{"id":237010,"date":"2026-04-18T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237010\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:36:18","slug":"miami-robotics-competition-aims-to-inspire-future-tech-careers-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237010\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami robotics competition aims to inspire future tech careers for youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 The competition is heating up at the Overtown Youth Center, where students are putting their skills to the test at the Do Good 4-1 Robotics Spring Showdown on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But organizers say the event is about more than wins and losses on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s about exposing young people to opportunities in technology and showing them what they can achieve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a battle of bots,\u201d said 13-year-old Genesis Madrid, who is competed at he event. \u201cI like to win. I\u2019m super competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Before the matches even begin, students are working together to troubleshoot issues and fine-tune their machines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to see what\u2019s wrong with it because it\u2019s not connecting,\u201d Madrid said. \u201cI like our teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The event is organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/dogood41.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dogood41.org\/\">Do Good 4-1<\/a>, a nonprofit founded last year by Max Joseph. He said the program focuses on more than robotics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re building confidence, we\u2019re building character and we\u2019re building community,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Many of the students started with no prior experience, but the program has quickly expanded to 18 teams. Participants have designed, built and coded their own robots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Joseph said he hopes the experience helps put students on a path toward careers in technology, particularly for those from high-need communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt means a lot to me personally because I\u2019m from this community and I didn\u2019t have this opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cNow they have access to scholarships to go to college. And now they\u2019re on a career track to be a part of this tech system, where they\u2019re not just consumers, but they\u2019re also producers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Organizers say that while trophies are on the line, the bigger takeaway is the experience students gain \u2014 from coding and engineering to teamwork and problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Do Good 4-1 also offers summer programs for students interested in robotics and technology.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 The competition is heating up at the Overtown Youth Center, where students are putting their skills&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-237010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}