Girl-Led Teams Dominated Annual STEM-Based Competition, MOONBOTS
The winners of the 2015 MOONBOTS Challenge were announced this morning and the winners list was dominated by girl-led teams.
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Tag: FIRST Robotics
The ‘Lego Education Mindstorms EV3 Programming’ App is Now Available!
GeekMom Maryann shares the scoop on programming the Lego Mindstorms EV3 from your tablet!
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5 Reasons You Should Volunteer for FIRST
GeekMom Maryann talks about her rookie year as a FIRST Lego League coach and why you should volunteer for FIRST.
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FRC Season 2014: Build Blitz
The FIRST Robotics Competition season starts this Saturday and the guys at VEX are kicking it off with a marathon build blitz. Paul Copioli and John V-Neun, president and vice president of VEX Robotics will go head to head with hand picked teams in an attempt to build the best competitive robot in just 72 hours.
Continue Reading2013 FIRST Competition to Feature Teams of Climbing Robots
Get ready for teams of climbing robots at the 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition for high school students from around the world.
Continue Reading2nd Annual First Lego League Global Innovation Award Turns Ideas Into Reality
Last Fall, First Lego League teams of kids ages 9-16 were challenged to research the problem of food contamination and develop solutions that would make food safer. Teams from over 60 countries then submitted their ideas which received nearly a million votes that narrowed it down to just four finalists.
Continue ReadingBrickCon: Building Legos and Futures With Kids
The BrickCon 2011 exhibition in Seattle went out with a clatter (of Lego parts, that is). The annual Lego brick fest drew over 500 registrants to the rainy city this year. If you aren’t familiar with it, BrickCon is a …
Continue ReadingMoonBots 2.0: The 2011 Google Lunar X Prize Lego Mindstorms Challenge
What a cool way to spend the summer! Google has partnered with First Robotics and Wired Magazine to create an X Prize challenge just for kids. In this competition, kids build and program Lego Mindstorms robots while learning what it takes to win the Google Lunar X Prize. Although there’s bound to be some incredibly […]
Continue ReadingGeekDad Book Review: The New Cool
From 2007 to 2010, I was fortunate enough, living in Atlanta, to be able to attend the FIRST Championship (sometimes called WorldFest) that brings robot-building teams of kids from all over the world to compete against one another. This event …
Continue ReadingGrant Imahara talks about FIRST Robotics Design
FIRST’s six week build period is usually a frantic race to make something that works. Grant Imahara discusses the benefits of designing and testing your robot in CAD and how that can differentiate the great teams from the good teams. The …
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