USF (Lakeland) Polytechnic hosted the FIRST Tech Challenge this weekend. It’s a mid-level robotics competition for high school students. Over 15 teams had a long day at the USFP campus. Team check-in was at 7:30 am, the qualifying rounds began at 10:15 am after the inspections and the final elimination matches were 4:30pm-6:00pm. The students had very creative names for the teams such as S.P.A.M., Ro Ro Ro Ur Bot, Wehrmacht and Georgia’s Left Ear. Tom and I were both on had to take pictures and I made sure to take video. Enjoy!
The compeition even had a 3 camera set up so that the audience could have a great view as well. This is a sample of what the audience saw –
For more photos and video from RoboBattle see Battle of the ‘Bots on our sister site LakelandLocal.com
photo credit: Tom Hagerty for Metro i4 News
Bio: Darby Critendon is a young professional in the community and recently graduated with a Masters of Business Admin from Southeastern University. Her college radio DJ name was "DarbySea". She enjoys photographing nature and always hopes to catch that one perfect shot. She has a passion for videography and the local arts. Critendon started her blogging career with the popular site DarbySea.
