Athena's Warriors, team 3182 from CT is an all girls team not sponsored through a school for those who were wondering if we existed
We also are all female mentored except for one mentor who is the husband of one of our female mentors. We were founded by the Women of Innovation group.
As the Co-Captain of our team, I can say that many or even most of the girls on our team would not have joined if it had been a co-ed team, myself included. Two years ago when I found out about the team, I really had no interest (or no idea of my interest) in robotics. I've always loved technology, but my knowledge was limited mostly to graphic design. Now, I am the co-captain of my team and robotics is really my life. I don't know what I would do without it truthfully. I spend most of my free time researching new ideas for our robot or reading chief delphi for hints. Let me say I was really intimidated when I first began reading as last year was our rookie year and all the technical terms on here made my head hurt. Now though, I have learned enough to keep up, one of the things I am most proud of
Robotics was never something I would have considered before, and now I want to be an engineer.
I could never say having an exclusively female team is wrong, because frankly my team has changed my life so drastically.
-Anna