About Placer Robotics
Placer Robotics began in 2018 after a school robotics program ended. A high-school student recruited four others that summer and started building in a garage. By fall there were ten of them, and what they started became an independent nonprofit that could serve students across schools and districts.
Today, Placer Robotics operates competition teams, camps, outreach programs, regional events, and the Placer Robotics Center in downtown Roseville. Officially, we are Placer Advanced Robotics and Technology (PART).
How Placer Robotics started
Placer Robotics started in a garage, literally. The founder's family garage, with students, tools, and late nights. Their first robot, Washing Machine, was a 15-pound combat robot built in six weeks for a Southern California event in the fall of 2018, where it won the tournament outright. That win pulled in more students, more combat robots, and the firstVEX teams. What changed is the scale: 51 teams, a dedicated robotics center in downtown Roseville, and some of the region's largest hosted championships. What stayed is the culture: students building, failing, fixing, competing, and leading together.
I fell in love with robotics here, and so did a lot of these students. Watching a team come in, work all day, share the tools, and learn from each other is what this is about. A team sets you up for engineering better than almost anything: the internships, the college clubs, and the skills you carry forward. And it is incredible that a nonprofit opens this to the whole community.
Kyle MillerPlacer Robotics Founder · Glitch / BattleBots Captain · Mechanical Engineer, Sunday Robotics