The FIRST Robotics competition kickoffs this Saturday with the unveiling of the 2025 Robotics Competition challenge.
22 local SWM high school robotics teams will find out what the competition will look like with the hope of advancing to state and national competitions.
Event coordinator Tim Dunaj tells us this year’s game will include underwater elements.
“The name of the game for this year is Reefscape,” Dunaj says. “There’s always been this call for do a water game. Think about the discovery, what you can do underwater and the technology that is involved to go develop, to go explore a whole universe.”
Teams must design, build, program, and compete with their robots during the four-month competition season.
“They get that information and then they take that information and begin the process of developing what their robot is going to be,” Dunaj says.
The FIRST Robotics competition provides an opportunity for students to work alongside professional engineers, technologists, and other business professionals. Teams completed robots will compete in district, state, and global competitions, which will begin this spring.
