East Jackson Robotics

Our robotics program has accomplished much in its lifespan.  To learn about our accolades, visit the "Awards" tab

Outreach

> Annually, our robotics program hosts robotic demonstrations for hundreds of elementary kids in our community.  Strengthening our community via our support creates a better place to live for not just us but for everyone around us.  Our team also takes great pride in our international relations, reaching as far out as Israel to give support in building robots. 

> We recently created a YouTube channel for our supporters to follow us and experience the interviews we have conducted

> For the 24-25 season, our program has helped 375+ East Jackson Kindergarten-5th grade students, 1,185 students in total, 43 FTC teams, and 28 schools. 

Connection

> Our program collaborates with many professionals to create reliable and mechanically advanced robots, here are the most recent connections made within professional STEM fields:

> Justin Jones, P.E. 

  Practicing Civil Engineer for U.S. Government

 Retired rural development infrastructure specialist for US ARMED FORCES

> Johnathan Weaver, P.E. 

 Director of Systems Engineering at Jackson EMC

GATech TA, Electrical engineering major, and physics major

> Dr. Jenna Jambeck

UGA engineering professor and MacArthur Award winner

Practicing environmental engineer

> James Vogt

 IT at NASA

17421 ALUMNI

Current GA TECH Student and member of Robojackets

> Kyle Johnsen

 UGA engineering professor

Software systems engineer

 Works with VR and robotics professionally

> Dr. John Allen

 PhD Researcher at the University of Finland

 Author of four published, peer-reviewed journal articles