2025 Northland Program Partner
What is FIRST Robotics Competition?
Students in grades 9-12 work with adult mentors to delve deeply into an annual engineering challenge that culminates in teams collaborating to figure out the best way to accumulate the most points in 3v3 team (alliance) matches. High-fives and celebration are the hallmark of every first competition. The achievements last a lifetime for all involved.
Lake Superior Regional
and
Northern Lights Regional
February 26-March 1, 2025
Duluth
Great Northern Regional
March 12-15, 2025
Grand Forks
Warner Coliseum Regional
(Name TBD) locationed at MN State Fairgrounds
March 26-29, 2025
St. Paul
North Star Regional
at Mariucci Arena, University of MN
April 2-5, 2025
Minneapolis
Granite City Regional
April 2-5, 2025
St. Cloud
The Ultimate Sport
for the Mind TM:
Under strict rules and limited time and resources, teams of high school students are challenged to build industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game in alliance with other teams, while also fundraising to meet their goals, designing a team “brand,” and advancing respect and appreciation for STEM within the local community.
In CRESCENDO℠ presented by Haas, a new challenge debuting January 6, 2024, FIRST Robotics Competition teams will use their engineering skills and creative power to entertain and move the world.
Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of STEM, FIRST® Robotics Competition (ages 14-18) teams use sophisticated technology to build and program industrial-sized robots to play an action-packed, alliance-based game on a themed field. With professional mentors and sponsors, students learn engineering and problem-solving skills that they can apply to real-world situations today and in the future. Using Gracious Professionalism, each team creates a team identity, raises funds to meet its goals, and works to promote STEM in their community.
