ROBOTS ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD
FIRST Robotics is a compitetion for high schoolers who want to build robots and have fun doing it. Each year new courses, obsticals, and robots are built to challange high schoolers with many different levels of experience with building and creating. However, what it is NOT is BattleBots. Seriously, if you are in robotics it's something you'll get annoyed with people asking BattleBots gives robotics compitetions in general a bad name because no matter what you do you will always end up being asked if your robots try and blow each other up. They have feelings too!
Every year an arena is designed, this arena will have different goals for teams of 3 to complete on. Tasks range from lifting boxes, to crossing obstacles, to launching balls. Robotics teams will be participating 3 v 3 against other teams in alliances. Each team has 6 weeks to build a completely new robot to compete against teams from all over the world.
There are a TON of ways to get involved! If you are a teacher you might want to help your school's team or even start one up! If you are a student then join in! Even if you are the average joe that is best friends with a guy who's daughter is friends with a couple of kids in robotics you can help Mentor students! (True story btw) No matter your skillset there is always something that you can contribute. A robotics team isn't just builders and programmers, there is
- Marketing
- Programming
- Blueprint
- Building
There really is a ton that one can do in a robotics team. Fundraising is a MASSIVE part of robotics. The average team can spend upwards of 30 thousand a year on their robot, transportation, and most importantly snacks. Without snacks it's doubtful that we would even be able to build a robot at all!