SFROBOTICS

10/15/2026

No context, just your weekly dose of almost Friday post!

10/14/2026

Your first weekly Wednesday recap is here!!

It was a very productive week in the lab! We had lots of new members eager to learn new skills! As we keep moving through the season make sure to keep an eye out for even more weekly recaps!!

09/26/2026

What’s hiding under the waters of Lake Michigan? Come find out this Sunday at HarborFest! Join us for HarborFest 2026 as we celebrate Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor with this year’s theme: "What Lies Beneath!"

We’re super excited that Dr. Ashley Lemke, underwater archaeologist and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Associate Professor, will be there to share the incredible world of underwater archaeology and show off PINKrov!

While the student team from SFROBOTICS won't be in attendance, their amazing pink underwater ROV will be on-site. Drop by to check in with Dr. Lemke, get an up-close look at PINKrov, and discover how cutting-edge technology helps us explore ancient landscapes hidden beneath the Great Lakes.

Bring the whole family for an afternoon of cool tech, freshwater science, live music, and harbor fun!

📍 EVENT DETAILS:
🗓 Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Rain or Shine!)
📍 Location: Harbor View Plaza (600 E. Greenfield Ave, Milwaukee)
🎟 Admission: FREE & All-Ages!

Tag a friend you want to bring and come discover what lies beneath!

09/23/2026

HELP WANTED: ROBOTICS MENTORS!

You don’t have to be a robotics expert to make a difference.

SFROBOTICS is looking for adults willing to share a little time, knowledge, and experience with our students.

Programming, CAD, tools, electrical, project management, fundraising, communications - or simply being another adult who can help students problem-solve.

One skill. A little time. A big impact.

Interested or want to learn more? [email protected]

09/23/2026

The response to SFROBOTICS this year has been incredible. With so many students interested in being part of our robotics program, we may need to make a little more room for the 2026–27 FTC season...

Could that mean another familiar team number is coming back?15335 - Francis Fury

It’s been a while since the Fury has been unleashed. Maybe it’s time.

Stay tuned...

09/22/2026

THE RETURN OF 8823!

We’ve had an amazing amount of student interest in SFROBOTICS this year, so much that we’re bringing back FTC Team 8823, Mariner Mayhem for the 2026–27 season!

The return of 8823 means more opportunities for students to design, build, program, compete, problem-solve, and be part of a team.

With 6914 Charging Chaos and 8823 Mariner Mayhem both representing SFROBOTICS this season, we’re excited to see where this growing group of students takes us!

Welcome back, 8823 Mariner Mayhem!

Twice the teams. More opportunities. Plenty of Mayhem and Chaos ahead!

09/14/2026

HELP WANTED: ROBOTICS MENTORS!

You don’t have to be a robotics expert to make a difference.

SFROBOTICS Team 6914 - Charging Chaos is looking for adults willing to share a little time, knowledge, and experience with our students.

Programming, CAD, tools, electrical, project management, fundraising, communications - or simply being another adult who can help students problem-solve.

One skill. A little time. A big impact.

Interested or want to learn more?
[email protected]

09/13/2026

Charging Chaos is back!

Registration is now open for FTC Team 6914 – Charging Chaos for the 2026–27 season!

Returning members need to register again, and space is limited. Come build, program, compete, solve problems, and be part of the team!

Register: https://forms.gle/1raN4WL4peNV61BC8

Same team. Bigger possibilities.

08/21/2026

Another great example of where student robotics can take you!

We’re incredibly proud to see PINKrov, a project of SFROBOTICS, highlighted as part of Dr. Ashley Lemke’s conversation with WUWM’s Lake Effect.

Our students are taking the skills they’ve developed through robotics and applying them to real-world Great Lakes research and underwater archaeology, learning alongside professionals and contributing to work happening right here in Lake Michigan.

This is what SFROBOTICS is all about: giving students opportunities to build, explore, collaborate, and take their learning beyond the classroom.

Dreaming Bigger. Diving Deeper.

Dr. Ashley Lemke helped discover an ancient caribou hunting site beneath Lake Huron. Now, she's looking for similar sites beneath Lake Michigan.

08/18/2026

Taking the ROV beyond the pool and into Lake Michigan.

MATE ROV Competition provides incredible opportunities for students to practice real-world missions, solve problems, and develop the skills needed to design, build, and operate an underwater robot. But getting that ROV out of the pool and into Lake Michigan takes everything to another level.

Our MATE ROV Competition team started “Dreaming Bigger, Diving Deeper” with the goal of doing exactly that, taking what students learned through competition and applying it to real-world exploration and research.

This summer, that meant working alongside UWM underwater archaeologist Dr. Ashley Lemke and the NOAA's Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, deploying our student-built ROV on actual shipwrecks beneath Lake Michigan.

From pool missions to open water. From competition challenges to underwater archaeology. The team dreamed bigger, and they’ve definitely dived deeper.

As we look to 2027, we'll be back in the pool, but our ROV hearts will be in deeper water.

Who knows where this team, or the ROV, will go next?

Learn more about the project: https://pinkrov.org

Note: Images have been post-processed from video screenshots captured by a second ROV flown alongside us by one of our project partners, Poseidon Robotics. Check out their work at https://poseidonrov.com/.