I joined my school’s robotics team to impress some guy. Walking in to my first 

Wednesday lunch meeting that day I had no idea what to expect. Even though I joined for the 

boy I would stay for the people I met, the skills I learned, and the passion that emerged later on...

      I was a FIRST Robotics kid in high school. I’d joined out of interest for the robot but, stayed for the ridiculous amount of knowledge I was given beyond just bot building. I could never have imagined the process of requirement capture, designing, prototyping, tr...

Our first photobooth was hosted today at the Philomath Qualifying Event in Oregon today.  We are so excited to see so many new faces!  Thank you so much to FRC Team 5085, the Lakerbots, for hosting our first photobooth event, we are so thankful of your help!  You can a...

Last year was my last year in middle school. I sat in the stands of an assembly, bored and talking to my friends. Then, the robot came out... and I was hooked. I was fascinated that people my age and a bit older could do something like that.  I was so excited, I decide...

I first learned about robotics back in 8th grade. I'd had seen the team that year, when they came to the middle school to show off their robot. I remember being very impressed, and thinking "I could never do something like that!" Yet by the beginning of my freshman yea...

Robotics has changed so many students outlook on academics and life. It has shown them that there is something out there other than sports. Robotics has changed my life in so many ways. Chief among these is that I am capable of doing much more than just sports.  I rem...

This is my first year in robotics. I joined robotics because one of my friends, Taylor Dunlap, told me how great it was and how I would fit right in with the group. This year I started prototyping parts of the robot just making ideas I had in my head out of wood. Then...

I joined robotics because many of my friends were in it, and they told me it was a great experience. Also, I thought it would challenge me personally. I was a little lost my first year, but I soon figured out what robotics meant. My hidden talents started to reveal the...