North Carolin FIRST Robotics teams are in the spotlight this weekend when Steamworks teams go head to head at Cambpell University. Click here to watch a live stream of the events. The top teams from Saturday’s competiton will advance to the national finals in Houston. Good luck Tar Heel teams!
Next week marks the official kickoff event for First Robotics upcoming competition season. On January 7 participants will gather together in groups all over the country to discuss projects, compare notes and get ideas for this years’ events. Check this page to see where events are in your area.
Competitions among robotics teams in local high schools have started, all with the goal to see who will walk away as champions when the best competitors meet in this year’s finals in St Louis and Houston in April of 2017. For the first time ever, US First will hold two separate championship rounds, with the […]
FIRST, the school program that focuses on students learning robotics has announced that it will chage from the Lego operating system that it has embraced for years to build new robots running the Android operating system for one of its competition series. Lego has been the OS of choice for FIRST’s entry level program, the […]
Over 18,000 students who made the trek to St. Louis for last weeks national championships now know exactly how they fared in the face of competition from the best of the best. You can see the list of all the winners by clicking here.
FIRST US national championships are happening in St. Louis this weekend and you can stream all the action from the Edward Jones Dome now. Click here for a link to the live stream.
In an announcement leading to this week’s national championship in St. Louis, First US has announced that agricultural chemical giant Monsanto will commit $600,000.00 over the next three years to support FIRST’s scholarship program. Monsanto Vice President of Global Contributions will open this week’s events at the Edward Jones arena. Click here to read more. […]
The First Robotics national championship in St. Louis is less than a week away. If you’re one of the lucky teams that made the finals, here is a link to a countdown clock that will show you exactly how long it is until the event starts. (Make sure you scroll down to the middle of […]
Seattle has brought something new to the First Robotics challenge-An all girl team. Students from Holy Names Academy in Washington State will build a robot for entry in the First Robotics event over the next six weeks and enter it into a regional competition. Fist Robotics pits the country’s brightest high school students against other […]
Team 4827 from Connolly High School in Austin, Texas is headed for this week’s FIRST Robotics National Competition in St. Louis, and their story is a great example of how mentoring can make all the difference in a kid’s life. Robert Almgren, an employee of National Instruments and the FIRST in Texas chairman shared a […]