Welcome back for another year of First Robotics Canada! This is the UPS Battery Center’s fourth year covering this competition and we are very excited to take you along this journey!
In the next few months, we will be providing you with posts about exciting tournament updates and about a few teams that are competing such as Hayden Robotics!
What is First Robotics Canada?
If you have not caught up with our post series on First Robotics Canada then here is a little introduction about the competition:
First Robotics is the highest level of robotics competition offered by FIRST. It is for high-schoolers of ages 15-18 who have an interest in working with teams to make some of the most impressive robots ever! They get 6 weeks to build their robots which have to be 5 feet tall, 140 pounds and able to take pressure in the intensely-fun robot sports! First Robotics Canada 2018 has competitions happening in 4 of Canada’s provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia!
The competition has a different theme every year. This year’s theme is “Infinite Recharge” Check out the video below for the 2020 competition teaser:
Benefits:
The First Robotics competition is a pack of fun for sure. However, competitors get some life-long benefits besides all of that fun. These include:
- Learning from professional engineers how to build and compete with a robot of their own design
- Learning and using sophisticated software and hardware
- Competing and cooperating in alliances and tournaments
- Earning a place in the World Championship
- Qualifying for over $12 million in college scholarships!
Is your team competing at this year’s competition? Let us know in the comments below!
Related:
First Robotics Competition: Hayden Robotics at York University
