Aug 30, 2018
This rookie team is ready to take a big bite out of their first season. Meet FIRST Tech Challenge team 14215, the Plaid Piranhas. The Plaid Piranhas, sister team to the Plaid Pelicans, got their start in FIRST Lego League three and half years ago and they are now...
Aug 29, 2018
Looking pretty awesome in pink and celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, ROBOTICON Tampa Bay is happy to welcome The Pink Team, home to both FIRST Tech Challenge team 6326 and FIRST Robotics Competition team 233 . The Pink team hails from the Space Coast,...
Aug 22, 2018
Would we lie? That’s really their name! The Tie Dye Gummy Divas (#30648) are a community FIRST LEGO League team from Valrico, Florida. All four members are fifth-graders at Alafia Elementary School who are returning for their second season. Their motto is...
Aug 22, 2018
Surfing in from Gainesville, Florida, here’s FIRST Robotics Competition team #4118, Roaring Riptide! Founded in 2012, the team operates out of P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School at the University of Florida “Roaring Riptide’s work doesn’t start and...
Aug 17, 2018
The Foundation for Community Driven Innovation (FCDI) was founded by a group of FIRST mentors to provide not-for-profit cross program support of Tampa Bay area FIRST programs and general project based learning and skills development for all ages. Over the last three...
Aug 14, 2018
FIRST Robotics Competition team #179, the Children of the Swamp, of Riviera Beach, is one of the oldest FIRST Robotics Competition teams in Florida (21 years old!) and has made the trek up from Palm Beach County nearly every year since ROBOTICON started in 2013. ...