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Updates from across the ITKAN network: competitions, recognition, partnerships, student stories, and announcements.
CompetitionITKAN's FRC teams dominate TRI 2026 and take home victory
By Sophia Baragatti
ITKAN's FRC teams brought home a championship from the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational — Robotics 9128 and Girls 10340 topping a deep national field through smart alliances, sharp networking, and relentless dedication.
CompetitionITKAN Girls 10340 are 2026 TRI Girls Drive Tournament Champions
By Sophia Baragatti
At the 2026 Texas Robotics Invitational, ITKAN Girls 10340 won the Girls Drive Tournament — channeling resilience, teamwork, and their hard-won engineering knowledge into a dominant 3–1 run.
PartnershipTexas Instruments engineers visit ITKAN to support our FRC team
By Ishak Jama
A team of engineers from Texas Instruments joined us at the ITKAN Innovation Hub to meet our students and coaches, walk through the robot's electrical system, and commit their expertise to help us prepare for the upcoming FRC season.
CommunityITKAN launches its first-ever FLL Summer Training Program
By Jumana Omar
ITKAN expanded its summer training tradition to its youngest competitors. The inaugural FLL Summer Training Program kicked off Saturday, with students assembling SPIKE Prime robots, writing their first lines of block code, and sketching out innovation-project ideas, all in a single day.
CommunityITKAN kicks off Summer Training 2026–2027
By Masa Hammoudah
ITKAN's 8-week Summer Training Program is underway, CAD and programming tracks running in parallel, building toward a competition-ready robot and culminating in a live Mock Season.
CommunityNorth Texas Islamic community gathers at the ITKAN Innovation Hub
Leaders from 25 masjids and Islamic organizations across North Texas, 35 representatives in all, gathered with the North Texas Islamic Council for a luncheon at the ITKAN Innovation Hub, with addresses from ISNA's CEO, the NTIC President, and community imams.
AnnouncementITKAN Innovation Summer Camp 2.0, registration open
A hands-on STEM & robotics camp for ages 6–14: programming, robotics, electrical engineering, and CAD design through interactive projects. June 8–18 (Mon–Thu), 10 AM–1 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX. Limited spots, register today.
AnnouncementITKAN Robotics Open House, recruitment now open
Join the award-winning ITKAN Robotics teams as we open recruitment for next season: FTC for grades 6–8 and FRC for grades 9–12. Open House May 30th, 2:00–4:00 PM at the ITKAN Innovation Hub in Plano, TX.
CompetitionFrom Plano to the world stage: ITKAN at the 2026 FIRST Championship
By Safiyya Mohammed & Arfa Youssef
Both ITKAN FRC teams competed at the FIRST World Championship in Houston. Team 9128 reached the final four of the Newton Division and won the Engineering Inspiration Award; second-year ITKAN Girls 10340 made the playoffs in the Johnson Division.
PartnershipTexas Instruments engineers visit the ITKAN Innovation Hub
By Yassin Ali
Engineers from Texas Instruments, a sponsor of ITKAN Robotics 9128, spent the day mentoring students, watching live robot demonstrations, and opening a direct window into careers in technology.
CompetitionITKAN crowned 2026 Texas State Champions
By Rameez Nathoo
At the FIRST In Texas District Championship in Houston, Team 9128 went undefeated through the Apollo Division playoffs to win the District Championship, the state's highest honor, while ITKAN Girls 10340 reached the Finals as an Alliance Captain and earned the Autonomous Award.
PartnershipITKAN launches FTC team at KAUST in Saudi Arabia
A partnership born on Al Jazeera. AI researcher Dr. Mohammed ElHoseiny found ITKAN through a 2023 Al Jazeera Nightly News feature, visited the lab, and partnered with us to launch only the third FTC team in Saudi Arabia, based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
CompetitionFRC 9128 and Itkan Girls 10340 sweep Farmersville
A historic triumph at the Farmersville District Event. Both teams secured District Championships, and 9128 claimed the prestigious Impact Award, FIRST's highest non-competitive honor.
AnnouncementITKAN opens 24,000 sqft Innovation Hub in Plano
Our flagship facility is now home to 3 FTC fields and a full FRC field, open to the North Texas FIRST community. From a 500 sqft room in 2022 to 6,000 sqft in 2023, the new Hub is the third home of the network in four years.
GlobalGEM Summit Doha: connecting with 1,000+ innovators from 120 countries
ITKAN took the international stage at GEM Summit in Doha, Qatar: running workshops at our booth, presenting on the main stage, and forming a partnership with the Qatar Foundation to expand STEM/FIRST across the Middle East, India, and Bangladesh.
CommunityBuilding Azah's car: an off-season GoBabyGo partnership
Our team spent the off-season designing and modifying a ride-on car for Azah, an 8-year-old in Houston with down syndrome. The custom build was delivered in person, and the GoBabyGo collaboration is now a yearly tradition.
CommunityHow one conversation at ICNA 2023 became 10 NC teams
At the ICNA 2023 convention in Baltimore, ITKAN met community leader Ibad Ar-Rahman. That single conversation became the catalyst for our largest non-Texas footprint: 10 teams across North Carolina, with 100% advancement to the State Championship.