Innovate
FIRST (for inspiration and recognition of science and technology) is an international youth organization that operates the FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Lego League, among other challenges. The FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics competition for grades 7-12, with teams of up to 15 members, which prompts students to build, program, and operate a robot to play in the season’s game. Our two teams: Cryptic #20123 and Epsilon #20124, have competed in the FIRST Tech challenge since their rookie years in the 2021-2022 season, Freight Frenzy.
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InteractThrough community outreach and marketing, Centennial Robotics attempts to bring our younger generation of engineers closer through their love for STEM. Our events, managed by our robotics teams, engage students to think outside the box and complete diverse STEM challenges. A few of our teams' events in the community are listed here:
Cryptic: -Howard County STEM Festival -Howard County Chinese School STEM Festival -Computer Aided Design Workshop summer classes (with the Miller Branch and Elkridge Libraries) -Taking Your FIRST Steps in STEM (with the Miller Branch and Central Branch Libraries) -CADathon with team A.L.I.E.N. (Wisconsin) -Hackathon with Pingry Robotics (New Jersey) -Howard County STEAM Festival -Mentorship of FTC Team HOCO Hazards Epsilon: -Howard County STEM Festival -Howard County Chinese School STEM Festival -Outreach with Girl Scout Troop -After School 3-D Printing Seminar |
Inspire
Centennial Robotics Inc. strives to become an inclusive environment for all students. Our mission is to utilize our FTC robotics teams to spread the joys of STEM into our community. While on these teams of around 30-35 members inclusively, we have impacted over 600 students over the past 3 years through our outreaches. Currently, our organization consists of all public school students, most of which are of minority groups. In the future, we hope to expand Centennial Robotics into a diverse community of inquiring thinkers, regardless of background, so that every student has the opportunity to pursue their love for STEM.
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