Steven Tenniswood, President of Blue Water Area Robotics Alliance, talks with Dan Casey about how robotics can benefit both students and employers.

In this episode, Steven and Dan talk about:

• Robotics clubs in St. Clair County
• First Robotics programs in St. Clair County
• Robotics teams in high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools - FRC and FLL teams
• Industry 4.0
• Automation in manufacturing and how robotics programs teach kids the programming language of automation
• Internships at manufacturing locations
• CAD/CAM in robotics clubs
• How robotics clubs build confidence in kids
• Team building in robotics clubs
• Robotics team competitions in Michigan
• Dancing at robotics team competitions
• How mentors, volunteers, and sponsors support robotics clubs
• How corporate sponsors help robotics clubs
• Cargill Salt, PTM Corporation, SMR, Magna

Learn more about Steve Tenniswood and his robotics team here:

https://team5843.org/about/

Learn more about the EDA of St. Clair County here:

www.edascc.org