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Upper St. Clair High School’s robotics team, TeraBridges 18603, delivered an exceptional performance at the 2025 Pennsylvania FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) State Championship, held on March 8-9, 2025, at Bellefonte Area High School. Competing against 40 top-tier robotics teams from across the state, TeraBridges stood out for its outstanding outreach, robot design and teamwork, ultimately…

TeraBridges has been hard at working discovering occupational opportunities! The team just took a tour of St. Clair Health’s hospital and learned about the use of robotics and technology in the medical workplace. St. Clair doctors taught the team about the Electronic Health Record (EHR), The Da Vinci Surgery Robot, Rosie (a pharmacy automation machine),…

On January 18th, Terabridges attended the Polka Dot Scrimmage hosted by Girls of Steel Robotics. The event took place at Carnegie Mellon University’s student center and was conducted from 8AM to 3PM.  Shortly before the rounds began, the event organizers gave a motivating speech to all of the participating teams. Terabridges would be appearing in…

On December 31, 2025, TeraBridges 18603, with the help of Coach Sarah Beitler, organized a robotics outreach event in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The event took place at Downtown Pittsburgh’s First Night, an annual celebration that rings in the New Year with a six-hour, arts-focused community event, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display at…

TeraBridges has expanded its advisors list with our latest Industry Professional visit with PSA Systems. FIRST Tech Challenge teams expand their network through outreach, and making connections with professionals in the technology industry is a major way to do such. As TeraBridges’ 4th industry professional connection, PSA Systems has given us valuable input on our…

On December 15th, Terabridges attended the York Greyhound Sprint Qualifier. The event spanned for two days from the 14th to the 15th, but we only attended the second day. The day before the event, the team drove for around 4 hours to get to York. After the arrival we had a team dinner at an…

FIRST Tech Challenge Team 18603, TeraBridges, just destroyed their first scrimmage of the season! On December 7th, 2024, the MARS Robotics Association held the FTC Western Pennsylvania Green and Red scrimmage. TeraBridges entered with the first fully function prototype of their robot, Vortex! Vortex won 5 out of 5 rounds, scoring TeraBridges the top position…

On November 9th, 2024, Team TeraBridges 18603 had the honor of hosting an exciting FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Scrimmage at Upper St. Clair High School. The theme for the 2024 season, SUBMERGED, had all the LEGO mats brimming with ocean-themed challenges, bringing waves of energy and creativity to the event. A total of 26 middle school teams from…

On November 5th, Team Terabridges attended an Industry Professional Visit to Gecko Robotics. The team was welcomed into the building and was given a quick overview of the company’s background and purpose.  Members were then introduced to the current and past renditions of Gecko Robotics’ robot. Afterwards, the team was brought on a tour of…

On October 25, 2024, almost our entire team went to the visit at Proud Automation. We met Mark Proud and Eric, the head engineer, who explained their company and their logistics.   During their presentation, they talked about what their business did: when they are faced with a client that has a problem, they apply their…