2016 ROBOTICON Challenge is OPEN!

The 2016 ROBOTICON Challenge, sponsored this year by the Doolittle Institute, is now open to FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition teams participating in the 2016 ROBOTICON FIRST Showcase October 8 & 9 at the University of South Florida! One team in...

ROBOTICON Tampa Bay Welcomes USF Connect as 2016 Sponsor!

USF Connect has been an event sponsor since ROBOTICON started four years ago, and we’re pleased to welcome them back again this year, to mark our expansion into the USF Sun Dome with our biggest event yet! USF CONNECT is the business and economic development...

ROBOTICON Welcomes Hillsborough County as Event Partner!

For the fourth straight year, we’re honored to announce the support of Hillsborough County Government at ROBOTICON Tampa Bay. Last year, Hillsborough County recognized ROBOTICON by proclaiming October 2015 ROBOTICON Month, acknowledging the importance of our big...

ROBOTICON Welcomes Back DJ Jake Dela Cruz!

DJ Jake Dela Cruz is back again, for our 3rd annual ROBOTICON Tampa Bay FIRST Showcase! Now 15, DJ Jake has been spinning tunes since he was 12, and has become a beloved part of our ROBOTICON off-season competition. He’ll be spinning our music after Maestro...

ROBOTICON – It’s #MoreThanRobots: Meet the Show Steelers!

Earlier this year, FIRST in Florida was contacted by Maestro Maines Studio in Tampa, looking for a couple of local teams to demo at their Star Wars themed summer music camp, to round out his students STEAM experience.   The Edgar Allan Ohms FRC team, from Land...