The Chicago Style Botdogs

FRC Team 4645: Student-founded, Student-driven, Student-led.

Our Team at a Glance

The Chicago Style Botdogs, officially FRC Team 4645, is a robotics team with a diverse and talented background of 100+ students. From encouraging opportunities in STEM to helping other FRC teams, our team aims to benefit the surrounding communities near Lane Tech and Chicago through mentoring students and promoting robotics. Our team is almost entirely student-led: the core components of leadership, design, and execution are decisions made at the student's discretion.

Since our rookie year of 2013, we have:

Two times qualified for the FIRST World Championship.
Six separate Spirit Awards at the Illinois Central Competition.
Taught essential engineering and technology skills to past and current members.
Supported other FRC and FLL teams in their team design plan and structure.
Proud contributor to promoting CSEdWeek at Lane Tech.

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Upcoming Events

Robot Reveal

March 5, 2025

Lane Tech College Prep

Chicago, IL

Central Illinois Regional

March 21-23, 2025

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Midwest Regional

March 28-31, 2025

Forest View Education Center

Arlington Heights, IL

Chicago Style Botdogs GoFundMe

Maintaining the Chicago Style Botdogs requires a substantial sum of money for us to continue the education of students, the community, and the participation of our competition robot. Regardless of how big or small, any donation is greatly appreciated for our cause!

Lane Tech Chicago Style Botdogs GoFundMe

2025 ReefScape Season News - 1/17/25

Prototyping

Our team is working on creating first drafts of our robot! We are cutting up parts for our own in-school field, putting together an elevator (featured on the rightmost image) and creating the placing mechanism for this year's game pieces. With all hands on deck for the start of the season, we love getting to see each others prototypes come to life in such a short time!

What is Robot Reveal?

Robot reveal is when our team will release our competition robot to the public! Sponsors, parents, and other students are graciously invited to Lane Tech on March 5th to witness our 2025 competition robot for the first time this season. We're incredibly thankful for all the support from sponsors, coaches, and mentors this season!