BIG THANKS to Qualcomm ( http://www.qualcomm.com/ ), our newest corporate sponsor!!!
We are very grateful for the funding that Qualcomm is generously granting us, and the UC San Diego Qualcomm representative’s enthusiasm as always to help with student group efforts.

We are still looking for sponsorships from both private and public sectors to help fill our budget gap. Let us know if you have recommendations.
Thank you again to Qualcomm.

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This Saturday, USMART met again to work with local high schoolers to assist them with their robotics competition, Sea Perch. After building a standard robot from a kit, students explored new, creative ways of making their robot faster and explored engineering principles such as buoyancy to prepare themselves for their upcoming competition.

This Saturday the USMART team participated in the Upward Bound Program, getting local high school students excited about robotics, by helping them build a submersible R.O.V. The robot is called Sea Perch, and students were split up into three groups, controls, mechanical construction, and motors, gaining hands-on experience. The students will original build a stock kit version of the robot, but will later adjust the robot to compete in a competition against other schools. We made a lot of progress during our first session, but we are excited to finish this coming weekend. Stay tuned!