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.

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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.

♻️🤖 | Bottle & Can Drive until 2:00 PM at San Remo in Woodbury. Bring yours down! Thank you to New Morning Market for getting us started today. @sanremowoodbury @newmorningmarket1971 @eyerecycle 🎇♻️🤖 | Have a lot of cans and bottles after this weekend? Please considering donating them to Power Surge Robotics! Our team will be hosting a bottle & can drive from 10 - 2 on Saturday, July 11 at @sanremowoodbury - easily drop them off to us on your way to the transfer station. Your donations are greatly appreciated! Learn more about us at www.powersurgerobotics.org ⚡️| @powersurge4hrobotics2712 is at @wpi for Battle Cry this weekend! Saturday are the qualifying matches and Sunday afternoon we head into the elimination matches. The team is gearing up to start our new season and is looking for new members & skilled mentors! Interested teens in the Naugatuck area can come find us at our new shop located at the @naugatuckymca | www.powersurgerobotics.org ⚡️ | Thank you to @eyerecycle for accepting our large return & turning this donation from @newmorningmarket1971 into usable funding for our team! ♻️ ⚡️| A big thank you to @newmorningmarket1971 in Woodbury for the support and opportunity to collect and return your donated bottles & cans! This has become a great fundraisng source for our team. 🤖⚡️The Power Surge team is in count down mode with back to back competition weekends just around the corner. It’s been a journey starting with moving our workshop into our new home at the Naugatuck YMCA just in time for build season. We’re excited to be in the Naugatuck community - we look forward to growing in our new home in the coming years!
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