About Us

For many years, John Adams Middle School had a parent-founded and parent-run FTC robotics team, but there was no robotics team to join in high school, and Samohi had no interest in starting one, even if parents did all the work.

So in 2022 a group of ex-Jams robotics kids and parents founded Samotech in our lead mentor's garage. That first group of kids graduated high school in 2026, but the Samotech program continues, hosted by our lead technical mentor and co-founder, Chris Rowe, still out of his front room and garage.

We now have two FTC teams - one middle school and one high school - in addition to an FLL team for grades 4-6. Here is a fun look back at our first couple years: