gummybearsrobotics.org

About Us

The Gummy Bears Team is a FIRST Lego League (FLL) robotics team from 2019-2023, our team is deeply rooted in the community of Westford, MA. Our unwavering commitment is focused on advancing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education within our local area. 

Our guiding principle revolves around the creation of hands-on, mentor-supported experiences that have the power to be genuinely transformative.  Our mission is to equip young minds with the enthusiasm and aptitude to thrive in the future by instilling a genuine passion for the domains of STEAM.  We firmly believe that by infusing learning with excitement and interactivity, we plant the seeds for a lifelong love of STEAM disciplines.

We also oversee a Google group named "MA FLL Learn and Share" that eas a hub for Massachusetts FLL teams. You can find the group at  https://groups.google.com/g/massfll. 

Team Gummy Bears has won the FLL MA State Championship (1st place) in 2021 and 2022, and  represented MA to attend the FIRST World Festival in Houston. The team won the “Robot Design Award” in 2022 and "Engineering Excellence Award" in the World Championship in 2022 and 2023 respectively.  

Throughout the years, we have been honored with various awards, including: 

• 2019-2020, City Shaper

  • Innovative Solution Award, City Shaper, MA Qualifier, 2019

• 2020-2021, RePLAY

  • Innovative Project Runner-Up Award, RePLAY, MA Qualifier, 2020

  • Robot Performance Runner-up Award , RePLAY, MA Qualifier, 2020

• 2021-2022, Cargo Connect

  • Robot Design Award (1st Place), Cargo Connect, MA Qualifier, 2021

  • Robot Performance Runner-up Award, Cargo Connect,  MA Qualifier, 2021

  • Lightning Round Champion Award, Cargo Connect, MA Championship, 2021

  • Champion’s Award (1st Place), Cargo Connect, MA Championship, 2021

  • FLL 2021-22 Global Innovation Project Competition Nominee  (Top 2 in MA) 

  • Robot Design Award Finalist, FLL World Festival, Houston, Texas, USA, 2022

• 2022-2023, SuperPowered

  • Champion's Award (1st Place), SuperPowered, MA Qualifier 2022

  • Robot Performance Award (1st Place),  SuperPowered, MA Qualifier 2022

  • Lightning Round Finalist, SuperPowered, MA State Championship, 2022

  • Robot Performance Award (1st Place), SuperPowered, MA Championship, 2022

  • Champion’s Award (1st Place), SuperPowered, MA Championship, 2022

  • Engineering Excellence Award, FLL World Festival, Houston, Texas, USA, 2023

Team Gummy Bears is dedicated to giving back to the community through a range of STEAM outreach activities, including workshops, demonstrations, and other community events. Each year, we engage with over 1,000 individuals through these community events. In addition to our outreach efforts, the team also offers a series of LEGO robotics “Learn & Share” activities to encourage more elementary and secondary school students to get involved in robotics. We are working with our community to make the coming years even more successful and to provide amazing opportunities to a group of enthusiastic and committed students.

Where we have shared our FLL & STEAM Experiences over the years:

• 2019-2020

  • Presented our project of "City Gondola for Boston" to Norman E. Day School in Westford, MA

• 2020-2021

  • Created a fitness app "Fitness Galaxy" for Norman E. Day school and motivated ~180 students to excise over 9,000miles during 4 months Covid time.

• 2021-2022

  • Presented our project of "Aerial Package Delivery System for Clustered Community" to Westford Select Board

  • Promoted FLL in Farmers Market in Westford

  • Mentoring Local Jr. FLL teams

  • Collaborating with the StormGears FRC Team to promote STEM in Westford's Apple Blossom Festival

• 2022-2023

  • Learning and Sharing FLL Introduction Webinars (helped 35+ teams across the world) 2022

  • Promoted STEM & FLL in Westford's Apple Blossom Festival

  • Presented our project of "Rain Drop Based Electricity Generator" to Shell Techworks

  • Presented our project of "Rain Drop Based Electricity Generator" to researchers from City University of HongKong 

  • Visited Mack Technologies in Westford, MA

  • Project presentations and robot game demos at Blanchard Memorial School in Acton Boxborough

  • Hosted robot building seminar at Chelmsford public library.

  • 1st Summer FLL workshop to introduce FLL and Robot design/programming to local teams, 2023