Surfing in from Gainesville, Florida, here’s FIRST Robotics Competition team #4118, Roaring Riptide! Founded in 2012, the team operates out of P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School at the University of Florida
“Roaring Riptide’s work doesn’t start and end with the build season and competition season”, the team wants everyone to know. ” In the summer, fall, and winter – Roaring Riptide participates in numerous school-based, local community, and state outreach events. Our team’s work really focuses on our outreach in assistive technology, in which we use our STEM skills, learned in robotics, to adapt toys for children with disabilities.”
Check out their 2018 Chairman’s Award Video below to see the team in action.
Roaring Riptide gives a shout out of tidal wave proportions to their team sponsors this year:
- P.K. Yonge DRS
- University of Florida – Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
- UF Innovate
- NASA
- State of Florida
- Bob and Marianne Gardner
- The Smallwood Foundation
- Jeffcoat Signs
- The Simple Stencil
You can see Roaring Riptide compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition challenge “Power Up!” at ROBOTICON Tampa Bay September 29 and 30.
Public Admission is FREE! Teams can register HERE.
Click here for your free public tickets!