Altair and FIRST Robotics: Building Better Robots and Future Engineers

Panel discussion presented as part of Altair's Future.Industry 2025 conference.

Altair's longstanding partnership with First Robotics has seen dramatic improvements in the supported teams - both on and off the playing field.

In this panel discussion, three FIRST Robotics team leaders will join Altair's Erik Larson, to discuss their experiences using Altair software, how it has improved their robot's and team's performance, helped them win awards and competitions, and better prepared them for a future career in engineering.

Moderator: Erik Larson, Senior Manager - Global Academic Training at Altair

Panelists:
Landon Cooper, Design Lead with Lightning Robotics - Team 862
Joseph Barry, Assistant Captain with The Goon Squad - Team 3604
Sukheshkumar Saravanan, Co-Captain with The FEDS - Team 201
Ryan Burrell, Adult Mentor with Bearcat Robotics - Team 7627