The Edgar Allan Ohms robotics team was the first FIRST Robotics Competition team that was started and operated out of a public library, headquartered at the Land O’Lakes Public Library in Pasco County for its first five years.
In 2019, the team moved to the Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics Center (AMRoC) Fab Lab, in Tampa. A program of the nonprofit Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, whose members had long mentored the team, the Ohms’ new home continues its legacy of public accessibility , providing inclusive opportunities for more youth to become involved in FIRST Robotics Competition.
Edgar Allan Ohms continues to build valuable skills in a direct and engaging community, where they can form lifelong experience to be ready for a career path in STEAM related fields.
In the 2020 season, Edgar Allan Ohms was one of the three state semi-finalists in the Innovation Challenge. They also developed the games played at our virtual ROBOTICON Digital 2020 event, and are helping develop this season’s ROBOTICON game play, as well. Ohms alumni are also running some workshops at ROBOTICON 2021 on CAD and programming.
The Ohms is grateful to sponsors Lockheed Martin, Dept of Defense, SOFWERX , FCDI and AMRoC Fab Lab.