12/07/2025
On Saturday 11/22, from 7 AM to 5 PM, Purdue Lunabotics volunteered for a very special cause: helping out at the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Indiana Qualifying Tournament at Tecumseh Junior High School! We served as mission judges, helped with event setup and takedown, and worked behind the scenes to reset the competition fields between each team’s run to keep the tournament running smoothly all day long.
In this local qualifying FLL competition, 4th-8th grade students were challenged in two ways: first through a research project, where teams this year tackled an archaeology-themed problem and proposed real-world solutions to help archaeologists; and second through the robotics competition, where students program LEGO robots to autonomously complete predefined missions. One of the missions we judged required teams to precisely navigate their robot to transport and place artifacts into a target zone, testing accuracy, strategy, and clean block-code under pressure.
Watching these students problem-solve, adapt to failures, and celebrate every small success was a powerful reminder of why early STEM outreach matters because that’s how we grew to be great Purdue Engineers as well! We’re so proud to support the next generation of innovators and engineers in the local Indiana community and grateful to everyone who made this tournament possible!
