CEDAR FALLS — After cancelling in 2020 and competing remotely last year, the Iowa Regional FIRST Robotics Competition is returning this week to the McLeod Center and UNI-Dome.

Midland High Team 5509, Like a Boss, is pictured during the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition KickOff at the Carpenter Robotics Center. (Photo provided) Pictured is Team 2619 from Dow High.

It’s one of many regional competitions hosted by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) as a part of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Here’s how the competition works.

DUKE, THANKS SO MUCH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY FOR THE LAUNCH OF THIS YEAR’S FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION. MORE THAN 3000 TEAMS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE ...

Robotics teams from across “the galaxy” will be ready as FIRST Robotics opens its 2020 season with the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional Kick Off taking place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at ...

An overall view of a match during the FIRST Robotics Competition OC Regional at Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Friday, March 31, 2017 in Irvine, Calif. High school students from Switzerland ...

On Saturday I took the drive into Dallas to attend the a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Regional at Southern Methodist University. Over 50 High School teams competed for fame, glory, and a trip ...

The FIRST Tech Challenge, or FTC, is a program for students in 7th through 12th grade, while the FIRST Robotics Competition, or FRC, is a program for students in 9th through 12th grade. This creates a ...

FIRST Robotics is an international organization that gives students in grades K-12 hands-on skills in robotics, ... In FRC, students have about six weeks to design, ...

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - The Magnolia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition was held Friday in Laurel. The competition is sponsored by numerous agencies, organizations and companies, including ...