Explorer Robotics

Check out the robotics team at tomorrow's Activity Fair! No matter what you're interested in, there is a place at Explorer Robotics where you can belong and thrive! We look forward to seeing you there!

This June and July, four of our robotics students interned at Aegis Software -- one of our strongest and most lasting partners. Together, these interns developed, constructed, designed, and implemented a robust framework that allowed for customer data to be accepted and managed by the customer support team in order to support the bug-fixing process, using Python and React to create the application! We are so glad to be able to continue this internship year after year, and we are grateful to Aegis Software for the opportunity!

On Saturday, team 5181 competed at the inaugural running of RoboJAWN, hosted by and the , and we had an awesome time! We came in fifth out of nineteen teams in qualification matches, utilizing defensive strategies against teams both from the district and from New England/Chesapeake! As Alliance 3 captains, we joined together with and in the playoffs, making it just shy of finals in a strong playoff run! We had so much fun competing at this event, and we're so excited to compete on the game field again at two fall offseason events, HAVOC and Ramp Riot!

This upcoming Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12, Explorer Robotics is excited to compete in its first offseason competition of the year in the inaugural running of RoboJAWN, hosted by and the ! With teams from across the Northeast coming to Philadelphia to clash in a two-day offseason event, this competition is sure to entertain! Please come attend at the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy to support the team!

On Tuesday, Explorer Robotics, alongside and , led a robotics demonstration at the Free Library of Springfield Township! Parents and kids alike had an engaging and knowledgeable evening discovering the FIRST Robotics Competition experience and watching competition-used robots display their functionality! We are so thankful that we get to cultivate our mission of spreading
STEM knowledge and skills to all within our community, as well as to the students and volunteers who dedicated their time, and we are excited for next year's event!

This Tuesday, Explorer Robotics, alongside and , will be demoing their robots from past FIRST Robotics Competition seasons at the Free Library of Springfield Township! Join us in order to learn more about the robot-building process, explore the challenges that FIRST offers, and even see a live demonstration of working competition robots! Everyone is invited to attend! To register for the event, please go to the Springfield Township website at the Events and Classes for Kids section, or type the following link into your browser: https://forms.gle/ZwJRZocWB82tTSJu8
We look forward to illustrating our passion for STEM!

With the FRC REBUILT season coming to its conclusion and the school year ending, we would like to shout out all of our graduating seniors who are moving on to colleges across the United States! We are so proud of all the work they have accomplished, and we know that they will continue to do great things far into the future! Good luck to the Class of 2026!

Still thinking about last week's incredible FIRST REBUILT World Championship...
Photos taken by team member .art!

With an unprecedented performance in the Einstein division at the FRC World Championship in Houston, Texas, Explorer Robotics's 2026 FRC REBUILT season has come to an end. Alongside .7769, , and , the Galileo alliance toppled many of the top alliances across FRC through effective utilization of strategy and strong scoring techniques. Though our efforts valiantly ended just short of playoffs, our incredible run is something to be proud of, and we hope we represented to the best of our capabilities! This season has been the most successful year Explorer Robotics has ever had, and we are so excited to explore next year's game: BIOCORE, starting next winter!

After an incredible, undefeated playoff run alongside the FRC World Championship's Galileo division Alliance 1, joined by The CREW (.7769), Orbit (), and the Balikbayan Bots (), Explorer Robotics has claimed our first ever competition victory in the Galileo division and locked in our spot to the Einstein bracket -- the final series of matchups that determine the ultimate 2026 REBUILT season champions. We are so thankful for the support of our sponsors, mentors, families, friends, and fellow teams! Follow along on the FIRST Robotics Competition YouTube channel starting at about 3:00 PM EST to support the team as we aim to fight for the championship!