Latest FIRST Robotics Competition Stories
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Television will broadcast the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Kickoff event on Saturday, Jan. 5, starting at 10:30 a.m. EST from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The event also will be streamed live on NASA's website. As in past years, NASA plays a significant role by providing public access to...
The Grandville Robotics & Engineering Center recently kicked off the West Michigan VEX League, the first robotics competition of its kind in Michigan Grandville, MI (PRWEB) December 19, 2012 Twenty-four teams from West Michigan schools have come together to form the state's first VEX robotics league. In late November, the Grandville High School RoboDawgs hosted the first league play event for the newly formed West Michigan VEX League. Teams from Grandville, Belding, and Grand...
HAMPTON, Va., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thousands of budding engineers who share a passion for robots will gather in Richmond this week for the Virginia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The competition is an engineering challenge for high school students ages 14-18. Teams of students worked closely with teachers and volunteer mentors for six weeks to design, build, program and test a robot. Teams from...
HERNDON, Va., Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The PTR Group, a leading real-time and embedded technology engineering services provider, today announced that it has agreed to sponsor five high school teams for the 2011 season of the US FIRST Robotics Competition (http://usfirst.org). The PTR Group will provide funding to five high school teams in four different states. The teams are from Atholton HS in Columbia, MD, Rockwall HS in Rockwall, TX, James Madison HS in Vienna, VA, Herndon HS/NASA...
HAMPTON, Va., March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week high school robotics teams will face off against each other in a battle of minds and machines at the Virginia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Richmond. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The competition is an engineering challenge for students ages 14-18. Teams of students work closely with teachers and volunteer mentors, and have six weeks to design, build, program and test a robot to...
HAMPTON, Va., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hampton Roads teenagers from Norfolk to the Eastern Shore have only a few weeks left to perfect their entry for a regional robot competition next month in Richmond. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) They're designing and building machines that will compete in one of the world's biggest engineering challenges... the FIRST Robotics competition. More than 1,800 teams across the world are working to reach the annual...
HERNDON, Va., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The PTR Group, a leading real-time and embedded technology engineering services provider, today announced that it has agreed to sponsor three high school teams for the 2010 season of the US FIRST Robotics Competition (http://usfirst.org). The PTR Group will provide funding to three high school teams in three different states. The teams from Atholton HS in Columbia, MD, Rockwall HS in Rockwall, TX, and James Madison HS in Vienna, VA all have direct...
HAMPTON, Va., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sophisticated robots competing against each other in an athletic tournament sounds like a television cartoon, but it is real life learning in science and technology. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) On Tuesday, Dec. 1, NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., presents "Crazy Robots and the Students Who Build Them." Students and mentors from the NASA Knights will talk about their experiences in FIRST (For...
Seattle-area students, using Altair software, are honored as a model for other teams to emulate in regional competition TROY, Mich., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The 15-member team from Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Wash., has won the Rookie All-Star Award in the FIRST Robotics regional competition, qualifying the group to participate in the world competition at Atlanta April 16-18. Perhaps even more important, the classroom grades of the team members have soared as a result of their...
Seattle-area high-schoolers and Everett Public School students enter FIRST Robotics competition and win new social skills, inspiration TROY, Mich., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifteen students at a Seattle-area high school are using Altair Engineering's OptiStruct software to help build robots for the national FIRST Robotics competition; but, to their amazement, the real prizes they have won have been improved social skills, a passion for teamwork and a newfound love of engineering. The team...
