Teams are prepping for this year’s First Inspires robotic competition and everyone is hoping to be there for the finals in May in Houston, TX. First Inspires has teamed up with Star Wars for the 2020 season and this year’s competition is calling itself “Force For Change”. We applaud the Walt Disney company and Lucas […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Teams from all over the country came together in Ralston, Nebraska on Saturday to compete in the 2013 US National Vex Robotics Competition. For a complete list of the winners in each category, click here. To take a look at upcoming VEX events, click here. Robottape.com is your source for news in the robotics industry […]