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2018-2019 Preseason Update #1
Another year of the Girls of Steel has just begun! It’s our 9th season! Preseason just started two weeks ago on September 25th, and the team has already been diligently working to be ahead of the game. Our business side is our first priority right now, as well as our End of Preseason Project (EOPP).…
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Highlights of Summer 2018 Outreach
Girls of Steel had quite the eventful summer of 2018! As always, we continued our annual outreach programs and camps, but we also introduced several new events and worked on expanding our reach through advocacy. FIRST NAC, June 24-26, 2018, Washington DC We began our summer activities by attending the FIRST National Advocacy Conference from…
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Meet-Up with Ivanka Trump on “Robotics Row”
On Tuesday, August 14th, we had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ivanka Trump at the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s “STEM/Workforce Development” event hosted by Astrobotic Technology, a robotics company located on Pittsburgh’s iconic “Robotics Row” in the Strip District. Five members of Girls of Steel were able to meet Ms. Trump and discuss issues that are…
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Girls of Steel at 2018 FIRST NAC
Getting up early isn’t usually an activity that teenagers do readily, but on Sunday, June 24th at 6:30 am, the four representatives from Girls of Steel – Anna N., Kristina, Caroline, and Claire – were standing excitedly in a CMU parking lot. At about 11 am, after four+ hours of sitting in a van, we…
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Daisy & Brownie Troops earn Robotics Badges
After a successful event in December 2017 with a group of young Girl Scouts from Daisy troop 16121, we decided to hold another event in May where the girls would earn a robotics badge. Since Girls of Steel and the Girl Scouts organization have similar missions in boosting the confidence of youth girls and giving…
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Power Up! WOW District Championships
The excitement from the Detroit World Championships carried us in to the WOW (West Virginia, Ohio, and Western/Central Pennsylvania) District Championships on May 19, 2018. The top 32 teams from our district competed for the title of District Champion in this off-season competition held at the Rike Cener at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. Girls…
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Power Up! Championships, Detroit
The Girls of Steel took a trip to Detroit, Michigan to compete in the Darwin Division at the FIRST World Championships April 25 to 28, 2018! We qualified at the Miami Valley Regional with a Wild Card and at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional where we received the Regional Chairman’s Award! The team took…
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Power Up! Greater Pittsburgh Regional
On March 22nd to 24th, the Girls of Steel Robotics team competed at California University of PA at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional. There were 52 teams at the regional, with teams from all over the world. There were two teams from Asia that are mentored by Girls of Steel, Savage Tumaz, FRC 6947, from Chinese…
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Power Up! Miami Valley Regional
The Girls of Steel spent Week 1 of Power Up! competition season at the Nutter Center at Wright State University for the 2018 Miami Valley Regional! The Thursday practice matches resulted in a smoking motor and some other mechanical issues, but our pit crew was ready for the tasks and were able to get Clyde ready for…
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2018 Build Season Week 6
Our final week of Power Up! build season was stressful and very busy, but successful. The whole team finished up last minute jobs and projects, trying to get our robot as close to perfection as we can before bag and tag. On Tuesday, February 13th, we had our weekly all hands meeting and discussed some…