NEXT TOURNAMENT:
The FIRST® in Ohio
Robotics State Championship
Saturday, June 8, 2024
The FIRST® in Ohio Robotics State Championship is the first in a series of "off-season" robotics tournaments for high school teams regularly participating in the FIRST® Robotics Competition. This single-day invitational tournament will feature 32 of the top-performing teams from across the "Buckeye State," playing "CRESCENDOSM," the same high-energy, high-tech, music-themed "Game" that was played during the regular 2024 competition season.
When:
May 11, 2024
Where:
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd, Columbus, OH 43235
This season's FIRST® in Ohio State Championship is expected to draw nearly 800 high school students and their cheering fans to Worthington Kilbourne campus for the single-day event. Four (4) CMSD teams from the Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative will be among the teams competing. Those teams are:
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Team #8140 (The RoboManiacs from MC2 STEM High School);
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Team #8145 (The Tech Warriors from East Technical High School);
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Team #8243 (The AstroCircuits from John Marshall High School), and
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Team #9622 (GRIDLOCK from Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation)
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! Admission is FREE! Come cheer on your favorite Ohio teams!
Can't attend the in person?
Watch the FIRST® in Ohio State Championship
LIVESTREAM beginning at 9:00 AM on May 11th at www.twitch.tv/firstinohio
Season Calendar
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
CNC Basics for Beginners (Workshop)
October 12, 2024 (10 AM- 1 PM)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
November 16, 2024 (9 AM- 4 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
On-site Build & Practice Sessions
Weekdays - After-School,
Saturdays - 10 AM - 4 PM
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
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
Buckeye Regional
April 3 – April 5, 2025 (Week 6)
Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University
2000 Prospect Avenue E.
Cleveland, OH 44115
2025 FIRST Championship
April 16 - April 19, 2025
George R Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
2025 Student Recognition & VIP Awards Luncheon
(Date TBD)
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 (Tentative)
[Hospital Name & Address TBD]
Republic of Paraguay