The Tampa Bay Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics Center (AMRoC) Fab Lab, a program of the nonprofit Foundation for Community Driven Innovation (FCDI), is a public Fab Lab dedicated to building community capacity, empowering individuals through creative self-expression and bridging the manufacturing and industry talent gap through robust project-based engineering education and training. AMRoC Fab Lab is a collaboratively organized space being installed at University Mall, near the University of South Florida (USF), as part of the new mixed use, city center redevelopment plans for the Mall that will include co-work space, entrepreneurship resources, social enterprise and USF College of Engineering facilities.

At AMRoC, youth and adults can explore science, technology, engineering, manufacturing and related education and career training opportunities. FIRST youth robotics teams and other STEM competition programs have design, build, practice and meeting space, and local entrepreneurs can access rapid prototyping and small scale manufacturing. Collaborative partners include Hillsborough County Public Library System, USF, SOFWERX and more.

Our Sustainability Development Goals for AMRoC Fab Lab focus on SDG4 - Quality Education; SDG8 -Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG9 -Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

AMRoC Fab Lab discussion thread here: https://discuss.fablabs.io/t/discussion-about-amroc-fablab/9080