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This weekend on Sept 13th, our team had the opportunity to visit the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Research Center of Excellence located in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh. HERL is also the national Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering, making it a hub for innovation that…
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On September 13th, TerabBridges had the exciting opportunity to be part of Pitt Hungama’s Diwali Celebration, one of the largest cultural festivals in Pittsburgh. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is a holiday that brings communities together to celebrate joy, new beginnings, and cultural traditions—and we were so glad to share robotics with over a thousand…
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On September 6, 2025, TeraBridges 18603 attended the official kickoff for the new FTC season! This year’s game is called DECODE™, presented by RTX, and it’s all about exploring artifacts, uncovering mysteries, and bringing archaeology to life through robotics. We watched the game reveal as a team and got our first look at the brand-new…
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Earlier this month, our software team had the chance to visit Main Street Autonomy, a Pittsburgh-based company that specializes in calibration, localization, and mapping software. Unlike some of our recent visits that focused more on hardware, this experience gave us the opportunity to dive deep into the software side of robotics. We met with six…
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On August 23, 2025, TeraBridges had an awesome time at the 3rd Annual Building Bridges Day in Pittsburgh, PA! The event is all about bringing people together and celebrating unity, and we were so excited to share how robotics can help “build bridges” in our community. We set up a whole area where visitors of…
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On July 22, 2025, Terabridges went to Washington Jefferson College to spread the values and skills that are imperative in the FIRST community and give then an overview of our team. What we did: We presented about FIRST programs and gave them a season overview about our team and how it works, where we met with students…
Dean Kamen
Founder, FIRST