The 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST is a spirited competition using sophisticated robotics technology. Image Credit: FIRST
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way.For many years, the NASA Robotics Alliance Project has been supporting participation in the FIRST Robotics Competition by providing grants to high school teams as well as sponsoring FIRST regional competitions.
Providing support to competitions like FIRST Robotics is one way the NASA Robotics Alliance Project strives to create a human, technical and programmatic resource of robotics capabilities to aid future robotic space exploration missions.
FIRST Robotics Features and Multimedia
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Dryden-supported Robotics Teams Compete at FIRST
Four high school-age robotics teams supported by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center competed at the FIRST national robotics championships April 15-17 in Atlanta.
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Live From Atlanta: FIRST Robotics Competition →
Watch live feeds of the FIRST Robotics Competition, covering six fields from Atlanta's Georgia Dome. The competition runs April 15-17, 2010.
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Four NASA Dryden-supported Robotics Teams Heading to Atlanta
Four of the five Southern California high school robotics teams sponsored or supported by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center are heading to the FIRST national robotics championship competition in Atlanta, Ga., April 15 to 17.
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Students Strive for FIRST at Competition
Kennedy Space Center civil servants and contractors helped mentor local high school teams for robotics competition.
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NASA Knights Earn Honors, Trip to World Championship
Though the New Horizons NASA Knights team didn’t win the FIRST Virginia Regional robotics tournament last month, the team earned the highest honor presented to any team at the event.
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Sugar and Spice
The all-girl "Space Cookies" robotics team is gearing up for its fifth season of FIRST Robotics.
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Cheesy Poofs
Mark Leon, project manager of the Robotics Alliance Project, served as the master of ceremonies at the FIRST robotics competition on March 30, 2010 at the San Jos...
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FIRST High School Robotics Competitions Heating Up
All three high school robotics teams supported by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center were in action at FIRST Robotics regional meets during the third and fourth weekends of March.
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High Schools Battle It Out at Robotic Match
Fifty-eight teams from Southern California, Florida, Massachusetts and Chile competed in the Los Angeles regional FIRST Robotics competition this past weekend, March 27 and 28.
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Richmond, Va., FIRST Robotics Regional Tournament
Thousands of high school students filled the Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University for the Richmond, Va., FIRST Robotics regional tournament.
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Stiff Competition for Dryden-sponsored Robotics Teams
High school robotics teams sponsored or supported by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center are finding the competition at the FIRST Robotics regional games to be intense.
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Dryden-sponsored High School Robotics Teams Unveil 2010 Creations
Several high school robotics teams sponsored or supported in part by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center rolled out their 2010 robots in mid-February.
FIRST Robotics News
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Media Invited to Regional Robot Competition in Richmond
03.15.10 - 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.
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Teens Showcase Design and Engineering Skills at FIRST Robotics Competition
03.15.10 - Over 1500 high-school students will compete in the 2010 FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotics Competition March 25-27, at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center.
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Louisiana, Mississippi Teams Compete in Robotics Event
03.09.10 - Students from 36 high school teams in eight states competed for top honors during the 2010 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Bayou Regional competition held March 4-6 in New Orleans.
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Robot vs. Robot: Live In Washington and Across the Nation
03.04.10 - NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms and sponsors, launches a nationwide series of high school robotics competitions that begin March 5 and 6 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place N.W., in Washington.
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Media Invited to Watch Teens Finalize Robots for Competition
02.11.10 - Reporters are invited to watch the NASA Knights build their FIRST Robotics Challenge robot Tues., Feb. 16, in Hampton, Va.
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NASA Langley Teams With Local Students in Robot Competition
02.08.10 - 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.
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Robotics Competition Kickoff this Saturday
01.07.10 - Local students gear up for the 2010 FIRST Robotics challenge this Saturday, January 9, from 9:00am to noon, at Cuyahoga Community College Unified Technology Center.
Related Sites
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FIRST Robotics Competition →
Learn how the NASA Robotics Alliance Project supports the FIRST Robotics Competition.
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Robotics Education Web Site
Learn how NASA uses robotics to explore Earth, the solar system and beyond.
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What Is Robotics?
Robots make many NASA projects possible.
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Robots DIY Podcast Module
Build your own podcast about robots.
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NASA Education Robotics Image Gallery
Innovation, creativity, problem solving -- the world of robotics at NASA is all of these things. See pictures of NASA robots in action.
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NASA, GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology
NASA and General Motors have come together to build the next generation of dexterous humanoid robots capable of working side by side with people.