Inspiring Others

Weather Balloon Launch

On January 4th, our team sent a weather balloon 95,000 ft into the atmosphere. We launched the balloon in Sheridan Roadside Park. A couple hours later the weather balloon landed. Only a couple members of our team were able to retrieve it because it had landed in a farmers field in Canada. We retrieved the balloon and took all the footage off of the camera and created a video of the balloons trip in the atmosphere. “It was so cool to watch the balloon go up, and the footage afterward. It was such a fun experience!”

Bionic Black Hawks in China!
仿生黑鹰在中国!

In the summer of 2018, the Bionic Black Hawks participated in the Chinese Robotics Championship and the Qianjiang International Robotics Invitational. We presented to Chinese teams about Chairman’s, and gave them help with their awards submissions. We also mentored 2 teams before competition, helping with build, programming, and electrical.

Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition

Since 2012, we've co-hosted the all Girls Robotics competition as an initiative to further Girls' involvement in FIRST. On November 10, our 6th annual Bloomfield Girls Robotics Competition was held at Bloomfield Hills High School with 32 teams participating in the event.

Proceeds from the event, along with support from thyssenkrupp, made it possible to award five $1,000 scholarships to distinguished individuals this year.

The event was held at Bloomfield High School, home of the Bionic Black Hawks. Along with team 2834 the event was co-hosted and co-organized with teams 33 (Killer Bees), 68 (Truck Town Thunder), and 469 (Las Guerrillas).

FLL Girls Summer Camp

Over the summer our FRC girl counselors organize FREE girls-only summer camps. With about 50 girls in attendance each year, participants learn math, physics, and chemistry through experiments and crafts

Girl Scouts International River Crossing

Every year we host Girl Scout events complementing our competitions, and join with FRC 772 Sabre Bytes at the International River Crossing where over 3000 girls from the US and Canada have been inspired by our robot demo and learn about gear ratios. This year we mentored the Purple Protons (7048) to help the Girl Scouts earn their robotics badges as well.

Magna Leadership Event

We partnered with Magna and the FRC 548 Robostangs, to run a one day leadership event where over 100 middle schoolers participated and learned about team building and FIRST.