So... is it coincidence that @shanselman 's latest podcast featuring Saghar Salehi (https://hanselminutes.com/910/exploring-the-afghan-girls-robotics-team-with-saghar-salehi) is released within 7 days of this season's FIRST Tech Challenge competition, #CENTERSTAGE? Want to learn more about that or any of the other #FIRST competitions? Visit https://firstinspires.org for details. #MoreThanRobots

We're so excited for the first day of competition here in Houston!

#ENERGIZE2023
#CHARGEDUP
#firstinmichigan
#firsthalloffame
#omgrobots
#morethanrobots
#FIRSTinspires
#learnservegrow
#Team2834
#FRC
#FIRSTchampionship

We're ready for another great day of competition here at #Saginaw! 💜🤖

#ENERGIZE2023
#CHARGEDUP
#firstinmichigan
#firsthalloffame
#omgrobots
#morethanrobots
#FIRSTinspires
#learnservegrow
#Team2834
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are there any robotics people on masto? I love the platform but will never be able to explain how it works to my irls or tell my acquaintances that I’m trans

#first #firstrobotics #firstroboticscompetition #firstinspires #frc #morethanrobots #omgrobots

maybe the kids will be allright

#morethanrobots #firstrobotics

https://www.cnet.com/science/meet-the-teens-who-live-and-breathe-robots/

Hey Mastodon!

Anyone here mentor a FIRST robotics competition team? How’s your build season been going so far?

If there are more FRC people on Mastodon, I’d love to connect with you! 🤖

#omgrobots #frc
#firstrobotics #morethanrobots #mentor

Check out the link in our bio for more info!

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#learnservegrow
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For a change, I judged this #firstrobotics #FLL event, instead of being a game ref.

One thing you miss out on being a ref is seeing the projects these kids come up with. Age range here is 9-14, or 5th-8th grades for Americans, with this year's theme being "energy".

Projects included:
-- algae powered heat pumps to harvest electricity *and* keep the algae at a happy temp
-- gravity energy storage, with initial power coming from wind and solar and releasing power via gravity later
-- smart vents in houses to better maintain temps
-- lithium battery recycling
-- capturing the heat from compost and feeding it into radiators

The kids are allright.

#morethanrobots