Utah's FIRST Robotics Competition

The 2012 competition featured Rebound Rumble, a game of shooting basketballs through hoops.

The event arena has a pit for robot storage and repairs.

A student tunes his team’s robot before a competitive match.

A student tunes his team’s robot before a competitive match.

A robot shoots – it scores!

The 2012 Rebound Rumble playing field.

Students begin the 2012 competition by singing the national anthem.

The audience cheers on competitors during final rounds.

Volunteers make the event possible by organizing, judging, and running the competition.

A team celebrates a victory and retrives their robot.

Utah’s FIRST^® Robotics Competition

Utah Regional co-sponsored by Larry H. Miller Group and Platt Electric Supply

In the Media

“High Schools Students Gather in West Valley for Robotics Competition” – Utah Public Radio (UPR)
“High school students compete in robotics competition” (+video) – Fox13
“Students design, build robots for national competition” – Fox13
“Students build robots to throw, climb for competition” (+video) – KSL
“Students make final preparations before robotics competition (+photos)” – Deseret News
“Robot warriors compete in FIRST event in Utah” – Salt Lake Tribune
“Learning Leadership Through Robotics” – Explore Utah Science
“Robots are Invading Salt Lake!” – utahpolicy.com

Announcements

Mar 25, 2013: Winners: The winners are listed on the 2013 Utah Regional FRC page
Mar 13, 2013: Live Broadcast: We plan to broadcast the event live online at: www.justin.tv/teamtators
Mar 4, 2013: Team Social Tickets: Visit the FRC 2013 page to purchase tickets to the Team Social online.
Feb 20, 2013: Travel Discounts: visit our 2013 travel discounts page to see which companies are offering discounts on rental cars and airline tickets to FIRST^® participants.
Feb 20, 2013: Boxed Lunches: Order by Wednesday, March 13th using the Boxed Lunch Order Form
Feb 13, 2013: Scrimmage dates set: Saturday, February 16 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday, February 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. See the Map to the Naval Sciences Building. The University of Utah campus is closed on Saturday (weekend) and Monday (President’s Day) so park anywhere nearby.
Feb 9, 2013: Scrimmage facility available! To reserve the scrimmage facility in the Naval Sciences building on the University of Utah campus, Complete this Doodle poll.
Feb 6, 2013: Added the Official 2013 Utah Regional FRC^® agenda to the 2013 FRC^® page
Feb 5, 2013: Joined Facebook and Twitter
Jan 7, 2013: Added hotel information below

Dates and Location

March 21st – 23rd, 2013

Maverik Center
3200 S Decker Lake Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Hotels

– Click: Regionals
– Competition: Select “FRC”
– Event: Select “Utah Regional – West Valley City, UT”
– Select the number of each room type to reserve (ex: how many singles, how many doubles, etc.)
– Click: Search