Event List

• Hub City Regional Competition, Texas Tech University

  This is a FIRST Robotics Competition that registered teams, from around the nation, are able to compete against each other with finely tuned 160 lb robots through Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition. This event is open to anyone who is wanting to see fun-filled, eccentric, and creative teams use their robots to perform in games.

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  Hosted by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

  When:

  • April 2, 2016 - April 3, 2016
    9:00am - 6:00pm
  • April 1, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm
  • April 2, 2016 - April 3, 2016
    9:00am - 6:00pm

  Where:

  1701 Indiana Ave
  Lubbock, TX 79409

  

• Arduino Day 2016, Copperas Cove Public Library

  You’ll get to see what Arduino is and how it can be used in your own projects. On display will be several Arduino based robots for you to touch and experiment with. Agenda: Arduino Intro to Uno, Mega and Nano Driving Motors Robots Sensors Show & Tell Q & A What to Bring: If you have any Arduino based projects of your own please feel free to bring them. We’ll have a place set up for you to show it off.

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  Hosted by Copperas Cove Public Library

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  When:

  • April 2, 2016
    10:00am - 2:00pm

  Where:

  501 S Main St
  Copperas Cove, TX 76522

• Klein Bots Open House, Klein Forest High School

  First FRC Team 3735 Community Robot Demonstration and Open House

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  Hosted by Klein Bots FRC 3735

  When:

  • April 2, 2016
    1:00pm - 4:00pm

  Where:

  11400 Misty Valley Dr
  Houston, TX 77066

  

• UTA Research Institute Robotics Week , University of Texas at Arlington

  UTARI studies robots that perform daily tasks. In celebration of NRW, UTARI will hold an open house from 9AM-1PM, 4/6/2016. There will be a tour of the facility, presentations of what we research with our robots and free giveaways. Parties of 20 people or more should call 817-272-5900. To learn more about UTARI visit: http://www.uta.edu/utari/

  Visit the UTA Research Institute Robotics Week website

  Hosted by UTARI

  When:

  • April 6, 2016
    9:00am - 1:00pm

  Where:

  7300 Jack Newell Blvd S
  Fort Worth, TX 76118-7115

  

• Lone Star Regional, George R. Brown Convention Center

  Come and experience firsthand the excitement of a FIRST® Robotics Competition event! Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, this is the ultimate Sport for the Mind™. Watch as student-built-robots compete in the 2016 challenge, FIRST STRONGHOLD. In FIRST STRONGHOLD, two Alliances of three robots each are on a Quest to breach their opponents’ fortifications, weaken their tower with boulders, and capture the opposing tower. Robots score points by breaching opponents’ defenses and scoring boulders through goals in the opposing tower. During the final 20 seconds of the Quest, robots may surround and scale the opposing tower to capture it.

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  Hosted by FIRST

  When:

  • April 6, 2016 - April 9, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  1001 Avenida de las Americas
  Houston, TX 77010

  

• STEM+Art Fiesta 3.0, Region 19 Head Start

  Each year Workforce Solutions Borderplex supports STEM initiatives for young students through STEM Fiesta. The purpose of STEM Fiesta is to increase awareness of educational and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields.

  Visit the STEM+Art Fiesta 3.0 website

  Hosted by VEX Robotics

  When:

  • April 7, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  11670 Chito Samaniego Dr.
  El Paso, TX 79936

  

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Edinburg RGV Robotics Week 2016 , Boys & Girls Clubs of Edinburg RGV

  A weeklong celebration with that will allow youth to get an up close and personal look at how robotics are changing the world. From interacting with robots, to programming them, there will be a little bit of everything to do. Daily demonstrations will showcase how robots are used in research, manufacturing, and education. The week will end with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers Edinburg Chapter showcasing how circuits are integrated into robotics.

  Visit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Edinburg RGV Robotics Week 2016 website

  Hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Edinburg RGV

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  When:

  • April 7, 2016
    4:00pm - 6:00pm

  Where:

  702 Cullen Street
  Edinburg, TX 78541

  

• Texas Regional Botball Tournament, Westchester Academy for International Studies

  The Botball® Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition, and serves as a perfect way to meet today’s new common core standards. Students use science, engineering, technology, math, and writing skills to design, build, program, and document robots in a hands-on project.

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  Hosted by Botball

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  When:

  • April 9, 2016
    8:00am - 5:30pm

  Where:

  901 Yorkchester Dr
  Houston, TX 77079

  

• Robofest Competition - Brazoria Heritage Foundation, Lloyd E. Thomas Gymnasium

  Robofest is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, and math (STEM) and Computer Science. Students design, construct, and program the robots. Teams can register at http://robofest.net/

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  Hosted by Margaret Baugh

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  When:

  • April 9, 2016
    9:00am - 1:00pm

  Where:

  205 N Nevada
  Brazoria, TX 77422

  

• Bot Shop Learning Lab- Open House, Bot Shop Learning Lab

  Hands on robotics demonstrations and mini competitions.

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  Hosted by HTownRobotDiva

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  When:

  • April 9, 2016
    9:00am - 1:00pm

  Where:

  7400 Gulf Freeway
  Houston, TX 77017

  

• Texas TSA National VEX IQ Quailifier Event, Waco Convention Center

  The VEX IQ Challenge, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, is a brand new STEM program for elementary and middle school students (ages 8-14). Students, with guidance from their teachers and mentors, will build a robot using the VEX IQ robotics platform to solve an engineering challenge that is presented in the form of a game. VEX IQ Challenge teams will work together scoring points in Teamwork Matches, and also display their robot’s skills individually in driver controlled and autonomous Skills Challenges.

  Visit the Texas TSA National VEX IQ Quailifier Event website

  Hosted by TSA Vex IQ

  When:

  • April 14, 2016 - April 15, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  100 Washington Avenue
  Waco, TX 76701

  

• Texas TSA National VEX Quailifier Event, Waco Convention Center

  This tournament is the High School qualifying tournament for the National TSA VEX Tournament in Nashville, TN. It is a SKILLS ONLY tournament. Only Skills Awards will be given. This is the ONLY tournament that teams can compete in to qualify for the National TSA VEX Tournament.

  Visit the Texas TSA National VEX Quailifier Event website

  Hosted by VEX Robotics

  When:

  • April 14, 2016 - April 16, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  100 Washington Avenue
  Waco, TX 76701

  

• Robofest Competition - Urban STEM, South Early College High School

  Robofest is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, and math (STEM) and Computer Science. Students design, construct, and program the robots. Teams can register at http://robofest.net/

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  Hosted by Monique Micheaux

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  When:

  • April 16, 2016
    9:00am - 1:00pm

  Where:

  1990 Airport
  Houston, TX 77051

  

• Get Excited About Robotics, Texas Tech University

  Game day of Get Excited About Robotics (GEAR) LEGO robotics competition for elementary and middle school students. Over 700 participants from West Texas have been designing their robots to accomplish this year's Timewarp challenge autonomously since mid February. They are now competing for the highest score and other awards. Registration for the event has closed but spectators are welcome.

  Visit the Get Excited About Robotics website

  Hosted by Whitacre College of Engineering

  When:

  • April 16, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  Main Street and Indiana Ave
  Lubbock, TX 79409

  

• International Space Apps Challenge - 2016!, TechShop Austin-Round Rock

  Thinking about forming a team for Space Apps Challenge 2016? We are looking for web developers, designers, content developers and anyone interested in the collaborative advancement of space or technology. Come and build apps, data visualizations and other solutions to further space exploration, education and NASA missions.

  Visit the International Space Apps Challenge - 2016! website

  Hosted by TechShop Austin-Round Rock

  When:

  • April 23, 2016 - April 24, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  120 Sundance Pkwy #350
  Round Rock, TX 78681

  

• TCEA State Robotics Contest, Hutto ISD

  Each year, TCEA provides its members with the opportunity to engage students and build STEM interest with robotics. Participating students from elementary and secondary schools design, collaborate, plan, redesign, construct, create, assemble, invent, reinvent, write, present, and compete to see who has developed the smartest robot. The contests vary based on strategies that involve speed, accuracy, sensing objects, and light. A programmable robot is limited only by the imagination of its inventor.

  Visit the TCEA State Robotics Contest website

  Hosted by TCEA

  When:

  • April 30, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  101 FM 685
  Hutto, TX 78634