Team 13190 mentored the FTC to many other rookie teams, including 19568 Legot, 13217 Terra Transport, and others. We described how the challenge worked, and the engineering process, including how we developed prototypes in Blender and Fusion 360. We hosted workshops about the basics of using Fusion 360 and Blender. We also gave presentations about drivetrains to other rookie FTC teams. With the experience that we learned from trial and error, we taught about the common errors that we made with hardware and software, and how one can avoid them. We showcased our robot, and the other teams utilized our practice field to test out their robot. We gave feedback to the other teams, and how they can improve their designs. There is a common saying that goes, “Teaching is the best way of learning”. Our presentation to these younger students was in hopes for them to expand their horizons to robotics in hopes for them to gain an interest in this technology as we have.

We hosted presentations about STEM and the engineering process for elementary students in our district. We introduced our team and explained the foundations of the engineering process. The presentations were used to define what the engineering process is, using real life examples. We believe that educating students about the engineering process (specifically robotics) would be extremely relevant for the future as technology is on the path of being fully automated soon. The presentations were done with the goal of inspiring and teaching the next generation of coders, scientists, and researchers about the engineering process. We also taught about our team, in hope of recruiting new members.