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 STEM in the community, collaborate with other STEM clubs/teams, our industry mentors and sponsors/stakeholders to continue to spread this amazing sport throughout Australia.
Sponsorship Information
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.
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Workshop Information
At Melbourne RoboCats, we aim to make STEM 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
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Melbourne RoboCats 5648 