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BadgerBots Robotics offers fun, hands-on STEAM camps and workshops, youth robotics programs, and community events where kids spend time building robots and solving STEAM challenges. The program includes week-long, half-day summer camps, one-day workshops, school day off camps, and months-long competitive youth robotics teams, and also works to support robotics teams.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Week-long, half-day summer camps; one-day workshops; and months-long competitive youth robotics teams
BadgerBots Robotics offers a wide range of STEAM programs for kids in grades K–12, with options that match different ages and interests. There are also opportunities for students in grades 9 and up to develop leadership and communication skills as they grow into future instructors, and students often start in camps, join competitive robotics teams, go to college, and return as instructors. The camps and workshops are led by a dedicated team of instructors, including college students, many of whom were once BadgerBots campers and robotics team members themselves. The organization describes its mission as inspiring kids to explore, build skills, and gain confidence through fun, hands-on learning experiences and robotics programs, in an environment that encourages growth, sparks creativity, and fosters a lifelong passion for learning.
BadgerBots Robotics reports that, for over a decade, it has created meaningful, creative, and memorable STEAM experiences for kids across Wisconsin. Its community involvement includes showing what STEAM can do at local events and community centers using creative, culturally relevant activities, and its robotics teams are part of FIRST, a global community. The organization notes that it is always looking for passionate community and corporate partners to help inspire the next generation of innovators through sponsorships, mentorship, or collaborative programs. The leadership team includes Mark Rushton (Executive Director), Emily Luffey (FIRST LEGO League and Outreach Coordinator), Rebecca DeCabooter (Director of Marketing & Communications), Melinda McLaughlin (Director of Education), Adam Steinert (Assistant Manager), and several board members: Steve DeCabooter, Shikha Arora-Gupta, Craig Peterman, Padmini Chintakayala, and Melvin Aguirre. Mark Rushton describes BadgerBots as “an extraordinary community of youth and adults passionate about STEAM” and says they are proud to create a space where kids feel supported, encouraged, and excited to see where STEAM can take them in life.
Last updated July 26, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Week-long, half-day summer camps; one-day workshops; and months-long competitive youth robotics teams
BadgerBots Robotics offers a wide range of STEAM programs for kids in grades K–12, with options that match different ages and interests. There are also opportunities for students in grades 9 and up to develop leadership and communication skills as they grow into future instructors, and students often start in camps, join competitive robotics teams, go to college, and return as instructors. The camps and workshops are led by a dedicated team of instructors, including college students, many of whom were once BadgerBots campers and robotics team members themselves. The organization describes its mission as inspiring kids to explore, build skills, and gain confidence through fun, hands-on learning experiences and robotics programs, in an environment that encourages growth, sparks creativity, and fosters a lifelong passion for learning.
BadgerBots Robotics reports that, for over a decade, it has created meaningful, creative, and memorable STEAM experiences for kids across Wisconsin. Its community involvement includes showing what STEAM can do at local events and community centers using creative, culturally relevant activities, and its robotics teams are part of FIRST, a global community. The organization notes that it is always looking for passionate community and corporate partners to help inspire the next generation of innovators through sponsorships, mentorship, or collaborative programs. The leadership team includes Mark Rushton (Executive Director), Emily Luffey (FIRST LEGO League and Outreach Coordinator), Rebecca DeCabooter (Director of Marketing & Communications), Melinda McLaughlin (Director of Education), Adam Steinert (Assistant Manager), and several board members: Steve DeCabooter, Shikha Arora-Gupta, Craig Peterman, Padmini Chintakayala, and Melvin Aguirre. Mark Rushton describes BadgerBots as “an extraordinary community of youth and adults passionate about STEAM” and says they are proud to create a space where kids feel supported, encouraged, and excited to see where STEAM can take them in life.
Last updated July 26, 2026.
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