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
ECU Competition
Picture courtesy of Danny Levenson http://dannylevenson.com/FIRST/POWERUP/Pitt/index.htmlOn March 10th and 11th, the Pitt Pirates made a big splash with their robot Riptide at the District level competition at Minges Coliseum. After … 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