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5 unusual facts about FIRST Robotics Competition


FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar

FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar was the 2004 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition.

FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Championship (and by extension, the FRC championships), which has been held at a large scale venue since 1995, has been held at Epcot Center in Orlando, Reliant Park in Houston, the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, and the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

In its first year, robots relied on a wired connection to receive data from drivers; in the following year, it quickly transitioned to a wireless system.

Nofey Golan High School

FIRST Robotics Competition - an international competition, in which the electronics class' students build robots according to the competition's terms.

Wikispeedia

In 2009 some fifth and sixth grade school children developed an online computer game to virtually drive around a city using Google Street View finding speed limit signs which could then be transcribed into wikispeedia for the FIRST Robotics Competition.


California Academy of Mathematics and Science

, CHEER Club, Pinoy Club, Black Student Alliance (BSA), Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), National Honor Society (NHS), Future Business Leaders of America, Associated Student Body (ASB), Muevete, Fashion Club, Rocket Team, Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) Team, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement), FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team, VEX Robotics Team, and HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America.

Dave Lavery

He is also well-known amongst participants of the FIRST Robotics Competition as a mentor of Team 116 (from Herndon High School) and was a member of the FRC Game Design Committee.

Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

Certain extracurricular activities, such as choir, orchestra, the Plymouth-Canton Marching Band, the FIRST Robotics Team, equestrian, figure skating, girls hockey, and the united dance team are combined.


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Kealakehe High School

The program placed a special focus on the FIRST Robotics competition, even though it included segments on the FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST Lego League, and Junior FIRST Lego League.

Raising the Bar

FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar, the 2004 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition

The Holy Cows

Starting in 2011, High Tech High's The Holy Cows and Francis Parker High School's the Warlords began hosting an off-season FIRST Robotics Competition.