PCEC News
PCEC Gears Up for FIRST Robotics Competitions
January 13, 2022
On Saturday, January 8, GVSU hosted the FIRST Robotics Kick-off at the Innovation Design Center. The Kick-off consisted of the broadcasting of the 2022 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) game reveal, Rapid React, and kit distribution. Team members from 45 local teams participated in the Kick-off event.
Up next for GVSU is the building of a full-size Rapid React practice field by students and staff. The full-size practice field will be hosting a Robot in Three Days (Ri3D) Competition on February 12. Ri3D challenges teams to build a legal FIRST Robotics Competition robot within 72 hours.
The practice field will become available to local high school teams for practice and scrimmaging the week of February 14, 2022. The field will be open for up to four teams at a time, and will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
The field will be open:
- Mondays - Fridays from 5 pm - 9 pm
- Saturdays from 9 am – 9 pm
- Sundays from 9 am – 5 pm
To reserve the practice field, or for more information, contact Sara Maas, PCEC K-12 & Community Outreach Coordinator, at [email protected].