LigerBot students pose at our RoboBoston setup. 

On Saturday, September 27th, the LigerBots staffed a table at RoboBoston. At this annual event, tech companies and local high school robotics teams come together to show the public what science can do. 

Walking through the robot parade with both our outreach and 2025 competition robots. 

 

During RoboBoston, we participated in the robot parade and brought our ball-throwing outreach robot, which drew the attention of many kids and families. We also brought STEAM activities like origami which was a huge hit among the crowd. LigerBot member Kaylee D. said, “It was so fun watching the children light up when they completed the origami. It seemed like everywhere I went there were smiling kids. There was even someone in the crowd wearing our LigerBots Pride shirt!”. We got to see so many families engaging with multiple high school robotic teams and different tech companies within Boston. 

 

LigerBot rookies operate the ball-throwing robot in a game of catch. 

 

Team members also had the opportunity to walk around and talk to people staffing the different booths at the event. LigerBot member Aydan H. said, “RoboCon was one of the most fun events this year because we got to see new teams and businesses”. We got to meet with people from Boston Dynamics, Mitre Blue Tech, Lobstah Robotics (a local New England FRC team), and The Innovation Institute. We learned so many cool things about what was going on in the science world outside that is being developed to help the greater good. 

 Students posing with Boston mayor Michelle Wu

We also met Boston’s Mayor Wu! Students got the opportunity to take a photo and talk to the mayor for the brief time she was there. LigerBot students Shivangi N. and Sophia F. remember talking to Mayor Wu about our team and what we do in the community. Sofia F. said, “Meeting the Mayor was such an amazing experience, she got to learn about our team and about what we do during the season”. Overall, RoboBoston was such an uplifting experience for us. We connected with so many people in the  community and saw what others around us were doing in their companies or teams. We definitely look forward to going next year! 

 Stay posted for the FLL scrimmage and FLL qualifier on November 10th and November 22nd!