OSE Robotics

Mission

Based in Maysville, MO, USA, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit public organization designs practical and innovative programs that motivate young people to apply science, technology, engineering, art, and math to solve pressing world issues - while building hands-on skills, hacker ethics, and the open source economy. OSE cultivates collaborative literacy to solve problems together to benefit all humankind in harmony with natural life support systems. OSE is more than Just Machines.

STEAM with a Purpose

• Value - robotics competition, but with eco and social vision for society and open source entrepreneurship. Creating a collaborative culture.
• First proposed chalenge

Links

• On the future of education, including authors' feeds. 5 star reviews. [1]

Industry Standards

• FIRST Robotics - currently a monopoly in the space. See cost at [2]. Typical cost for top- performing ng teams is $80k/year.
• FTC start-up costs - $2-4k. FRC start-up costs - $40k.