Waller Robotics — BEST Team 2607, Waller High School, Texas
Waller High School's competitive robotics team. Every season we design, machine, wire and code a robot from an empty frame — then take it to the field against the best teams in Texas. Maroon and steel, start to finish.
Our sponsors
Waller Robotics runs on the businesses who back it. These are the people putting Team 2607 on the field this season.
Want your business on this wall and on the robot? Here’s how to support the team.
A shop class with a scoreboard
Competitive robotics gives Waller students the same problem a working engineering team gets: a rulebook, a deadline, a budget, and a machine that has to work in front of a crowd. Students own every decision — the coaches advise, the team builds.
Three leagues
We run as BEST Team 2607, and also compete in VEX and FIRST Tech Challenge — two events a season, with a shot at the championship.
Real engineering
CAD, fabrication, wiring, control theory, version control and a documented design notebook — the same tools used in industry.
Outreach in Waller
We mentor the local 4-H STEM club, run demo days at the elementary and middle schools, and bring the robot to community events.
Six crews, one robot
Fifteen students, every one of them on a crew. Nobody sits on the sidelines — if the robot moves, someone here made it move.
Mechanical Design and Building
Chassis, gearboxes and mechanisms — from sketch to CAD to cut metal. Cut, drill, tap, assemble, then break it and build it stronger.
Programming and Coding
Driver controls, autonomous routines, sensor logic and tuning. Everything lives in version control so nothing gets lost between events.
Electrical Wiring
Battery, breakers, motor controllers and sensor harnesses. Clean wiring is the difference between finishing a match and a dead robot on the field.
Strategy and Game Analysis
Break down the rulebook, score the game, scout every opponent. They decide what the robot has to be good at before anyone cuts a part.
Public Relations and Documentation
The engineering notebook, award submissions, sponsors, social media and community demos — the record of how the robot got built, and who hears about it.
Driving and Operation
Driver, operator and coach. Hours of practice on the field so the six-second decisions during a match are automatic.
Teaching what we were taught
Every one of our students learned this from someone older than them. We pay that back by mentoring the local 4-H STEM club — running STEM Exploration Nights where our team walks younger students through breadboards, microcontrollers and drone kits, one table at a time.
Our students mentor the club through the year — the same skills our subteams use, scaled down to a first project.
Hands-on stations for circuits, microcontrollers and drone kits, run by team members rather than adults.
Demos at Waller elementary and middle schools, plus community events where the robot does the recruiting.
Where to find us
Three dates on the 2026 BEST calendar. Come watch — admission is free and the pit is open between matches.
- Sat · Sep 26, 20269:00 AM – 1:00 PM League City Intermediate2588 Webster St, League City TX 77573 KickoffNext up
- Sat · Nov 7, 20269:00 AM – 1:00 PM CCISD Learner Support Center2903 Falcon Pass, Houston TX 77062 Practice Day
- Sat · Nov 21, 20268:30 AM – 4:00 PM Venue TBDHouston TX 77062 Game Day
Put your name on the bumper
Registration, parts, tools and travel run into the thousands every season. Sponsors keep Waller students building — and get their logo on the robot, on our shirts and in front of every crowd we compete for.
Fund this season's build
Our BEST season campaign is live on Zeffy — every dollar goes straight to registration, parts and travel for Team 2607. Zeffy passes on 100% of your donation, with no platform fees.
In-kind donations — machining time, materials, electronics, transportation — help just as much as cash. Email nhester@wallerisd.net to talk it through, or give directly through the Zeffy campaign.
No experience required
Most students walk in having never used a drill press or written a line of code. What we ask for is showing up, asking questions, and staying through the hard weeks. Meetings are open to all Waller High School students — come to one before you decide.
- Meetings
- Tuesdays & Thursdays
- Where
- The Robotics Room
- Coach
- Mr. Hester
- School
- Waller High School, Waller, Texas
- Campaign
- Donate on Zeffy
- Social
- @handle