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!
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.
Months of work, planning and competition all focus on this week when the FIRST Robotics Championships happen at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO. Those teams that triumphed in super regional competitions around the country will now vie to be the national champions. There are lots of scholarships on the line too. Click […]
Two teams worked feverishly to rebuild their robots after car crashes on the way to Orlando’s regional competition. By staying up all night and refining the robot in between sessions, and with a little help from mentors, the teams were able to salvage six weeks worth of work and make it to the quarterfinals. Read […]
Gaffers tape is a fabric tape woven from cotton fibers. That gives it strength and durability and allows it to be torn cleanly, so no cutting tools are required. The cotton fibers that are used to weave gaffers tape hold dyes well and are color fast. Gaffers tape is available in 13 colors. Gaffers tape […]
If you’re planning an egg hunt as part of your robot competion, you’ll need to lay out an arena. It looks like this. \ Here’s more info about how it is done. Click here for the tape you will need to complete your layout.
One the biggest robotic competitions of Eastern Europe and the Middle East is gearing up for this year’s round of competitions. Middle East Technical University (METU) Robotics Society will organize the event in March. Every year the event gets bigger, with more and more countries coming to participate. Read about this years line-up by clicking […]
Wondering how you’re going to pull off this years FIRST game challenge? Maybe this can help. FIRST created a video simulation of the game that allows you to examine the playing field. Click here to see the video. Robottape.com is your source for news in the robotics industry and information about robot tracking tapes such […]
Team Beta, a robotics team in Iowa recently competed in an event that took place in Australia. The teens shipped their robot more than 9,000 miles to Australia, where the competition was held, and controlled it remotely using a special software. The team knows this kind of technology can be useful for other teams in other […]
8 teams have been selected from universities around the country to compete in the 2013 Robo-Ops Competition, sponsored by NASA and organized by the National Institute of Aerospace. Teams will be building a planetary rover prototype and testing them at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Rock Yard in June 2013. To read more about this exciting competition, […]