About

Project Founder

Marco Basile

"I love coding. My robotics journey originated from a passion for small raspberry pi projects; I slowly refined my coding and electronics skills to the point where I am able to utilize my talents towards my school’s robotics program (Team 5992); I am one of the head student coders, focused on coding our robot’s many functionalities and capabilities. I am excited to share my knowledge about the space with any open-minded people enthusiastic to learn."

Project Leaders

Seth Burrowes

"My love for engineering stems from a childhood fascination with the unworldly technology found only in comic books, but it came to fruition through passion projects that integrated mechanics, electronics, and software - core robotics concepts. Throughout high school, I would educate myself on in-demand engineering skills and different manufacturing techniques. I also became a head coder of Team 5992. As a co-founder of this initiative, I would contribute my expertise on 3D printing and embedded systems, helping students produce a cohesive project."

Tony Sebastian

"My passion for robotics started Freshman year when I first joined my robotics team and from there I have learned much. My expertise lay in mechanical building and electrical. I have experience using a variety of motors and machinery from my time at our school’s robotics club. My role in our program is to teach students to use motors and various pieces of building equipment such as a drill. Like the other Co-founders, we all have leadership experience as captains and leaders of our robotics club and this makes us well prepared to lead our own initiative"

"We are leaders of our school’s robotics program, Team 5992 Pirates, and we have seen the immense impact that robotics has had on us and we hope to share this to the students that we mentor and teach. Last year, as part of our robotics team’s outreach initiative, we mentored kindergarten aftercare students at Smiley-Lacey school in Teaneck, NJ. We witnessed kids as young as five years old develop their knowledge of coding and the engineering process, even though many would assume that they were too young to comprehend such concepts. Coming away from that experience, seeing how fulfilled the students were to show off their fully functioning robots to their parents, we recognized the significance of creating a program that indulges a younger generation passionate about STEM."

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