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The Philadelphia Robotics Coalition has partnered with Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division to launch the Naval Education Workforce Training (NEWT) Program in summer 2021. The program gives teachers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, learning engineering skills and conducting research side by side with Navy engineers and scientists. This 8-week summer program will …

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At last night’s Coalition Student Advisory Committee meeting, mentors Santiago Ruales and Russ Bizaro discussed their careers as engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division and answered students’ questions. Watch the whole discussion on YouTube!

We are pleased to announce that the Subaru of America Foundation has awarded the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition a $10,000 grant to support our robotics team programs! The Subaru of America Foundation aims to support the work of organizations that are empowering the growth and development of children and young adults through career exploration with relevance …

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Though our teams can’t meet in person this year, that hasn’t stopped them from learning and competing from home. High school teams are competing in the CoderZ Pro League, a virtual robotics competition where students learn to code a simulated robot using Blockly or Python. View the Topplebot challenge reveal video: Through the preliminary stage …

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CoVID-19 Update: RoboRumble 2020 is postponed indefinitely. If schools reopen and restrictions are lifted, we may select a new date and hold the event. We will make a determination at least two weeks in advance of any new event date.

The first team advancing to FTC States, and the winner of the Inspire Award is Team 8480, Technabots from Philadelphia High School for Girls. The Inspire Award recognizes teams that fully embodies the spirit of FTC. The judges found their robot and outreach to be exemplary. The Technabots came in third place for the Connect …

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The second team that will be advancing to States is the captain of the winning alliance, Team 16941, Wrench Toast. This team ended up being in first place during the qualification matches which allowed them to become captain of alliance number one and eventually take first place in the end. Wrench Toast also won the …

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The third team advancing is the second place Inspire Award winner. This award recognizes a team who exemplifies all of the goals of FTC and show enthusiasm. They also were second place for the Connect Award which recognizes a team which really helps their community. Finally they came in first place for the Motivate Award …

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The fourth team advancing from the Philadelphia Qualifier is the winning alliance first pick, the Robogriffins from Academy @ Palumbo High School. They were in second place at the end of the qualifying matches. Their win to loss record during the qua;ifying matches was 8 wins to 2 losses. In addition to being first pick, …

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The fifth team advancing from the Philadelphia Qualifier to States is the 3rd place winner of the Inspire Award, Team 9570, the Gear Girls from Carver HSES. The Inspire Award commemorates teams that promote FIRST in different communities while sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge. The teams that won this award did well in all Judging …

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