Thank you to Microsoft for supporting FIRST Robotics Competition! Throughout the FRC season, we will get to know Microsoft-sponsored teams. This week FIRST team 7013 ACCN TECHTRONIX reported on their experience. ACCN TECHTRONIX is the first Black robotics team in Canada to enter a FIRST Robotics Competition. ACCN TECHTRONIX is made up of 25 males and females from various Toronto neighbourhoods. Ryerson
by Jessica Kelso, FIRST Team 1305 — Ice Cubed For me, one of the most impactful people in my life has been my dad. As a 16-year-old girl on a robotics team and involved in other STEM-related activities, I believe that I stand out in my group of female friends because of my dad’s positive influence. The environment a girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre hosts FIRST Robotics Competition in 2018 Toronto, ON, (September 7, 2017) – FIRST Robotics Canada is proud to partner with GSL Group to present the B.C. Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in 2018. From March 14th until 16th, 2018, GSL Group will host approximately thirty robotics teams—along with their robots, built and programmed by high
This year’s Ontario District Georgian College Event was covered by CTV. Check out the video clip on CTV’s website!
If you thought that the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) was just about robots, think again. This isn’t just about robots…it’s so much more. And you can experience it first-hand at the FRC Ontario District Championship at the Hershey Centre on Friday, April 14th (8:30 am until 5 pm) and Saturday, April 15th, 2017 (from 8:30 am – 6:30 pm). The Ontario Robotics Championship combines
NEW LOWELL — Obi Page hunkers over a nest of exposed circuitry, carefully tying together wires before replacing the Plexiglas cover to the bottom of the robot. The machine is up-righted, and loaded with an exercise ball, as Cybergnomes team captain Judah Page manipulates a joystick plugged into a laptop communicating with the robot via wireless, the sound of suddenly-released
FRC Team 1334 is happy to announce the return of their Drivers Ed Event. This event will be for any team looking to improve their drivers skills. There will be practice sessions in the morning, followed by competition in the afternoon. Teams will be playing a completely new game that only requires a moving chassis to play. There will also be