Events
At Fire Robotics, we spread FTC values such as gracious professionalism, innovation, and teamwork to local communities. We inspire upcoming high schoolers to become pioneers in S.T.E.M. by engaging them in hands-on learning and creating a community to give them exposure and guidance. We gain experience and knowledge from mentors who are trained professionals in their respective fields of science and technology.
Outreach Events
Sanskriti Outreach
At a local teaching center, we gave an interactive S.T.E.M. experience to kids by doing fun activities including coding and building. We also informed parents about the benefits of high school robotics.
Coder School Outreach
At a local coder school, we gave upcoming 9th graders and their parents,exposure to FTC and the high school robotics experience.
India Robotics Workshop
We held an online webinar with 60+ people who were interested in this opportunity. The team also worked together to send a member to India and teach in person to the students at the school.
Hour of Code
At a local elementary school, we gave an interactive S.T.E.M. experience to kids by doing fun activities including various coding opportunities. We also informed parents about the benefits of high school robotics.
FLL Mid Atlantic Meet
Our team was invited to the FLL Mid_Atlantic Invitational Meet. We volunteered and helped run the event by setting up games, judging, and organizing teams.
Kickoff
We invited all teams in our region to one big event where all the teams were introduced to this year's challenge.
Livingston Day
A town-wide event where we held a robot demonstration and talked to the town about Livingston High School robotics.
Shiv's Third Eye Mental Wellness Fair
A town-wide event where we talked about the mental health benefits of doing robotics and being part of a team. At Fire robotics, we prioritize our members and create a safe and friendly environment to support and help our team members.
Trash Pickup
A group of members from our team went to a local highway to assist our school's Key Club. We picked up over 50 pounds of trash.
WESTEM Fundraiser
We partnered with the Women in Entrepreneurship and STEM Club and Anthony Franco's, one of our sponsors, for this fundraiser.
Board of Education
We presented our team and accomplishments to the board. Our aim was to help the board understand what we have done with their help and to continue this is in the future.
Town Council
We talked to the Town Council and Mayor on Live TV. We Informed about accomplishments and future plans and thanked them for all their support.
Egypt
We worked with the Rotary Club in Egypt to raise $1900+ to help build up a STEM program in an Egyptian school.
Chinese Community Day
We taught 3 classes of children how to extend past elementary robotics.
STEM Day
During this independently organized event
we connected the community to STEM learning opportunities available in town. We had 100+ people attend and we raised over $200+.
VEX IQ Qualifier
We refereed, helped host, set up, and clean up this event.
Namaste School
We taught an interactive physics activity to over 30 children.
FLL Midatlantic Meet
We volunteered as: MC, ref, pit admin, set-up, clean-up, and much more.
LACD
We gave a presentation to over 30 members about robotics and our team
Genius Gems
We taught a lesson at a robotics class with over 15 people and had an
interactive Robot demonstration and activity.
Mentoring
Team Jolly Blue (FTC)
We helped Team Jolly Blue with their PID controller for Swivel Drivetrain over Zoom.
Team Alpha (FLL)
We helped Team Alpha by teaching them the different processes required to build, such as, the iterative process and the design cycle.
Team Mega Mindstorms (FLL)
We helped Team Mega Mindstorms by teaching them the nuances of the competition, such as, point density and primary vs secondary handlers.
Team Cyber Cerberus (FLL)
We helped Team Cyber Cerberus develop their game strategy, handle their robot, and helped them improve their innovation project.
Team Metallic Manipulators (FLL)
We helped Team Metallic Manipulators with game strategy by teaching them the importance of teamwork and cooperation.
Team Roborockers (FLL)
We helped Team Roborockers by giving constructive criticism to enhance their presentation so that they could speak clearly and effectivley.