# McLean Robotics

> McLean Robotics is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit making STEM accessible and inspiring kids of all backgrounds to explore science and technology.

McLean Robotics runs youth robotics teams, including FIRST LEGO League Challenge and MATE ROV underwater robotics, plus student-led STEM research projects.
Contact: roboticsmclean@gmail.com

## Main pages

- [Home](https://roboticsmclean.org/): McLean Robotics is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit making STEM accessible and inspiring kids of all backgrounds to explore science and technology.
- [About](https://roboticsmclean.org/about/): Our nonprofit mission and commitment to making STEM accessible to kids of all backgrounds.
- [Sign up](https://roboticsmclean.org/signup/): Choose a program and submit an interest inquiry as a student, parent or guardian, or volunteer.

## Programs

- [Current season](https://roboticsmclean.org/programs/current-season/): Current robotics programs, including FLL Team Sigma7 and MATE ROV Aquabots.
- [Past seasons](https://roboticsmclean.org/programs/past-seasons/): Archive of past robotics seasons and results.

## STEM Research

- [All research](https://roboticsmclean.org/stem-research/): Student STEM research projects, methods, findings, and sources.
- [Sip & Sprout](https://roboticsmclean.org/stem-research/sip-and-sprout/): Sip & Sprout is Team Sigma7's STEM research project for the FIRST LEGO League BioGlow Challenge, turning coffee sleeves into QR-code guides for planting natives and supporting pollinators in Northern Virginia.

## Blog

- [All posts](https://roboticsmclean.org/blog/): Stories and updates from our programs, teams, and seasons.
- [Our first MATE ROV journey](https://roboticsmclean.org/blog/aquabots-first-season/): Aquabots' first MATE ROV season, and the Technical Presentation Award that capped it.
- [Our journey to states!](https://roboticsmclean.org/blog/our-journey-to-states/): How the 2025–26 McLean FIRST LEGO League team went from summer camp to the state championships.