FIRST Robotics San Diego Regional Competition - An exciting FREE event open to the public. March 10 - 12, 2011

FIRST Robotics Competition - San Diego Regional:  An intense three-day competitive event showcasing robots developed and operated by dozens of high school teams from all over the world.

Imagine combining the action of a major sporting event such as football and the rhythm of a rock and roll concert, but with a mechanical engineering twist. The FIRST Robotics Competition provides an educational and engineering environment for students to learn skills that aid in future job placement. It couples international teams made of students and professional engineers to overcome design and functionality obstacles. FIRST’s competition brings out the competitiveness of life with the fun of learning. 

The San Diego Regional FIRST Robotics Competition is open to the public and is FREE to all.  Bring your kids, parents, friends, teachers, principals, and people that work in the many fields of Science, Technology, and Engineering to enjoy this great event.  Come down and see the thrilling event where sheer brain power coupled with ingenuity cause ordinary students to become extraordinary engineers.  Watch the action and cheer on our future technology leaders!

Note:  If you would like to visit the pit area to see the robots up close, be sure to wear closed-toe shoes.

The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people together to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience and a lot of fun. Each year the competition reaches more than 43,000 students on over 1,500 teams in competitions held across the USA and in other parts of the world. The teams come from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, the U.K., and every state in the U.S. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.

Colleges, universities, corporations, businesses, and individuals provide scholarships to our participants. Involved engineers experience again many of the reasons they chose engineering as a profession, and the companies they work for contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future workforce. The competition shows students that the technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.

For more information about FIRST* visit:  www.usfirst.org

* For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology