The Skibots
FIRST LEGO League team

Meet theSkibots

Four friends. One robot. A big mission to help bats beat white-nose syndrome.

Who we are

We're four friends who love to discover new things and have fun together. Using STEM, teamwork, and creativity, we take on big challenges as a FIRST LEGO League team.

The Racer

Happiest flying down a slope or racing down a trail.

The Engineer

If it beeps, rolls, or crawls, he wants to know how it works.

The Dancer

Strong moves and a sharp mind. You'll rarely catch her without a book.

The Designer

Our trendsetter, with an eye for making everything look great.

Our mascot

A skiing bat with a snowy white nose.

Fast on the slopes and fearless in the cold, our mascot stands up for the real bats we're working to protect. Bats with white-nose syndrome need all the friends they can get.

What we do

Every FIRST LEGO League season has two big parts, and we give both everything we've got.

Build and code a robot

We build a robot from LEGO bricks and code it to complete missions in a race against the clock and against other teams, first across our state and, we hope, across the country.

Help our community

Through our Innovation Project, we find a real problem in our community and invent a way to help solve it.

Our core values DiscoveryInnovationImpactInclusionTeamworkFun

Our challenge

Find a problem in our community that puts biodiversity at risk. Then work together to design an innovative solution that helps the environment around us.

Challenge accepted.

How we found our problem

We took our inspiration from the natural world. We asked ourselves how we could support biodiversity, strengthen our community, and help build a healthier planet.

That search led us to the northern long-eared bat, and to the disease that is pushing it toward extinction: white-nose syndrome.

White-nose syndrome is caused by a fungus that grows on bats while they hibernate. Since it was discovered in 2006, it has killed millions of bats across North America.

97 to 100%

drop in northern long-eared bat populations where white-nose syndrome has struck

2023

the year the northern long-eared bat became a federally endangered species

5 of 9

bat species in Vermont are listed as endangered in our state

Why bats matter here

Helping bats makes our whole community stronger.

  • They're the night-shift pest control

    Bats come out after dark and eat huge numbers of insects, including pests that damage crops and forests.

  • They save farmers billions

    Scientists estimate bats save U.S. farms more than $3.7 billion a year in pest control, and possibly as much as $53 billion.

  • They keep our forests healthy

    Fewer bats means more tree-eating insects. Protecting bats helps keep Vermont's woods and wildlife thriving.

Our big idea

Our idea to help bats is...

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Join the mission

Bats need all the help they can get. Here are three ways you can be part of the team.

Want to know more about these cool creatures?

Explore how white-nose syndrome works and what scientists across the country are doing to stop it.

Visit whitenosesyndrome.org

Want to help hands-on?

Build bat houses for endangered Vermont bats with the state bat biologist, after a walk in the woods.

Bat House Building Workshop and WoodswalkSunday, Nov 1, 2026 · 10:00 am to 12:30 pmJericho Research Forest · Registration required
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