August 8th, 2025
The Reclamation Factory aims to create affordable ways to reclaim and recycle plastic from all sorts of traditionally non-recyclable plastics. They are using machine vision to identify and sort plastics in a machine they call the Plastic Harvester™
August 4th, 2025
July 19th, 2025
Botsburgh visited the Chinmaya Amarnath Temple in Mars, PA to speak with kids from the Pittsburgh Tamil Sangam about robotics! We introduced them what FIRST is and explained the different competitions like FLL and FTC, and showed how robots use sensors to interact with their environment. It was an exciting chance to get them interested in STEM and share how they can get involved in local FIRST team!
June 11, 2025
Astrobotic, a company based in Pittsburgh that creates Moon Landers, gave us a presentation on how they use robotics along with us showing them how our robot and team operate.
June 26, 2025
We partnered with USC Odyssey of the Mind to give a presentation about FIRST Robotics to children participating in Ingenuity Camp where we gave a hands on presentation with Hummingbird Duo kits. We showed them the basics of LEDs, servos, and sensors.
June 24, 2025
We worked with the South Hills Interfaith Movement to give a presentation to children about FIRST Robotics and gave a hands on presentation about Hummingbird Duo robotics kits. We showed them the basics of LEDs, servos, and sensors.
June 13, 2025
We partnered with a representative from Near Earth Autonomy, a company that focuses on making aerial autonomy safe, affordable, and efficient, to give a presentation, and we talked to them about FIRST Robotics along with our team, and they gave us a presentation on what they do as a company so we can use what we have learned from them in our own performance.