Apr 25, 2019
We’re excited to confirm our dates for ROBOTICON 2019 at the University of South Florida Yuengling Center are set for October 12 & 13! This year, FIRST partners with Disney/Star Wars to host a Star Wars themed 2019-20 FIRST youth robotics season, FIRST...
Dec 11, 2018
Join Florida FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition teams to make FIRST loud in Florida’s Capitol during the inaugural Florida FIRST Advocacy Conference, scheduled for March 19-21, 2019 in Tallahassee. Modeled after the FIRST National Advocacy Conference...
Oct 8, 2018
ROBOTICON Tampa Bay 2018 was our biggest and best event yet! This year, FIRST Robotics Competition teams played on a brand new field, made here locally in Tampa, intended to be the anchor piece of the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation’s new FabLab and...
Sep 28, 2018
We’ve got some great workshop sessions lined up for FIRST teams participating in ROBOTICON this year. One of them is Career Paths in Technology: Challenges and Solutions, organized by the Society of Women Engineers, Women in Technology International (WITI)-...
Sep 28, 2018
Meet FIRST Tech Challenge Team 7203 KNO3 from Plant High School in Tampa, FL. “Our name, KNO3, stands for “potassium nitrate” a chemical compound found in fertilizers, tree stump removal, rocket propellants and fireworks. Established in fall of 2013, our goal was to...
Sep 28, 2018
Meet the InZombiacs FIRST Robotics Competition team #4064 was formed in 2012 at Vanguard High School in Ocala, Florida. Initially a school-based team, the InZombiacs continued to grow and shifted gears to operate as a club under Marion County 4-H to allow a wider...
