March 2026 Library Workshops

We had an amazing weekend bringing hands-on STEM experiences to our community! 🤖❄️ At Ashburn Library, kids had the opportunity to operate a real competition robot and explore FIRST robotics. At Cascades Library, they engaged with the engineering design process and developed innovative thinking skills. We look forward to continuing our outreach efforts, more to […]

2025-2026 Library Workshops (Outreach)

Thank you to everyone for joining our library workshops! We loved giving kids of all ages the chance to drive a real robot while exploring the world of FIRST. Experiences like this show why getting our community involved in STEM is so important. Cascades Library: Gum Spring Library: We had a blast helping our community […]

2025-2026 Season Photo Gallery

Check out some photos from this season! We’ve been building, programming, and competing, and we’re proud of all the hard work our team has put in so far. Roanoke Qualifier: Second Qualifier in Moorefield, WV: States: We’re proud of the progress we made throughout the season and can’t wait to keep building, improving, and competing.There’s […]

Meet-Up With Local Girl Scouts

Absolute Zero enjoyed meeting up with a local Girl Scout troop to introduce them to FTC. We engaged them in a fun building activity and presentation which expanded more about the competition. We assisted the troop to collectively build a complete robot with a chassis, wheels, and arm. Watch below for the robotics introduction video […]

2022-2023 Season Photo Gallery

Check out our FTC PowerPlay Season photos! Absolute Zero greatly enjoyed the PowerPlay season! We had a great season this year and can’t wait for the next one. We had so much fun at our competitions and graciously received the following awards this season: CHS-VA Mechanicsville Qualifier 2 – CHS-VA Harrisonburg Qualifier 2 – CHS-VA […]

Getting Started with Robotics

Get to know the different FIRST competitions! What is First Tech Challenge? From the words of a person who has participated in FTC, here is a short video that explains what FTC is. In the beginning of our 2021-2022 FTC season, we gained 5 new members on our team. We each created a personal plan […]

Encouraging Robotics During Quarantine

During our time maintaining social distancing, Absolute Zero worked to encourage young students in robotics to persist in solving their EV3 challenges for the 2020 WRO challenges. In the 4 weeks prior to the competition, we held workshops for the competition. In these workshops, we discussed game strategies and answered participants’ questions. The workshop presentations […]

2019-20 EVENT BLOG

2019-2020 ABSOLUTE ZERO EVENT BLOG Maryland States 3/1/2020 Absolute Zero went to the state-level competition for the second time this year! They had an amazing time there and were able to wrap up their season with pride. Go Absolute Zero! Showcase at Algonkian Elementary 2/26/2020 Absolute Zero was invited again to Algonkian Elementary school […]

2018-19 EVENT BLOG

2018-2019 ABSOLUTE ZERO EVENT BLOG STEM in 30 9/5/2018 STEM in 30 is an online educational program produced by the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. hosted by Marty Kelsey and Beth Wilson. Some of the members in our team were invited to the TV show to talk about FLL. The program […]

2017-18 EVENT BLOG

Shenandoah Qualifiers We were part of the winning alliance and won the control award at the FTC Shenandoah Qualifiers in Virginia, on December 16th, 2017. Heritage High School Regionals We had an eventful competition at Heritage High School Regionals in Virginia, on February 3, 2018. We won: 4 out of 5 matches in the qualifying […]