April 7, 8, and 9, 2016, Team 836 The RoboBees attended the Chesapeake District Championship held at the University Maryland’s Xfinity Center, College Park. This event was the culmination of their previous 2 wins at District Competitions, Greater DC and Central Maryland. The RoboBees had a rocky start but finished… Read More »Three-peat makes The RoboBees Chesapeake District Champions
Come one come all, growingSTEMS is holding an open house / STEM Expo at the newly opened Stachelczyk STEM Center. On April 16th from 10AM-3PM the Stachelczyk STEM center will open its doors to the public for tours, informational sessions, and hands on STEM activities. Shoot paper rockets high into the… Read More »Open House – The Stachelczyk STEM Center
During Spring Break FIRST Team 836 The RoboBees attended the FIRST Robotics Central Maryland District Competition held at South River High School in Edgewater, MD. The team was once again represented by its robot as well as its students and mentors who attended the competition working as Student Ambassadors and… Read More »The Central MD District Competition
This past weekend, March 12th and 13th, The RoboBees attended the Greater DC FIRST Stronghold District Competition. The RoboBees not only competed with their robot, the Warhog, but also had students, mentors, and alumni represent the team as volunteers and student ambassadors. At the end of the competition, the team… Read More »Greater DC District Event
Build Season is six weeks of productive chaos. In the six weeks, to build the robot, multiple obstacles had to be met and over come. Starting with the Kickoff Event, the room was filled with excitement before the Reveal Video was played. When the game was revealed, the room cheered… Read More »Build Season
FTC team 389 attended their second qualifier on February 6th, held at River Hill High school in Clarksville MD. They competed in this year’s FTC game “RES-Q” (a play on the word Rescue) in which the field has two “mountains” in opposing corners containing three scoring areas: low, middle, and high. During… Read More »FTC – Success leads to State Championships
Team 836 The RoboBees has found a new home thanks to the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Stachelczyk, and Mr. Wayne Boothe of Boothe’s Heating and Air. Our building, appropriately named The Stachelczyk S.T.E.M. Center, located at 43883 Airport View Drive Hollywood, Maryland will also serve to hold various STEM… Read More »The Hive has moved
Hear ye! Hear ye! Lords and Ladies, Lads and Lasses, gather thine knights, horses, and armor and get thy kingdom prepared for an epic battle of strategy! Art thou armies ready?! With some trepidation the students filed into the conference room of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers… Read More »Let the games begin!
Today is the day! At 10:30AM EST we will learn about this FRC season’s game, STRONGHOLD. Below is the teaser post that was provided back in October to get everyone excited about the upcoming season. We will be updating this post with our thoughts and views on the game once… Read More »2016 Kickoff – STRONGHOLD
During the first annual Maryland STEM Festival and Expo, FIRST Team 836, The RoboBees hosted robot demonstrations. The Expo was from 9am to 4pm on November 14th. Throughout the day, The RoboBees demonstrated Bee’s Modé, the 1st place winner of the 2014 Pittsburgh Regional Competition. This helped to reach out to children… Read More »Maryland STEM Festival and Expo