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Metal. To The Core

Launched in 2017, LongMetal Robotics from Longmeadow, Massachusetts, focuses on building a community of students to collaborate, lead, and develop critical problem-solving skills.

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More Than Just Robots

LongMetal Robotics participates in the FIRST Robotics Competition, arranged by global non-profit FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). FIRST empowers young people worldwide to compete in a STEM-based environment, and creates the “only sport where everyone can go pro.”

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Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to design and build a competitive robot for our FRC competitions, purchase materials for our lab, and develop STEM programming for younger students in our community.

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BlogMetal

  • "My time spent on LongMetal Robotics created the person I am today. From how I go about solving problems to how I interact with my peers on a daily basis."

    Sam Barresi
    Founding Member LongMetal
    Mechanical Engineering Major, Merrimack College

  • "Our robotics team pushes me out of my comfort zone, which helps me learn new things and overcome challenges I haven’t faced before."

    Audrey Lam
    LongMetal Alumni 2024
    Columbia University

  • "LongMetal Robotics allows me the opportunity to work with students, helping them to learn new skills and apply them in a challenging and uniquely competitive environment which stresses the FIRST ideals of coopertition and gracious professionalism."

    Paul Dunkerley
    Founding Mentor, Team LongMetal

  • “It’s a true learning place to fail, fix, and be free to create. I love the mentors who make that possible and the peers who make it fun.”

    Reese Haag
    LongMetal Alumni 2024
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

  • LongMetal introduced me to a family of liked-minded students and passionate mentors - from both LHS and the wider FIRST community. Like many others, I came for the robots, but I stayed for the people. They are what made the experience so rewarding for me.

    Alex Lam
    LongMetal Alumni 2022
    Engineering Major, Yale University