FIRST Chesapeake District 2019 Southwest Virginia Robotics Competition
Venue: Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg
Organizations: FIRST Chesapeake
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, STEM Events
Cost: Free
Description:
FIRST Chesapeake District presents the 2019 Southwest Virginia Robotics Competition on Saturday, March 30, 2019 and Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Blacksburg High School.

Saturday Schedule:
• 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Welcome and Information Tables Open
• 10:00 am - FLL Jr. Expo
• 10:30-11:00 am - Opening Ceremonies
• 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Qualification Matches
• 1:00-2:00 pm - Lunch
• 2:00-7:00 pm - Qualification Matches
• 8:00 pm - Pits Close

Forty of the best and brightest high school robotics teams from Virginia, DC and Maryland will be competing in this two day event that serves as a qualifier for the FIRST Chesapeake District Championship. Come out and cheer on your favorite team or learn more about bringing FIRST Robotics programs to your community.

This year’s game is called "Destination: Deep Space", simulates a
mission to an alien planet where teams work in alliances and pilot their remote controlled robots to secure hatches and load cargo on space ships

To see a video of how the competition works, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mew6G_og-PI.

Admission is free and open to the public.

FIRST Chesapeake is a non-profit organization that supports the mission and vision of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

FIRST Robotics Competition is recognized as the premier high school engineering challenge. Teams of students, working closely with teachers and volunteer mentors, have six weeks to conceptualize, design, build, program, modify and test a robot to participate in a competition that changes each year. Every January, FIRST unveils the challenge or “game” at an annual kick-off event that is simulcast to locations around the world.

Following a six-week design and build phase, teams enter two of seven district competitions in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

FIRST Chesapeake operates under the umbrella of VirginiaFIRST, a registered 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999. Our programs directly impact over 6,700 middle and high school students. Each year, 50,000+ individuals attend 15+ robotics competitions in the FIRST Chesapeake District. FIRSTChesapeake also works closely with our local FIRST partners to bring a seamless progression of K-12 STEM-based programs to youth in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

Links:

• https://www.firstchesapeake.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/FIRSTChesapeake
• https://www.twitter.com/firstchesapeake
• https://www.youtube.com/c/FIRSTChesapeake
• https://www.instagram.com/_firstchesapeake_/

Teams compete for scores that will earn them a place at the FIRST Chesapeake District Championship. Winners from FIRST Chesapeake will compete at the FIRST World Championship in Detroit, Michigan.

To view Sunday's event listing, visit: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=505103.

For more information, visit: https://www.firstchesapeake.org/first-programs/frc/first-chesapeake-district-events/southwest-va or https://www.facebook.com/events/608011879632316/.