by Steve Willingham | Jan 22, 2019 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Robotics, STEM, Training, Volunteer
AMRoC continues its remarkable transformation from sportswear store to Fab Lab thanks to the generous donations of time, tools and equipment from great community friends like Hillsborough County Public Libraries, eSmart Recycling, Tampa Hackerspace, 3D...
by Steve Willingham | Dec 23, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, Volunteer
The transformation continues! As the year winds to a close, we want to thank all the amazing individuals and organizations who have been helping build AMRoC quite literally from the ground up, out of a former retail shop. Since October: A couple hundred feet of...
by Steve Willingham | Nov 25, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM, Training, Volunteer
In the coming weeks we’ll be hard at work transforming a former sportswear store into a working Manufacturing & Robotics Fab Lab. The transformation is already under way: A forest of shelving has been thinned, work stations arranged and youth robotics...
by Steve Willingham | Nov 23, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM, Volunteer
Any time is a good time to give to your community, but this time of year, especially, serves as a powerful reminder of the many ways we can be agents of change to help bring about the kinds of resources and improvements our communities need to become places of...
by Steve Willingham | Nov 1, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM, Training, Volunteer
As we build out the Tampa Bay Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics Center (AMRoC) Fab Lab, we’re starting to get calls and emails about how people can get involved. We’re so excited that you’re excited, too! While it’s still very early in our...
by Steve Willingham | Oct 22, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM, Training
The Foundation for Community Driven Innovation (FCDI), began work on the project now known as the AMRoC Fab Lab two years ago, after receiving an Argosy Foundation grant for securing a FIRST Robotics Competition field and related FIRST K-12 resources and gear. A...
