Teams now building robots for this years FIRST championship, to be held in St. Louis the last week of April, begin their quest in a regional competition. The regionals start the last weekend of this month in some states and continue through the first weekend of April. Regional competition is a great way to learn […]
30 high school students from Los Alamos have a great plan for building their entry in this years US First robotics competition. They have divided their team into six sub-teams, each with a separate set of responsibilities for building their entry. The sub-teams are: Drive train Manipulator CAD PR & Marketing Programming Electronics You can […]
When the 2014 First Robotics Competition challenge was announced by founder Dean Kamen, almost 70,000 high school students went to work to try to make their way to the finals in St. Louis later in the spring. Those students make up more than 2700 teams that will build competitive robots over the next six weeks […]
We wrote recently about a Michigan-based US First robotics team being recognized in the Governor’s state of the state address. It turns out that a lot of people in Michigan are interested in the Governor’s recognition. US First reports that Michigan now surpasses California as the state which hosts the most US First robotics teams. […]
The Jackson Vectors, A US First competitive robotics team from Jackson, MI were recognized last week during Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s State of the State address. The high school team, along with their faculty adviser, appeared at the state house and were presented to the assembled audience as an example of how First robotics can […]
The 2014 First Tech Challenge for US First robot competition teams is a called Block Party. Competing teams will build robots that move blocks into the opposing teams goal area. There will be both an autonomous (pre-programmed) and a driver controlled period in each match. Click here to see a demonstration of how the game […]
Working with NASA, First Robotics will provide a live stream of this coming weekends finals at the America’s Center in St. Louis, MO. Here’s the page you should check to get the details.
The NES boxing robot reminds us of Rockem’ Sockem’ Robots, the Christmas gift we had to have as a kid and were bored with about 10 minutes later. The robot is controlled via wifi, using a Nintendo Wii controller is guaranteed to best one of those FIRST Frisbee flinging metal heads in a ten round […]
NC First Robotics held their regional tournament last weekend at Dorton Arena. Click here to see a full list of the 2013 winners.
Involvement in US FIRST robotics competition creates “winners” well beyond those who triumph in the robotics events. This year, over 300,000 participants will be eligible for awards of scholarships in excess of $16 million.