STEM Education
FIRST Robotics at FATHOMWERX: Building the Future Technical Workforce
Matter Labs supported a hands-on robotics event at FATHOMWERX that connected local students with real-world engineering and innovation environments.
Audience
Local high school robotics teams
Domain
STEM workforce development
Environment
Hands-on innovation lab
Challenge
Students need more than classroom exposure to STEM. They need to see how engineering, collaboration, and problem-solving show up in real mission environments.
Approach
The FATHOMWERX event gave students access to a high-energy technical environment where teams could design, test, iterate, and learn alongside mentors and peers.
Outcome
Students from local schools gained confidence, technical experience, and visibility into future careers in engineering, robotics, defense technology, and advanced manufacturing.