2015 Duel on the Delaware

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In two action-packed robotic events this October 17, robots are coming to the Davidow Fieldhouse at Salem Community College in Carneys Point Township, New Jersey.

At the Duel on the Delaware, an off-season FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC) competition, over 30 teams of high school students from the mid-Atlantic area go head to head in one more opportunity to play last season’s game. The annual event, co-hosted by FSR team, MOE 365 and FRC 316, the Lunatecs kicks off at 8:45 am and goes till 5 pm. This event is free and open to the public.   

At the Duel on the Delaware FTC Scrimmage, more than 20 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams from around the region will mark the opening of 2015-16 season and participate in robotics workshops and an informal scrimmage jointly sponsored by Diamond State FTC, New Jersey FTC and Pennsylvania FTC. The middle school and high school- aged students are challenged each September to design and build robots for a brand new game. (New game release date September 12- info here.)

Registration for 2015 FLL and FTC teams

FSR announces team registration has begun for the 2015 FIRST® LEGO® League and FIRST® Tech Challenge season.

  • Register an FLL team or learn about how to start an FLL team- click here
  • Register an FTC team or learn about starting an FTC team-  click here

Upcoming announcements

Coming  in August 2015– Junior FIRST® LEGO® League Waste Wise Challenge

August 25, 2015- FIRST® LEGO® League will release the Trash Trek Challenge

September 12, 2015– FIRST® Tech Challenge will kick-off the 2015 season and reveal the new game design

FSR in the news… 

Two recent articles by Tony Abraham for the technical news site, Technical.ly. Delaware, feature members of FSR …

Board president, Peggy Vavalla, who helped bring FIRST  Robotics to Delaware over 15 years ago, talked about her enthusiasm for the program and for the opportunities it offers to kids of all ages. To see the article, click here.

MOE 365 team PR manager, Holly Quinn, spoke about the high school robotics team and the growth of youth robotics competition across the state. To see photos of the team in competition at the recent World Championship, and to read the article, click here.