About the Dead Robots

501(c)(3) non-profit charity

  • Focus: educational robotics for middle and high school students
  • Participate in the Botball® program

Seven Adult Mentors

  • All volunteers
  • Real-world project/product development experience
  • Electrical engineers
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Software developers
  • Project team leaders

18 Students (max)

  • 8th to 12th grade
  • Attends a local public or private school
  • Programming or engineering experience not required
  • Ability to work in a team absolutely required
  • Attitude and commitment defines success!

Three Student Leaders

Typically seniors & juniors
  • Team Captain – manages the entire student team
  • Hardware Lead – manages building the robots
  • Software Lead – manages the robot coders
Note: there is no documentation team!  The Team Leaders create all required documentation.

Hands-on Environment

We run like a professional Engineering team using industry standard tools:
  • Python programming
  • PyCharm IDE
  • GitHUB software version control
  • SolidWorks CAD for 3D printed parts