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As a mentor, it is easy to measure a student project by the final product—a working robot, a competition win, or an award. Mentoring Team TeraBridges through the Motorized Toddler Mobility Trainer (TMT) reminded me that the real success is what students learn along the way. 1. Let Students Own the Problem Don’t give students…
On August 29th, Ava, Genevieve, Mateo, Aaron, & Rohan attended the Building Bridges event, an event about connecting people through their skills and culture. Our team enjoyed food, drinks, and purchased items from numerous other vendors and experienced many types of arts from varying reaches of the world. The event hosted talented performers, which included…
Recently our captain and lead CAD designer Felix Chen earned second place in the inaugural 2026 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Discord Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Competition, held online July 18-25. Felix was awarded nearly $1,000 in cash and gift cards from robotics-related companies for his second-place finish among 279 individual competitors and robotics teams from around…
On August 18th, members from Team TeraBridges had the wonderful opportunity to tour the facility of Astrobotic, a major aerospace and lunar logistics company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Toured by Senior System Engineer Chris Manderino, TeraBridges members were taken throughout several displays and workspaces at the company. Beginning with the Moonshot Museum, TeraBridges’ guided tour…
Three of our students and two of our team’s coaches attended an informational industry visit to C.L.A.S.S., (Community Learning And Support Services), a non-profit organization under TechOwls dedicated to providing assistive technology to the local Pittsburgh disabled community for free. Students were allowed to explore and interact with certain demo devices that would be used…
Team TeraBridges of Upper St. Clair High School recently took another major step in our effort to expand access to robotics education across Pennsylvania, joining state representatives, educators, community leaders, and members of the media at a bipartisan press conference supporting Senate Bill 1419, the Pennsylvania Statewide Robotics Program Act. Our work toward this legislation…
Dean Kamen
Founder, FIRST