Current Meeting Days and Times (Summer Activities):
Weekly Meetings are Wednesday (5:00 to 7:00 PM). Unless shown on this website.
Join at any time on Saturdays during "Open Lab" from 1 to 5 PM (come and go at anytime). Check this site for closings.
Enter the HHS Robotics Lab at the "TigerBotics" door on the right of the "U" (stadium side of the High School).
Latest News:
TigerDrones WON the Championship and Head-to-Head Racing at the 2025 Trumbull County Drone Racing League event at Warren G Harding High School (April 12th): Our Drone Team did a good job with their Display, Portfolio, Video and Materials they brought to the event. Judges were impressed by the two new Drone Frames they built (for demonstration). Gavin Boyts got 1st place in the Head-to-Head races and Shaun Sudol got 2nd place in the Capture the Flag event.
TigerDrones team (A) invited to 2025 National "Drones in School" Championship (Houston, TX): Our Drone Team (A) was invited to the National Championship based on "Simulator" race results. Still need Sponsor funding to afford the trip.
JRPF Memorial Fund supporting CNC Router/Mill in Robotics Lab: JRPF provided $2,210 for purchasing an OpenBuild Table Top CNC Router/Mill. Students will build it, learn to use it and the CAM software, and build Robot/Drone parts with it.
Attended the 2024 Jen+Tonic Polo for STEM event (East Palestine, Ohio): Students and Mentors demonstrated our STEM technologies including Robots (Small to Large) and Drones (Racing and Regular). JRPF Fund provided a $500 donation.
2024 TCDRL (Trumbull County Drone Racing League) at Youngstown Airport: Our Drone Team "TigerDrones" won the Head to Head Racing Championship (their first Drone Trophy). Congratulations to the whole team!
2024 FIRST Buckeye Regional in Cleveland: Thank you to Students and Parents who supported our 3rd year FRC team. The team learned a lot of lessons which will make it more competitive next year.
FIRST/Argosy Foundation is one of our 2025 Sponsors ($300). Thank you!
HAAS Foundation has sponsored our team again in 2024 ($2,500). Thank you!
2023-2024 VRC (VEX Robotics) Season: Our Veteran and Rookie teams competed in the MCCTC Invitational event on December 9th, 2023 and VRC Qualifier on February 3rd, 2024.
Howland Robotics received a $5K Grant to build a Fire/EMS Robot with the Howland Fire Department.
Thank you to the Ohio STEM Learning Network and Battelle Memorial Institute.
Battelle Announcement: LINK to Website. Article on WFMJ: LINK TO WFMJ Website.
The Fire/EMS Robot was delivered to the Howland Fire Department (HFD) on October 2nd, 2024.
Please help fund our STEM activities in the HHS Robotics Program.
Please make all sponsor checks payable to “HTBC” and comment “Robotics”.
Mail to: Howland Tigers Booster Club, PO Box 8826, Warren, OH 44484
What is the goal of the HHS Robotics Program?
Our main goal is to provide “STEM Learning in a Safe Environment”. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. We investigate and understand many STEM areas (Computers, 3D Printing, and Robot Design, Coding, Assembly and Driving) with the intent of building Robots for FIRST® Robotics Competitions, VEX Robotics, "Drones in School", and demonstration Robots for both School and Public events.
The FIRST® Robotics Competition expands upon STEM experiences to include student leadership, being a team player, and functional skills to be a good competitor. All while exhibiting Gracious Professionalism to everyone involved.
FIRST® “For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology”.
We are using the materials from our previous two seasons to build our third year robot for the 2024 FIRST season and participating in local off-season events. Our sub-teams focus on specific tasks such as Robot Design, Coding, Assembly, Driving, and Marketing as well as Cross-Functional training as the season progresses.
New GAME for 2024 FRC Season launched on January 6th. Our regional event is on March 21st - 23rd in Cleveland.
Proud Past … Roaring Future.
THANK YOU!!
Donation of FormLabs F2 Resin printer from Aptiv CTC 4551 Research Pkwy NW, Warren, OH 44483. This will increase the options and quality of 3D printing for the Robotics program and the other STEM learning at Howland High School.
Design Team members in our Dedicated Robotics Lab.
Driving and Assembly Team members by the 3D Printers used for the Holiday Fundraiser
Coding and Design Team reviewing design handbooks and other material
The HHS Robotics Program currently has five mentors and full support of the Howland School District leadership.
Mr. Kevin Spicher, HSD Superintendent
Mr. Joseph Simko, HHS Principal
Our current Mentors include:
1) Mr. David Siegfried, Senior Engineer at Aptiv PLC
2) Mr. Jeremy Siegfried, Associate Engineer at Aptiv PLC
3) Mr. Keith Spicher, Facilities Manager at Howland School District
4) Mr. Joe Barickman, STEM Teacher at Howland High School
5) Mr. Vladimir Perlov, Sales Engineer at Mektec (Nippon Mektron Ltd.)
Aptiv PLC, HAAS Foundation, and FIRST® Robotics / Argosy are our Main Sponsors for the 2024-2025 Season. They provided funding for our FIRST® event (Buckeye Regional in Cleveland). We highly appreciate their support!
The Ohio based FRC "Tigerbotics" team #8718 wishes Good Luck to California (Imperial) based FRC "Tigerbotics" team #8119 and Texas (Glen Rose HS) based FRC "Tigerbotics" team #7125.
