POWER SURGE ROBOTICS

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POWER SURGE ROBOTICS

4-H FIRST Robotics Team #2712
in Partnership with the Naugatuck YMCA
For Students Age 13 – 18 in the Waterbury, CT area

Join our team. Discover Engineering.

We are looking for enthusiastic students interested in Engineering, Computer Programming, Business Management, Mechanical, Electrical Design and more.

Power Surge Robotics considers all students in grades 8-12 for membership from any school or home-schooled.

APPLY TODAY.

STUDENT APPLICATION
MENTOR APPLICATION

LEARN. COMPETE. LEAD

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to empower high school students to explore robotics, engineering, and technology through hands-on learning, teamwork, and creativity. We strive to build a supportive community where curiosity is encouraged, skills are developed, and every member has the opportunity to innovate, lead, and make a positive impact

LEARN

Fuel your inspiration.

Hands-on learning of engineering and programming skills, business and communication skills, shop safety and mentorship, happens at every team meeting. It’s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get.

COMPETE

Sport for the mind.

Under strict rules, limited time and resources, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors.

LEAD

Grow on your own terms.

Gain the leadership skills needed to feel confident taking on projects of any size.

2026 REBUILT ™

The Build Challenge is underway & the count down to competition is on!
In REBUILT™ presented by Haas, is a new challenge released January 10, 2026, FIRST Robotics Competition teams will use engineering skills and re-imagine the past. REBUILT is part of the FIRST AGE™ presented by Qualcomm season.

WATCH THE REBUILT ™ GAME ANIMATION
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Thank you to our 2026 Sponsors & Partners.

HENRY ENG

HOGAN ENG

THE
KRANTZ FAMILY

The Benefits to Sponsorship.

Power Surge Robotics is run completely by volunteers and depends on fundraising, grants, and sponsorships to operate. We work with our students to collect donations with an annual goal of $15,000 in order to build our robot and compete in FIRST Robotics competitions.

Sponsoring our team is an opportunity to help prepare tomorrow’s workforce to be professionally skilled, technically imaginative, confident and gracious.

In addition to the inherent benefits to sponsorship, Power Surge Robotics extends the following benefits to our sponsors:

BRONZE

$100 – $299
✓ Social media shoutout
✓ Company name on our website

SILVER

$300 – $999
✓ All benefits of BRONZE
✓ Company logo on website
✓ Recognition at outreach events
✓ Company on our team brochure
✓ Logo on our team t-shirts

GOLD

$1000 – $4999
✓ All benefits of SILVER plus:
✓ Company name on Robot

PLATINUM

$5000+
✓ All benefits of GOLD
✓ Company Logo on our pit signage

SPONSORS WELCOME.

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Thank you.

The team is run by volunteers and funded entirely by donations. We are grateful for your support! Our Lead Mentor will be in contact with you. Power Surge 4-H Robotics is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
SPONSORSHIP LEVEL(required)

The team is run by volunteers and funded entirely by donations. We are grateful for your support! Our Lead Mentor will be in contact with you.

Power Surge 4-H Robotics is a registered 501(c)(3) organization of the UConn 4-H Foundation.

POWER SURGE IN ACTION. FOLLOW ALONG.

🤖 🥶 | SUN, NOV 23 - early morning fundraising with the power surge crew @labonnes in woodbury 🤖🥧 | come visit Power Surge tomorrow, Nov 23, outside Labonnes in Woodbury Please join us in our upcoming fundraiser put anual bottle and can drive located at San Remos in Woodbury. Go Power Surge. Had our end of year picnic today and had to say goodbye to our lone senior Luther, good luck Luther with your next journey in life, and we welcome Gavin as our new president, as we go forward with our up and coming projects. Welcome our new Secretary in charge of social media, Aneal! Expect some different content soon! Come see us at the Big E this weekend on September 29th! We’ll be presenting in the New England Center at 11:30am and 2:00pm!
The team gathers to learn programming for the next FIRST robotics build season at their shop in Waterbury, CT

BUILD SEASON TASKS

  • Thoroughly understanding the game structure, rules and the scoring
  • Design brainstorming, prototyping, testing
  • Drivetrain
  • Changeable bumpers sets
  • Arm and turret mechanicals build
  • Design layout of electronic amd pneumatic components
  • Mounting of electronics and pneumatics
  • Programming automnomous and teleop, calibrations
  • CAD work for the gripper
  • Game piece manipulation
  • Design and build the portable driver’s station
  • Configure our pit area for storage and working on the robot on site, must adhere to venue specs and easy transportation
  • Testing, testing, testing iterations and making improvements
  • Driving, driving, driving
  • Learning, laughing, and the satisfaction of seeing something we created from nothing actually work the way we intended