Members of The RoboBees traveled to Falls Church, VA today to assist with the DC area’s FRC Workshop hosted by FRC 1418 and Don Brobst, DC Senior Mentor. Over 200 attendees from teams and prospective teams from the area were in attendance for the training session. The RoboBees presented three… Read More »DC Area FRC Workshop
The RoboBees, FIRST Robotics Team 836, were featured in a segment of WJLA’s news coverage this past week in recognition for their Toys for Tots Bike Build. From the Article: With the holiday season approaching, a group of teens that typically spends its weekend mornings playing video games or hanging… Read More »The RoboBees are in the news!
The RoboBees are proud to announce that our partnership with the local chapter of Toys For Tots has grown over the years. We will still be collecting and donating toys, as in previous years.
This year, The RoboBees held 8 different presentations at the 2013 BAA educational day. All materials that were presented are available for download on our website. Feel free to leave a comment below if find any of these materials helpful. Sensor Integration Design Principles Pneumatics 101 Advanced Scouting Early Look… Read More »2013 Baltimore Area Alliance – Educational Day
This weekend, The RoboBees will be demonstrating the 2015 Alpha Control System at the off season event Duel on the Delaware. Duel On the Delaware is hosted by FIRST Team 365, MOE. We thank MOE for allowing us this opportunity! Come check out Duel On the Delaware and stop by… Read More »Duel On the Delaware
We are proud to announce that one of our Alumni, Amanda Lucas, was featured in an article written by FIRST itself. We are extremely proud of Amanda and all of our Alumni who show us that programs like ours and many others have a huge impact on these students lives.… Read More »More than Robots
The RoboBees are proud to announce that they will be holding their open enrollment meeting on September 30th at 6 PM in the Dohrmann Room at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center. Students from 8th grade to 12th grade are welcome to attend. Students and Mentors from… Read More »Open Enrollment | 2013-2014 School Year
Students were able to learn the basics of flight through a series of activities. The group started the morning with balloons whizzing around the room. Students paired off and used string, straws, and balloons to create thrust experiments. Once they learned how to get objects in the air, they had… Read More »Science of Flight – The basics behind flying objects
Tuesday (May 6th) our team had the opportunity to attend the Superintendent’s Robotics Showcase at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center. Here our FRC members joined the VEX Robotics Competition, the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), the STEM 5 and STEM 7 Navy sponsored “Math in Real Life… Read More »Superintendent’s Robotics Showcase
On March 28, 2013 we arrived at the DC Regional for a weekend of hard work, competition, and fun. Tackling this year’s challenge of shooting Frisbees and climbing a 10 foot pyramid was no easy task but we went in strong when it came to climbing. While on the other… Read More »The Washington D.C. Regional