2025-2026 "Decode" outreach
Outreach Events
Water Fire is a community bonding event organized by the city of Providence, Rhode Island. This year, a new section called "Robots on Fire" was introduced. We set up a station where we displayed our robots, explained what FTC is, and showed younger robotics enthusiasts how they can get involved with FIRST.
Brown Society of Women Engineers, Providence, RI - 9/29/2025
Water Fire is a community bonding event organized by the city of Providence, Rhode Island. This year, a new section called "Robots on Fire" was introduced. We set up a station where we displayed our robots, explained what FTC is, and showed younger robotics enthusiasts how they can get involved with FIRST.
Waterfire, Providence, RI - 9/27/2025
We helped inform teams in our community about the new FLL season, with the help of FRC team 5112, The Gongoliers. During this time, we showed them the video, explained the rules, and then ran some events with them to help kickstart their FLL season.
FLL kickoff, Providence, RI - 9/13/2025
We set up a booth at the Connecticut Sun WNBA game, where we showcased our robots from the Into the Deep and Centerstage seasons. We also displayed our engineering portfolios, shared highlight videos from past matches, and spoke with attendees about our team, our work, and how they can get involved with FIRST.
CTSUN, Providence, RI - 8/21/2025
Professionals Met With
Jaia Robotics - Met with them to discuss code for the robot
Daniel Seo - Engineer at General Boat. Met with him to discuss game strategy for this season
Maxwell Onffroy and Jacob Sanchez - Engineers at Igus. Met with them to discuss how to design and refine the intake on our robot
Ram Vasudevan - Mechanical and Aerospace engineer at Gulfstream Aerospace. Talked with him about a career path in aerospace engineering.
Sergio Gonzalez - Senior Vice President for Advancement at Brown University. Met with him to discuss fundraising for the season
Jon Schechter - Engineer at Amazon Robotics. Met with him to discuss robot design and game strategy
Reggie Tucker - Engineer at Dassault Systèmes. Met with him on multiple occasions to discuss robot design
Dan Harris - Engineer at Brown University. Met with him to discuss robot design
Neil Whitehouse - Engineer at Prototype LLC. Met with him to discuss robot design
Teams Mentored
FLL Teams
FLL 44682, Gordon Gizmos
FLL 50625, Robotic Terriers
FTC Teams
FTC 28695, Ka’i
FTC 15071, Autonomussels
FTC 6152, Oysterminators
FLL Explore
OSMS (x2)
BPFFCS (x2)
Robotic terriers FLL Explore
