2024
Meet Team Roaring Riptide: The High School Robotics Club Making Waves in STEM – WUFT
Team Roaring Riptide’s Recent Success – WUFT News
P.K. Yonge Robotics Team wins Engineering Inspiration Award and NASA Sponsorship – Alachua Chronicle
High School Team wins Award, NASA Sponsorship – WCJB
Roaring Riptide Wins Award – -WUFT TV First at Five
P.K. Yonge Robotics Team Receives NASA Sponsorship and Prestigious Award for Assistive Technology Work – UF Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
PRIOR SEASON NEWS FEATURES AND ARTICLE LINKS
2012
Roaring Riptide Robotics Team Makes Big Splash in FIRST Season – UF College of Education
2013
Tumblin Creek Arts and Sciences Festival – P.K. Yonge DRS (archived)
P.K. Yonge Robotics Needs YOU! – P.K. Yonge DRS
It’s Not Just About Building a Robot, but We Did! – P.K. Yonge DRS
2014
Optym Hosts Demonstration by School Robotics Team, Provides Sponsorship – Optym
Robotics Team Teens Compete in 3rd Panther Prowl @ Florida Tech – Suncoast SECME (archived)
Team 4118 Roaring Riptide Robotics (FIRST) – UF PropaGator
P.K. Yonge Student Experience: Logan – P.K. Yonge DRS
P.K. Yonge Student Experience: Rafaela – P.K Yonge DRS
2015
P.K. Yonge Robotics Team Looks Toward Nationals – Gainesville Sun (archived)
Dean’s List Winners – FIRST
P.K. Yonge DRS Robotics Team Vying for Title in International Competition – UF College of Education
Roaring Riptide Robotics Team Going to World Championship – ABC WCJB TV-20 (archived)
All About Women Congratulates North Central Florida High School Robotics Team – All About Women
2015 FRC Orlando, Go Roaring Riptides! – UF PropaGator
2016
These Are the Droids You’re Looking for – Alligator
P.K. Yonge FIRST Robotics Team #4118 Roaring Riptide – P.K. Yonge DRS
FIRST ® Dean’s List – FIRST Robots: Behind the Design – 30 Profiles of Design, Manufacturing, and Control
2017
High-School Robotics Competition Kickoff Held at UF – Alligator
Millhopper Library Robot Demo – Gainesville Sun
Maker Faire Orlando a Place for Tinkerers – Orlando Sentinel
VoiceOnyx Encourages Creativity in Arts and Sciences as Maker Faire Orlando Sponsor – VoiceOnyx
Christmas Toy Adapt-A-Thon for F.A.A.S.T. – ATMakers.org
Ask an Engineer 11/29/17 – Adafruit Industries
2018
PK Yonge Robotics Team Gives Away Special Toys to Disabled Children – ABC WCJB 20
Roaring Riptide Delivers Adapted Toys for the Holidays – P.K. Yonge DRS
Children with Disabilities Receive Specially-Adapted Toys – FOX 35 Orlando
UCF Holiday Party Brings Specially Adapted Toys to Children with Disabilities – NBC WESH
Florida’s Holiday Hack-a-thon Adapts Toys for Kids with Disabilities – AT3 Center
PK Yonge Robotics Team – The Gainesville Sun
Adapt-A-Thon 2018 Was a Huge Success! – ATMakers
#ATIAMakerDay 2018 Was a Huge Hit! – ATMakers
Roaring Riptide: Inspiring the Minds of Tomorrow – Our Town Magazine
ATIA 2018 Embraces the Assistive Technology Maker Movement – AT3 Center
Waterways – 2018 Roaring Riptide Chairman’s Video
2019
Judges’ Award for Assistive Technology – Orlando Regional Competition
Orlando Maker Faire – 2019 Exhibit
Roaring Riptide Team Spotlight – Roboticon Tampa Bay
2020
Custom Made (FRC Kickoff) – The Gainesville Sun
PK Yonge Rising to Robot Challenge – The Gainesville Sun
Access Switches at ATIA Maker Day – Makers Making Change
First Robotics Teams Teach Disability Professionals at Maker Day @ATIA 2020 – Makers Making Change
FIRST Robotics Coach Starts Makers Making Change Florida Chapter – Makers Making Change
Riptide Joins Local PPE Efforts – PK Yonge DRS
UF Labs Team Up to Outfit Hospitals – The Gainesville Sun
2022
2022 Design Team Technical Notebook – FIRST Robotics Competition Team 4118: Roaring Riptide
Roaring Riptide Presents at FIRST World Championships – A Tidal Wave of Assistive Technology
The PK Yonge Robotics Team helped one man who suffered a life altering accident – WCJB