Engineering, Design, and Safety have combined to create collaborative mini groups working on each of the game elements. It takes a group of multidisciplinary Pirates to build an Arrgh-mazing robot! … Read More
Campbell Competition
On April 8th and 9th, the Pitt Pirates made the journey with their robot Riptide to compete at the State level competition at Campbell University. After starting the weekend off … Read More
Girl Scout Event
On Saturday, March 24, our SWENext chapter hosted an event for some local Girl Scouts. 65 girls signed up for the event. We offered the girls and their parents a … Read More
UNC Pembroke Competition
Picture Courtesy of Danny Levenson http://dannylevenson.com/FIRST/POWERUP/Pembroke/index.htmlOn March 17th and 18th, we made the journey out to UNC Pembroke to compete in our second district competition of the 2018 PowerUp game! … Read More
Robox Sumo in Turkey
The Pitt Pirates have made connections with team 4191 IMC in Turkey to expand our Robx Sumo program. They have been sent full kits to use with Syrian refugees at … Read More
Week Six Review
Time is up! Week six has concluded! Build time is over!We have worked very hard these past six weeks to get a robot ready for competition. In this final week, … Read More
Tutu much fun!
For our robot reveal on Monday, February 19, our female members adorned their handmade tutus and added a little, okay, maybe a lot of glitter to everyone’s day as we … Read More
Robot Reveal
On Monday, February 19, we unveiled our robot for the PowerUp game! Riptide is its name and it can complete all the tasks it has been assigned. Riptide can climb, … Read More
Week Five Review
Weeoo, Weeoo, Weeoo!Fire alarms are blaring!Tick-tock!, Tick-tock!The time is running off the clock!The Pirates are really feeling the time pressure of the last weeks setting in. With Week 5 over … Read More