Our team is heavily involved with outreach, spreading the message of FIRST to our community and drumming up interest in our team. We host many outreach events each year, like our Whiton Elementary School event where younger kids get to learn about our robots and how they work.
Our largest project so far (in collaboration with local FRC teams 56, 75, and 3637) was the Raritan Valley Science & Technology Showcase, a two-day event at the Bridgewater Commons mall that reached thousands of people. It included all of FIRST’s programs (FLL, FTC, and FRC) with a FRC competition exhibition in the center of the mall, FLL workshops, and FTC teams; had STEM exploration activities; and featured STEM scientists, organizations, schools, and companies.
We also run “Robotics Day”, an Arduino robotics challenge geared towards 8th-12th graders with no previous experience. We assisted the students in building, wiring and programming miniature robots to meet challenge tasks. Teams competed against each other in several categories for fun prizes. Many students got to learn more about what our team does.
Recent Events
RVSTS Robot Driving
Children and adults had the opportunity to grab the controls and operate a variety of robots designed and built by local high school students, while
Charged Up Kickoff
We hosted four other FRC teams— 56, 75, and the rookies 9015 and 9116— to kick off the 2023 CHARGED UP season! Before the reveal
Whiton Elementary Demo
We introduced and demoed our robots to 20 classes of 2nd and 3rd graders at our local elementary school. We saw over 350 students at
Team Bonding
Everyone had fun at skyzone! https://team102.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_7749.mov
Somerville 2022 FLL Practice Event
Our annual FLL scrimmage event aims to provide FLL teams with an opportunity to see what a competition is like and practice before going to
102University New Member Orientation
We hosted a 3 session program for our potential new members that introduced them to the basics of building a robot in all three main
RVSTS Bridgewater Mall Takeover
Team 102 is proud to have hosted the Raritan Valley STEM and Technology Showcase in conjunction with FIRST Teams 56, 75, and 3637. We had
Branchburg Country Fair
We showed many community members STEM and and our robots at our local fair, something we’ve been doing every year, which has proven to be
Robotics Day
We hosted our second annual “Robotics Day”, an Arduino robotics challenge geared towards 8th-12th graders with no previous experience. We assisted 20 local students in