The Atlanta Robotics Club (ARC) is a group of parents and children coming together for a journey where growth in friendship and character are the destination, and robots are the way.

Friendship

"The happy man in this life needs friends" -Aquinas

The FIRST Lego League (FLL) robotics competitions provide a common activity through which we grow in friendship. In friendship we find the company to celebrate accomplishments, the guide to make decisions, and the support to overcome challenges.

Character

"Character is what you have left over if you ever go broke" - James Stenson

Good character consists of moral habits of the mind (the way we think), habits of the heart (the way we feel), and habits of action (the way we behave). As parents we want our children to be happy, and we consider good character essential for that.

Robots

"We're not using kids to build robots. We're using robots to build kids" - Dean Kamen

Within FLL, we have found a fun stream of S.T.E.M. challenges that allow us to witness and enjoy our children as they discover their unique talents and personalities, and to coach them to grow in character.

ARC's Robot Model for the 2023- 2024 Season

First Lego League

The First Lego League (FLL) organizes international "more than robots" competitions in which we have found an instrument to achieve our goals.

The Atlanta Robotics Club is organized separately from the FLL organization and has teams participating in all 3 age based FLL programs

Discover (4-6 yrs)
Explore (6-9 yrs)
Challenge (9-16 yrs)

Our Accomplishments

An exciting 2023-2024 season for Atlanta Robotics Club!
Congratulations for a wonderful performance at the 2024
State Championship at Georgia Tech!!
Congratulations to our Explore Team for achieving the Coding Award!

Challenge Team - Lego Royals 3rd Place Champions Award at Georgia Tech State Championship

Congratulations to the Lego Royals on achieving
3rd Place Champions Award at the 2024 Georgia Tech State Championship!

Challenge Team - Lego Royals moving on to State Championship

At the FLL Challenge super regional competition ARC's "Lego Royals" did well in the robot run and innovation presentation and moved on to the State Championship!

Challenge Team - Lego Royals Robot Performance and Champions Awards

At the FLL Challenge regional competition ARC's "Lego Royals" won the Robot Performance and Champions Awards.

It was an exciting day at Walton High School when the robot got 2nd after barely managing to complete the last mission before the timer rang.

Explore Team - Super Builders chosen for the Coding Award

At the Georgia First Fall Festival, the Super Builders shared their hard work and were chosen for the Coding Award.

Past Accomplishments

From previous seasons of the Atlanta Robotics Club!

Explore Team - Super Six at the 2022 World Championship

After participating in the FLL Explore Expo at Mt. Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia, ARC's "Super Six" team was invited to represent the state of Georgia at the World Championship Explore Festival in Houston, TX.

At the World Championship "Super Six" met teams from all over the US, as well as from Germany, France, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, South Korea, and Morocco, among others.

Challenge Team - Lego Royals Robot Performance and Innovation awards at Regionals

At the FLL Challenge regional competition ARC's "Lego Royals" team won the robot performance and innovation project awards.

It was an exciting day at Mt. Paran Christian School with lots of cheers when the robot took the #1 spot after completing the last mission with only one second left on the clock!

Challenge Team - Lego Royals 2nd place Robot Performance award at Super Regionals

ARC's "Lego Royals" advanced to the Super Regional competition at Wheeler High School and won the second place robot performance award.

There were plenty of ups and downs as the team adjusted their robot to the environment at Wheeler High School. In the first run the "Lego Royals" robot did everything wrong. However, in the last run the team's robot achieved its highest ever score!

Quantity vs. AND Quality time

After a 3 hour session of intense work preparing the robot, the code, and the innovation project presentation for the regional competition, we noticed the kids were all smiles. Amused, we asked, "What did you like about today?"
The reply, "... I spent a long time working with my dad."

Outreach

ARC is passionate about sharing far and wide all the things learned and the inspiration received! In order to grow our impact as a club, ARC is working to implement community outreach within 2 hour family-friendly workshops.

Events will include: "Introduction to Mechanics," "Python: Not Just a Snake," and "Going Further with a Team"

ARC Workshop and Community calendar
COMING SOON

Our Coaches

At ARC, the parents are the coaches, mentors, and volunteers. We consider this our greatest strength. Our kids have the opportunity to see their parents' professional skills deployed in a fun and enriching environment. Also, the parents, who know their kids best and love them the most, have the opportunity to coach their kids in a personalized way with an affectionate assertiveness that naturally comes to them.

Juan Bustamante

Juan is a Principal Software Engineer at the Intercontinental Exchange - NYSE. Juan is on a mission to teach Python to our coders.

Stephen Hendriks

Stephen is a Strategy Manager at Truist Bank. He coaches the innovation team.

Amarilis Rodriguez

Amarilis coaches the Innovation team.

Stephen Kulik

Stephen is a Physics Teacher at Pope High School. He coaches the kids on the mechanics of the robots.

Agatha
Loh Nee

Agatha is learning to code alongside the team. She coaches the Explore team.

Natalia Gracia, DVM

Natalia coaches the Explore team.

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