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ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Wish Farms!
This year we welcome Wish Farms as a ROBOTICON event sponsor. Best known for their amazing strawberries and other fruit, it might be hard to see the connection between fresh fruit and STEAM education and engineering, but Wish Farms is looking to the future, with...
A ROBOTICON Welcome from Dean Robert Bishop, USF College of Engineering
Welcome to the University of South Florida, ROBOTICON competitors and visitors! The students, faculty and staff of the USF College of Engineering are thrilled to be sponsors of ROBOTICON, now in its second year at the USF Sun Dome. We hope this weekend is not only a...
ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Lockheed Martin!
Lockheed Martin has been a long time friend of FIRST teams in Florida, and nationwide, and we're delighted and very grateful to have them as an event partner this year. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company...
The Power of Connecting: A Guest Blog by FIRST Tech Challenge Director, Ken Johnson
Ken Johnson, Director of FIRST Tech Challenge with FIRST, in Manchester, NH, is a big fan of ROBOTICON, which is all about connections: showcasing great student work and connecting students with each other and with the people who can help them build a great future for...
ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet Green Mouse Academy!
Green Mouse Academy has supported FIRST programs in Palm Beach County since 2005 and more recently became the FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Jr. Program Partner for South Florida. In addition to providing leadership and direct support to regional teams, Green...
ROBOTICON Partner Spotlight: Meet SOFWERX
Here in Tampa SOFWERX has been a great friend of FIRST! SOFWERX, located in Ybor City, has hosted the Tampa area FIRST Robotics Kick Off for two years in a row now, provides mentoring support to area teams, and is one of our great ROBOTICON Tampa Bay sponsors. FIRST...