FIRST Robotics Team 2404 provides free hands-on robotics education to students in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley, with mentoring from professional engineers. The team was founded in 2008 by Neighbors Empowering Youth, an award-winning non-profit which provides computers and technical classes for the broader community. Our technical mentoring team includes several professional engineers from local institutions, including Caltech and the NASA Jet Propulsion.