ROBOTICON Tampa Bay

12/02/2025

It's "Giving Tuesday" and we know you're being inundated with emails, texts, and posts to help support all the amazing charities and organizations doing so much good in our communities. We could use your help, too, but you know that.

So we're just going to put our donation link right here for you, and if you can help out in any way, today or any day throughout the rest of the month or throughout the new year, this link will always work, and your contribution, of any size, will always be valued and appreciated. Thank you for helping us help others!

FCDI: Powering AMRoCFabLab, Equity in Entrepreneurship, ROBOTICON Tampa Bay and GCMakerCon , and empowering through accessible, inclusive and inspiring programs and active learning projects.

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10/20/2025

Sunday's Robotics Education & Competition Foundation Aerial Drone Competition Scrimmage at AMRoCFabLab was great fun! Carwise Middle School teams joined AMROCs Flywalkers community drone team to get in some piloting practice runs on the AMROC teamwork and skills fields, and test programming for autonomous runs.

Thank you to Mr. Clinton of AMROC fab Lab for facilitating the scrimmage and to Ms. Krupa, of the REC Foundation, for joining us at both the VEX V5 tournament on Saturday and at the Sunday RADC scrmmage!

10/19/2025

Our next event -our ROBOTICON Time Warm REC Foundation Aerial Drone Competition Scrimmage - is Sunday, October 19, at AMRoCFabLab from 1pm to 5pm. If your middle or high school student is interested in drones and competitive tech programs, please join us!

The clock is ticking and Mission 2026: Time Warp is here. This season, get ready to bend the rules of time and space as you guide your drone through thrillin...

10/18/2025

The ROBOTICON Robotics Education & Competition Foundation Push Back in Tampa tournament is going strong at Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate HS!

10/18/2025

On Saturday, 24 Robotics Education & Competition Foundation VEX V5 teams from around Florida compete in the ROBOTICON in Tampa robotics tournament, putting their engineering designs to the test!

Thank you to Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School for being such welcoming hosts, to Steinbrenner High School JROTC for contributing fields and event set up volunteer support, to Florida High Tech Corridor for their continuing sponsorship of our annual Manufacturing Month event, to Foundation for Community Driven Innovation and AMRoCFabLab , and to all the fabulous volunteers helping make the event and all the learning opportunities it provides participating youth, possible.

10/13/2025

We're super excited about this coming Saturday's ROBOTICON Robotics Education & Competition Foundation VEX V5 Tournament at Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School. 26 Middle and High School teams from around the state will be competing in this season's engineering challenge "Push Back", a fun, high energy game of mechanical and programming skills. We could use a few more volunteers though, to give paticipating youth the best experience possible, particularly in judging roles.

No experience is needed, just interest in listening to the student teams. You get question lists and work in pairs to talk to the teams. It's a really nice role and a great way to encourage and inspire students. Here's a general overview - https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/articles/4906930541719-Judge-Volunteer-Role-Overview - and the Judge Advisor trains volunteers in the morning.

Your support makes it possible for us to give participating teams a meaningful and enjoyable competition experience, giving them an opportunity to share their work and growing STEM experience with people who are interested and can give them relevant feedback, encouragement and support.

An afternoon of your attention now, can give students inspiration for a lifetime of success! And you'll also have fun! It's a rewarding experience.

Volunteer registation is open now at https://lnkd.in/e6Hq7E_A

As always, volunteers receive light breakfast bites, coffee and juice, lunch, an event shirt, snacks and refreshments throughout the day. And you also get immense and enduring appreciation and respect! 🫶🏾

10/11/2025

The ROBOTICON FTC ROBOT League scrimmage is underway at AMRoCFabLab , full of high energy fun as local teams run early tests of their new season builds. Special thanks to student volunteer Darren for organizing and hosting our first elementary school level Scratch Jam event! The scrimmage runs till 3 pm.

10/11/2025

10/11/2025

Our first ROBOTICON 2025 event is tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 11 at AMRoCFabLab, and includes a Scratch Jam programming event for elementary aged children from 11 am to noon.

10/08/2025

FTC Team Duct Tape is getting ready!