New River Robotics Association Ribbon Cutting & Open House
Venue: Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: New River Robotics Association
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Time: 12:30 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Family Friendly, STEM Events
Cost: Free

Description:
The New River Robotics Association presents their Ribbon Cutting and Open House on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center.

The New River Robotics Association (NRRA) has moved to a bigger spot within the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center! Visit our new location, learn about FIRST Tech Challenge and the Tuxedo Pandas, as well as all the robotics competitions in the FIRST family, open to grades K through 12.

Learn about the Summer Build-Shops that will be offered to students in rising grades 7-9 every Monday and Tuesday from 4:30-6:30 PM. Boys and girls are encouraged to work as a team on a claw grabber game and possibly, a NERF combat robot. Building a robot this summer may inspire a desire to join the 2019-2020 FTC team and compete in a worldwide robotics challenge.

The ribbon cutting with the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce will be held at 1:30 pm.

The new location will offer more space to learn about tools, basic machining, programming, 3-D printing, computer-aided designing, and of course, robot building. The NRRA will continue to offer volunteer time and energy to promote STEM in the New River Valley. These volunteers are local business leaders dedicated to inspiring young people by engaging them in STEM via robotics competitions, outreach activities, workshops and experiments. NRRA will also continue to offer assistance to educators and parents who want to be involved in the family of FIRST opportunities.

On a related note, the FTC Team 4924, Tuxedo Pandas, is looking for 7th-9th grade students interested in learning more about robotics, CAD, machining, marketing, programming and building.

The address of the new facility is located at 2270 Kraft Drive in Suite 1900 in Blacksburg, VA within the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/TuxedoPandas/ or https://www.newriverrobotics.org/.

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