NEXT TOURNAMENT:
The Finger Lakes Regional
Thu 3/13, Fri 3/14, and Sat 3/15
The FIRST® Robotics Competition's Finger Lakes Regional is one in a series of high-energy, high-tech, international robotics tournaments where teams of students, mentored by adult professionals, work together to solve a unique engineering design problem. This year's tournament will feature 50 of the top high school robotics teams from the United States and Canada!
When:
March 13, 2025 - March 15, 2025
Where:
The Rochester Institute of Technology's
Gordon Field House and Activities Center
1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623
This season's Finger Lakes Regional is expected to draw over 1,500 high school students and their cheering fans to the Rochester Institute of Technology's Gordan Field House in Rochester, NY. Four (4) CMSD teams from the Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative will be among those competing at this 3-day tournament. Those teams are:
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Team #8140 (The RoboManiacs from MC2 STEM High School)
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Team #8243 (The AstroCircuits from John Marshall High School); and
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Team #9622 (GRIDLOCK from the Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation); and
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Team #9643 (Lady VOLTAGE, a community-based, all-girls team composed of students from 12 different CMSD high schools).
Spectators Welcome!
Be sure to catch all the excitement of this intense competition that showcases industrial-sized, mobile robots developed and operated by teams of high school students. Spectators can tour the "pits" to meet the teams and get a closer look at their robots! Later, you'll have an excellent view of the competition field as you cheer on your favorite teams from the comfortable stadium seating found throughout the arena!
Admission is free and open to the public. Click HERE to see the public agenda.
Can't attend the in person?
Watch the Finger Lakes Regional LIVESTREAM beginning at 8:30 AM on March 14th & 15th at www.twitch.tv/firstinspires
SEASON CALENDAR
AT A GLANCE
Click the active links below for additional information about that event or activity, and to learn which team(s) are participating.
PRE-SEASON EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
September 20-21, 2024
Kettering University
1700 University Ave.,
Flint MI 48504
2024 Curiosity Open Robotics Challenge
September 28, 2024
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Hands Across Borders Build Sessions
2nd Saturday of the Month
(10 AM - 4 PM, Sept thru Dec)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
October 27, 2024 (9 AM - 1 PM)
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd,
Columbus, OH 43235
November 16, 2024 (9 AM- 4 PM)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
CNC Basics for Beginners (Workshop)
December 14, 2024 (10 AM- 1 PM)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
2025 REGULAR SEASON ACTIVITIES
January 4, 2025
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Weekly Build & Practice Sessions
Meeting days, times, and locations vary by team. Click the link above to see the tentative schedules for all supported teams.
March 13 - March 15, 2025 (Week 3)
Gordon Field House & Activities Ctr., Rochester Institute of Technology
149 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
March 20 - March 22, 2025 (Week 4)
David L. Lawrence Convention Center 1000 Fort Dequense Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
March 27 – March 29, 2025 (Week 5)
Cintas Center, Xavier University
1624 Musketeer Drive.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
April 3 – April 5, 2025 (Week 6)
Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University
2000 Prospect Avenue E.
Cleveland, OH 44115
April 16 - April 19, 2025
George R Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
2025 Student Recognition & VIP Awards Dinner
April 24, 2025
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
OFF-SEASON EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
2025 Ohio State Championship
(Date TBD)
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd,
Columbus, OH 43235
2025 Shawshank Showdown
(Date TBD)
Mansfield Senior High School
124 N. Linden Road
Mansfield, OH 44906
2025 GLSC Robotics Initiative Summer Program (Internship)
June 17 - July 25, 2025 (Tentative)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
2025 Med Access International Humanitarian Medical Mission
July 24 - August 3, 2025
Hospital General Latacunga
Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province
Republic of Ecuador
