Team registration and free public ticketing for ROBOTICON 2019 will open this summer! You can get an idea of what to expect by reviewing last season’s information below. Look for all this – and more! – at ROBOTICON 2019.
- ROBOTICON Public Program
- 2018 Team Guide to ROBOTICON Tampa Bay – 1st update (9/11/2018) – 2nd Update (9/19/18)
- Detailed Load In Guide – for teams
- Public Agenda – includes late additions not show in Public Program
- ROBOTICON Floor Plan
- ROBOTICON Code of Conduct for Students, Mentors, Coaches & Guests
- ROBOTICON on Twitch
Here’s what guests at our 2018 event enjoyed!
University of South Florida Engineering Expo in the Arena Club on the 2nd floor will include Virtual and Augmented Reality exhibits, Hands-Free Wheelchair, Obstacle Avoiding Wheelchair, Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm, Manus Assistive Robotic Arm, and Blind-Assistance Glasses, USF motorized bull mascot and other research & engineering projects.
Innovation Fair Exhibits along Concourses A & D include STEMWERX wind tunnel, SOFWERX robotics & drones, Green Mouse Academy Infento Playground , Ninjineers Mini-PowerUp hands on robotics, Meet a NASA Engineer, USF Brain Controlled Drone demos, USF CARD/Learning Academy & much more!
- 8:00 am – Doors open to teams
- 9:00 am – Doors Open to Public – ROBOTICON Engineering Expo open in Arena Club, 2nd Floor above Arena, & Innovation Fair in the Concourse – public
- 10:00 am –FIRST Tech Challenge Build & Workshop Sessions throughout the day (Hardwood Club – teams)
- 10:00 am – noon – FIRST Robotics Competition Field connect & Practice
- 10am – noon—FIRST LEGO League Jr. Expo, Concourse A
- 10:30 am – NASA Career Tracks with Kurt Leucht, Software Development Team Lead, NASA Kennedy Space Center – Media Center (teams)
- 11:30 am – Career Paths in Technology – Challenges and Solutions, with Women in Defense, WITI Tampa & Citi , Media Center (teams)
- 12:30 pm – Volunteer & Invited Guests Luncheon
- Noon to 12:45 pm – Teams Lunch Break
- 1:00 pm – FIRST Robotics Competition Qualifiers start
- 1:30 pm – Business Plan Development Best Practices –Brian Kornfield , Founding Partner, Synapse – Media Center (teams)
- 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm – FIRST Tech Challenge & FIRST LEGO League scrimmages in respective areas
- 2:00 pm– FIRST 101 – Public Workshop, Main concourse
- 3:00 pm – Meet A NASA Engineer with Kurt Leucht, Software Engineer, NASA Kennedy Space Center – Concourse – public session
- 2:30 pm – Teaming Up for ASD Students – a workshop for teachers, coaches & mentors – USF Learning Academy/Center for Autism and Related Disorders
- 3:30 pm – NASA’s Plans For Mars with Kurt Leucht, Software Engineer, NASA Kennedy Space Center – Media Center (teams)
- 4:30 pm – FIRST LEGO League, Jr, FIRST LEGO League & FIRST Tech Challenge Awards Ceremonies
- 5:00 pm – Day 1 is done! See you Sunday morning
* Schedule subject to change although we’ll try very hard not to!
- 10:00 am – FIRST Robotics Competition welcome and opening ceremonies
- 10:15 am – FIRST Robotics Competition Qualifications continue
- 11am – NASA’s Plans For Mars with Kurt Leucht, Software Engineer, NASA Kennedy Space Center – Media Room (teams)
- Noon to 12:45 pm – Teams & Volunteers Lunch Break
- 1:00 pm – Qualification rounds resume
- 2:00 pm – FIRST 101 Public Session – Concourse A
- 2:30 pm – Meet A NASA Engineer with Kurt Leucht, Software Engineer, NASA Kennedy Space Center – Concourse A – public session
- 2:30 pm – Alliance Selection
- 3:00 pm – Elimination Matches Start
- 5:00 pm – Closing Ceremony – FIRST Robotics Competition Event Awards
* Schedule subject to change although we’ll try very hard not to!
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