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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
RobotsLab has created a box of robots that they aim to sell to teachers. The box contains an AR Drone, a Sphero robotic ball, a Mobot two-wheeled modular robot vehicle, and an Armbot robotic arm, and it all costs about $3500. Read more about it by clicking here. Robottape.com is your source for news in the […]
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University of Greensboro, NC has really embraced the FIRST progression of programs. According to a newsletter released by FIRST, university partnerships are “not uncommon in the world of FIRST, [but] not many take on the progression of programs with the same stamina and energy as North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University.” Read more […]
The nation’s premier science competition is put on by a New Hampshire-based organization called US First. Their robotics competition brings together thousands of kids every spring to compete against each other for recognition and scholarships. The “First” in their name is an acronym. For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Click here to see […]
Chatham County, NC was ably represented by Siler City’s Jordan Matthews High School at last week’s US First Regional Competiton at Dorton Arena in Raleigh. Groups working on electrial, mechanical, programming and fundraising/media all worked together to put together the school’s entry. Click here to see a slide show from the competition, featuring The Jets […]
North Carolina’s US First robotic competition kicks off today for the three day run at the NC State Fairgrounds. Click here for a schedule and other detials of the weekend’s exciting events.
Get ready for some great robotics competition. NC First Robotics will hold their North Carolina Regional Tournament at the state fairgrounds in Raleigh on April 5,6 & 7. See you there.