ROBOTICON Team Spotlight: Meet the Tie Dye Gummy Divas!

ROBOTICON Team Spotlight: Meet the Tie Dye Gummy Divas!

Would we lie? That’s really their name!  The Tie Dye Gummy Divas (#30648) are a community FIRST LEGO League team from Valrico, Florida. All four members are fifth-graders at Alafia Elementary School who are returning for their second season. Their motto is...
ROBOTICON Team Spotlight: Meet Roaring Riptide!

ROBOTICON Team Spotlight: Meet Roaring Riptide!

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...
ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Lockheed Martin

ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Lockheed Martin

We’re happy to welcome Lockheed Martin back as a ROBOTICON program partner for the second year in a row.  Lockheed Martin has an important presence right here in Tampa Bay, in Oldsmar where around 500 employees work at this Mission Systems and Training division,...
ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Hillsborough County, FL

ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Hillsborough County, FL

Since our first event at the University of Tampa in 2013,  Hillsborough County, through the Economic Development Department, has been a strong supporter of ROBOTICON, seeing in the amazing youth who participate in the event, the skilled future we need.  Department...
ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Sourcetoad

ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Sourcetoad

Another new event partner we’re happy to welcome to ROBOTICON Tampa Bay this year is Sourcetoad. Sourcetoad is a technology consulting and innovation company. They specialize in delivering web and mobile applications, desktop software, and smart TV interfaces to...