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Media and Press Intro
If you’re a member of the media and looking for some powerful news and photo opportunities about Tampa’s “new collar” skills training for all ages, the AMRoC Fab Lab provides a premier opportunity to see it in action, from our permanent FIRST Robotics Competition field and equipment to Fab Lab gear for fabrication and rapid prototyping. Check out the resources below and use our Contact page to get in touch.
Empowering Communities to Drive Innovation, Tech’s Potential Podcast Series April 2022
A Look at AMRoC Fab Lab, by Fox 13 News, January 2021
May 2020 1 Million Cups presentation – AMRoC Fab Lab: Celebrating our First Year
Other Media
- AMRoC Brochure
- 1 Million Cups Presentation – June 2019
- Building a FIRST Community Center – Houston FIRST Championship presentation, April 2019
Public Media
- Getting Fab in the Fab Lab – USF Honors College News, October 2023
- Tampa’s AMRoc Fab Lab, a ‘Community Center to Learn’ – Spectrum Bay News 9, June 2023
- AMRoC Fab Lab Turns Ideas Into Inventions – ABC Action News, August 2022
- RITHM doubles down on tech commitment with two innovation centers – Tampa Bay Inno, June 2022
- Tampa fab lab thrives off Florida State Fair visitors – ABC Action News, February 2022
- AMRoC Fab Lab in Uptown Tampa fuses creativity with STEM – 83 Degrees Media – August 2021
- New Tampa esport lets you jump into the video game world – Fox 13 News Tampa Bay – July 2021
- New Tampa program bridging equity gaps and helping startups succeed in Tampa – Fox 13 News Tampa Bay – February 2021
- Interactive Learning Space Uses Robotics to Help Students Thrive – Fox 13 News Tampa Bay – January 2021
- ‘Equity in Entrepreneurship’ wants to even the playing field in Tampa Bay – Tampa Bay Inno, June 2020
- Future of University Mall is that It Won’t be a Mall Anymore
- FCDI Announces Development of Manufacturing & Robotics Center Fab Lab at University Mall
- Manufacturing Robotics Fab Lab Opens at University Mall – June 2019, 83 Degrees Media
- Robotics Coming to University Mall – Oct. 2018, Tampa Bay Times
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Our summer/fall 2025 volunteer roster is currently full, but volunteer registration is rolling and those who register will be contacted with upcoming volunteer opportunities later in the year.
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