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ROBOTICON FRC Team Spotlight: Meet MECO Robotics!
FIRST Robotics Competition team 8324 MECO - for Main Engine Cut-Off - is heading into orbit at ROBOTICON from Central Florida. MECO Robotics is a community team located in the underserved community of Bithlo, Florida. Our close-knit team teaches students engineering...
ROBOTICON FRC Team Spotlight: Meet Krunch!
It's time to meet a local team. Team 79 Krunch hails from Pinellas County and has a long history of FIRST Robotics Competition success. FIRST® Team 79 Krunch (a.k.a. “The Interact Club of Krunch Robotics”) is more than just a group of students, mentors, and...
ROBOTICON FRC Team Spotlight: Meet Ramtech!
As evidenced by their tiny two-digit team number FIRST Robotics Competition team 59, Ramtech has some history behind it. Founded in 1997, this team is charging into Tampa from Miami Coral Park Senior High School! Having been around a while, the team can lay claim to...
ROBOTICON FRC Spotlight: Meet the BBR8RS!
Next up in our ROBOTICON Spotlight, meet the FIRST Robotics Competition team 5557, the BBR8RS, of Gulliver Prep Academy in Pinecrest, FL! BBR8RS started in 2013 slowly, making it as a Rookie to the World competition. After a few tough years, we have skyrocketed as to...
ROBOTICON FRC Spotlight: Meet Minotaur!
After kicking the month off with a successful Combat Robotics tournament, we head into the home stretch with ROBOTICON having negotiated two hurricanes causing one event, the VEX V5 tournament, to be moved to Dec. 21, and a fun FIRST Tech Challenge scrimmage that put...
Announcing ROBOTICON 2024: October 5-November 3!
We're happy to announce the 12th annual ROBOTICON Tampa Bay STEM Showcase, organized each fall by the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, a nonprofit educational organization, and AMRoC Fab Lab, in partnership with PLUGHITZ Live and other fine community...