Melbourne RoboCats 5648

Our Mission

We are an All-Girls FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Community Team located in Melbourne, Australia, consisting of girls aged 13 – 18years.

Our mission is to construct a supportive space for young women to explore their interest in the field of STEM, where each student regardless of their background or any prior experience has the opportunity to discover their passion.

Our Team

Our team consists of girls in Highschool, STEM Teachers, Engineers, Business, Entrepreneurs, and Designers who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of STEM and Robotics technology.

The girls’ aspirations are to inspire, encourage and empower young girls/women in STEAM in the community, collaborate with other STEM clubs/teams, our industry mentors and sponsors/stakeholders to continue to spread this amazing sport throughout Australia.

Achievements

Melbourne RoboCats Team 5648 have achieved the following:

  1. 2025 – Winner of Grtacious Professionalism Award at the FIRST Robotics Southern Cross Regional Competition – competing with 48 teams from Australia, China, & Taiwan
  2. 2024 – Winner of Team Spirit Award at the FIRST Robotics Southern Cross Regional Competition – competing with close to 50 teams from Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Singapore & the Philippines
  3. 2023 – Qualified & Participated at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Competition in Houston USA – Competion of 645 teams Globally
  4. 2023 – Winner of Engineering Inspiration Excellence Award – Southern Cross Regional Competition – competing with teams from Australia, Chinese Taipei, Singapore & Vietnam
  5. 2023 – Melbourne Robotics Tournament (MRT 2023) – Winner with two other Alliance Team members. NB: This robot was built in 2-days due to 2023 Competition robot delayed in returning from World Championship in Houston in April 2023)
  6. 2022 – Melbourne Robotics Tournament (MRT 2022) – Runner-Up with two other Alliance Team members.

Workshop Information

At Melbourne RoboCats, we aim to make STEAM more accessible to young girls regardless of their background or any prior experience.  The workshops that we conduct at Melbourne RoboCats aims to promote STEM skills through schools and wider communities, where young girls attend our workshops, and join the team for the new build season each year.  Through this method we usually get a few new students each year.

Past Workshops include:

  • Hand Tools: Catapult Building Workshop
    • Arduino and Soldering Workshops
    • PCB Design Workshop
    • Pneumatics Workshop (with SMC)
    • Introduction to Basic Coding
    • Teaching Coding Languages – Java, C++, and Python

Build Season Learning Opportunities:

  • Mechanical Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Software Engineering
    • Systems and Integration Engineering
    • Basic Manufacturing Techniques
    • Marketing and Design
    • Business
    • Project Management

Sponsor Information

At Melbourne RoboCats, we aim to make STEAM more accessible to young girls regardless of their background or any prior experience.

The workshops that we conduct at Melbourne RoboCats aims to promote STEM skills through schools and wider communities, where young girls attend our workshops, and join the team for the new build season each year.

Running robotics teams is an expensive proposition – FRC teams can run budgets of $20,000 – $40,000.

Material costs are rising, and many specialized items have to be imported from overseas. General financial aid to cover these costs would be very welcome.

In addition, there are sometimes very talented students that need a little extra help to take part in the season or compete overseas – a “scholarship” for such a student could deliver a life-changing opportunity.

We welcome the support of Sponsors to enable us to achieve the great milestones like what we have already achieved.

For your generosity, we promote you in all our Social Media promotions, your logo on our Banners, Presentations and on our robot, and mail-outs and announcements we make throughout the year. In addition, you and your team are invited to the End of Season Robot Reveal celebration.

Financial Sponsorship:

Our mission is to make STEM accessible to girls across Melbourne, and as such we do not charge a participation fee. Therefore, we rely on the kindness of sponsors to fund the team.

Materials:

Robot materials either given in kind or for a discount.

Services:

Primarily consists of but is not limited to manufacturing parts for the robot.

Mentorship:

Mentoring 80 – 120hours each season in sub-teams.

Please Contact Us

Email: melbournerobocats5648@gmail.com