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Middle schoolers are often new to both robotics and the unfamiliar rituals of a build season: safety briefings, version control, design reviews and deadlines.…

Competition season can be exciting and exhausting at once. Students face unfamiliar robots, fast decisions, public judging and the hope that months of…

Understanding pneumatics starts with a useful principle: compressed air can provide fast, controllable force without complex gearing. A pump or shop-air supply…

Hosting a robot reveal gives your FRC team a public moment and a clear next step. You can unveil the machine, explain how it solves the game challenge, and…

Robotics teams are strongest when the people building, programming and competing reflect the communities their events serve. A diversity and inclusion plan for…

An engineering notebook is the team’s record of how a robot moved from an idea to a tested design. At a Maryland FIRST event, it gives judges reliable evidence…

Robotics can hook students immediately, but the most valuable learning often happens when a team moves beyond a working prototype and asks why each part…

A robotics showcase gives Maryland legislators a direct view of youth engineering, not merely a polished robot demonstration. The strongest events pair an…

Robotics can look like a contest of gears, code and speed, but the lasting lessons often come from how students work together. At Maryland FIRST, young…

Robotics grants can help a team buy better motors, reliable controllers and workshop tools instead of settling for whatever fits the budget on grant day. A…