by Jack Reynolds | Mar 2, 2018 | Energizing Youth, Our People
Andres Benavides and Amanda Said knew volunteering with an elementary school in Southwest Detroit would provide a bit of inspiration. What they didn’t quite anticipate, is that through their work helping the Harms Elementary robotics program, they would be the ones...
by Jack Reynolds | Mar 1, 2018 | Energizing Youth, Our People
Daniel Dilworth, a business analyst in Information Technology at DTE Energy, is passionate about teaching and influencing younger generations. He is one of the many DTE employees volunteering to be a mentor for FIRST Robotics teams this season. He sat down with us to...
by Jack Reynolds | Feb 28, 2018 | Energizing Youth
The bags are zipped. The gears, computers chips and wheels installed. And the first iteration of robots is ready for action. Michigan FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams concluded the build season for 2018 on Tuesday. Earlier this week, the teams sealed away their...
by Jack Reynolds | Feb 6, 2018 | Energizing Youth
Pick any day during the FIRST Tech Challenge season and you will find the North Star Academy Robogators hard at work in the rented-out basement of a Marquette area church. The goal? To build a high-tech robot to compete in the ultra-competitive Michigan FTC...
by Jack Reynolds | Jan 31, 2018 | Energizing Youth
Anika Jane Beamer, a homeschooled senior, is a vital a part of the Mercy High School Riveters Robotics team in Farmington Hills — and one of the thousands of Michigan students who are the brains behind the robots built for FIRST Robotics competitions. She took a brief...
