Jul 8, 2019
Registration is now open for all FIRST teams interested in participating in ROBOTICON 2019 October 12 & 13 at the University of South Florida Yuengling Center! Free general admission tickets are also now available at Eventbrite....
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
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 26, 2018
We’re especially happy to welcome new, rookie teams to ROBOTICON, and this year we have a few. FIRST Tech Challenge team 14189, VISION, from Tampa Bay, is one of them. We are a community team that is spread across Hillsborough and Pasco counties. Our team name...