Explore FIRST Robotics

We, a FTC robotics team solar storm (27019) and Chinese American Parent Association at Howard County (CAPA-HC), will host a FIRST robotics event at Elkridge Library, to introduce FIRST robotics at three different levels, including LEGO based First Lego League (FLL), First Tech Challenge (FTC), and First Robotics Competition (FRC) programs, together with our friend
teams. The FLL is a Lego based robotics competition program suitable for grades K-8 (ages 5-16). The FTC is a robotics competition program suitable for grades 7-12 (ages 12-18). The FRC program is suitable for high school students (age 14-18). They gave students at all levels great opportunity to learn following
skills: 1. STEM and technical skills including engineering thinking, software and hardware, electronics and robotics, Critical thinking and problem
solving 2. Team work and leadership skills, including collaboration, effective communication, project
management 3. Business and outreach skills, including fundraising and finance, branding and marketing,
entrepreneurship Our goal is to raise awareness of the First Robotics programs, and inspire more students in our community to explore STEM, especially engineering and robotics. We will have multiple robotics teams at different levels to show case our robots and introduce how to build and test robots. Visitors will have fun interaction with robots. Through this activity, we hope to spark curiosity, encourage hands-on learning, and get more kids excited about robotics and STEM and engineering.