Teams face off in Boise’s first regional robotics competition
About 1,500 high school students participated in a three-day robotics competition, in which their student-designed robots went head-to-head at Taco Bell Arena.
The students, broken up into about 45 teams, came from all over, including out of Utah, California and Idaho, according to a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) press release. They competed from Thursday morning and wrapped up Saturday.
Amidst the competitions, the event featured speakers including Gov. Butch Otter and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson.
These kids rocked robots at the 2016 Idaho Region FRC Robotics Competition pic.twitter.com/Rpi36iOQHl
— Erin Fenner (@erinfenner) April 2, 2016
This story was originally published April 2, 2016 at 7:44 PM with the headline "Teams face off in Boise’s first regional robotics competition."