It's not a traditional sporting event and it's certainly not a rock concert – but it looks and sounds a lot like both. That's how many people describe the crazy, competitive, highly educational and ...

During a special event held at its manufacturing facility in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Bombardier Aerospace today hosted the official kick-off of the 2011 FIRST Robotics competition in Quebec and ...

New teams, bigger robotics kits, and more participants signal the start of the 2011 season of FIRST Robotics, the technology Super Bowl of high school sports. The kick-off event for the Finger Lakes ...

PORTAGE -- When Portage Community High School teachers Jason Shanafelt and Michelle Rowlson were asked to coach a rookie FIRST Robotics team that would represent Portage Public Schools, they weren't ...

This past Friday, I was in an arena filled with flashing lights, loud music, and hundreds of cheering fans. I wasn’t at a rock concert, or a NCAA basketball game. I was at a robotics competition, ...