AMRoCFabLab

Were back in the shop, with lots of production work underway this week, as interns and volunteers work on textiles, design and prototype projects, and updating laptops in our mobile computer lab.

AMROC will be CLOSED Saturday, May 23. We'll see you back at the Fab Lab next week.

We're happy and honored to be hosting a Prodigy Cultural Arts Program AMRoC Fab Lab again this summer. Reflections with Relief Printing, held June 8-12 at AMRoC, is free to area youth, who will learn to use the multimedia resources at the Fab Lab, including shop tools as well as traditional arts supplies, to create block prints while learning life skills in the process. Learn more about Prodigy Arts in the story below, and register for the camp at https://amroctampabay.com/2026summerprograms/

Celebrating over two decades of success, Prodigy uses arts education to make a meaningful difference for young people in our community. Read the full 83 Degrees story bit.ly/48mHBqg

ROBOTICON Tampa Bay is on the calendar for October!

Our CareerSource Tampa Bay intern is developing something very cool for future camps and Maker projects. Things are in the prototype stage right now, but guesses welcome!

The AMROC Fab Lab Village is hopping at BSides Tampa this morning! Stop into the Expo Hall to say hi, drive a robot with some our youth robotics program students from Edgar Allan Ohms Robotics Team and FTC Team Duct Tape , take apart electronics at the ESmart Recycling Deconstruction Zone and learn how you can Make your Future at AMROC.

AMROC is closed tomorrow, Saturday May 16, to take part in BSides Tampa , one of our favorite industry events of the year, where tech is explored meaningfully in the context of community. Come check it out and be inspired! And don't forget to stop by our Village, and all the others, to say hello.

Full Bsides info at the link in the comments.

Welcome and congratulations to some of Tampa's newest business owners!

It's such a joy and honor to be part of the University of South Florida Introduction to Production Systems Certificate Program ! We wrapped up our portion of programming today with an exploration of industrial robotics and automation, with some hands on programming and teleoperation of our training robots, as well a completion of shop projects.

Huge thanks to guest speaker, and long time Foundation for Community Driven Innovation and AMROC Fab Lab community partner, Tony Selvaggio of ESmart Recycling , for sharing his entreprenerial journey with cohort members. Thank you, too, to Kaz and Liam, student members of our community robotics teams, Edgar Allan Ohms Robotics Team and FTC Team Duct Tape , for sharing their expertise in operation and CAD design with program participants, and to Mr. Topher, and Ms. Rachel for their program support.

And congratulations and best wishes to all the amazing IPS program participants on their career journeys as they complete the IPS program over the next few weeks!