Press Release - April 27, 2013 10,000+ Students From Around the World Put Custom-Built Robots to the Test at 2013 FIRST® Championship Grammy Award Winning Superstar, TV Actress, Government Officials, NASA Engineers and Top Inventors Celebrate Student Achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics During Massive Robotics...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Basketball fans aren’t the only visitors in Kansas City this weekend. Fifty-five robotic teams from schools in six states are competing at Hale Arena. Winners can end up with college scholarships and six figure salaries as engineers. FOX 4′s John Pepitone explains. Watch video...
KCTV-5 News - Coverage of the Greater Kansas City FIRST Robotics Competition, March 15-16 at Hale Arena. Watch video...
March 16 By LAURA BAUER The Kansas City Star Riley Kelly leaned forward and focused on what was ahead. Definitely a little nervous, she admitted with a slight smile. But before she could even think more about that, she and a couple of teammates from Lincoln College Preparatory Academy pushed...
Kansas City (March 8, 2013) – High school students from metro Kansas City schools and across the Midwest will see their intense work designing and building an original robot culminate March 15-16 at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition...
Debbie Cox is no stranger to receiving recognition for her robotics teams. Some of her former students appeared in a WILL I. AM video and stood hand in hand with President Obama at the White House Science Fair. So you can imagine her disappointment when...
By JOE ROBERTSON The Kansas City Star Posted on Sun, Feb. 03, 2013 Their robots were temperamental. Unpredictable. Figuring out just what teenagers from all around Missouri and beyond were doing Sunday to try to tame their hotwired machines meant a lot of talking while walking. The rounds of competition...
By RICK MONTGOMERY The Kansas City Star Posted on Sat, Jan. 12, 2013 For hundreds of area pupils who have been spending evenings and weekends in meetings, hovering over Legos and laptops, Saturday was the big test. “Nobody has the wheels we have,” boasted Marcus Richardson, a seventh-grader at...
FIRST Tech Challenge, one of US FIRST’s four robotics programs, will join FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Jr. LEGO League, and FIRST Robotics Competition as official programs in Greater Kansas City. After hosting the regional FIRST LEGO League (FLL) tournaments and championship for students in grades...
Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of life for seniors by helping them continue to be independent, engaged, and connected in their communities? The FLL Challenge has 3 parts - the Robot Game, the Project, and the Core Values. The Robot Game and Project are...