger students, helping them strengthen their engineering process, teamwork, and confidence in competition.

View Aarohi's journey

View Bhavya's journey

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