by Terri 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 Terri 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 Terri 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 Terri 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...
by Terri Willingham | Oct 8, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM, Training
We’re very excited to announce that the Tampa Bay Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics Center now has a home at University Mall on Fowler Avenue in Tampa, near the University of South Florida. In partnership with the Mall, Hillsborough County Libraries and...
by Terri Willingham | Sep 12, 2018 | Apprenticeships, Education, Manufacturing, Resources, STEM, Training
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the launch of a new digital platform, Apprenticeship.gov. While there had been a similar resource previously, the new and improved portal features an Apprenticeship Finder tool intended to offer career seekers a...
