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Help Secure State Funding for FIRST in Florida
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 744 Shark Attack , part of Westminster Academy Robotics in South Florida, along with FIRST Tech Challenge Team RISE 7719 , of Lakeland, which is also heading up the first ever Florida FIRST Advocacy Conference, and others from the...
Join in the Florida FIRST Advocacy Conference – March 19-21 at State Capitol
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...
ROBOTICON 2018 Was Outta This World!
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...
Explore the University of South Florida College of Engineering Expo at ROBOTICON!
For ROBOTICON 2018, the University of South Florida College of Engineering has pulled out all the stops and has more than a dozen exciting and interesting projects and programs on display for teams and the general public to enjoy exploring. Here’s what you can find...
ROBOTICON Teams Workshop: Career Paths in Technology – Challenges and Solutions
We've got some great workshop sessions lined up for FIRST teams participating in ROBOTICON this year. One of them is Career Paths in Technology: Challenges and Solutions, organized by the Society of Women Engineers, Women in Technology International (WITI)- Tampa...
ROBOTICON Team Spotlight: Meet KNO3!
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...