Robot season gets underway at Cal U
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Above, Franklin Regional Superintendent Gennaro Piraino visits with FRobotics team members at the FIRST Greater Pittsburgh Regional competition at Cal U last year.
There is a fall sports season, a winter sports season and a spring sports season at most colleges.
At California University of Pennsylvania, there’s a fourth sports season: robot season.
The state university in Washington County, which broke ground more than a decade ago when it began hosting high school robotics competitions, will begin hosting thousands of high school roboticists later this month. The competitions are free and open to the public.
- March 19-21 Cal U will host the FIRST Robotics, Greater Pittsburgh Regional competition, featuring more than 1,000 students putting their 120-pound custom designed robots through their paces.
- April 24-25 the university will host the BotsIQ, Southwestern Pennsylvania Finals. Teams from nearly 80 regional schools and community organizations will bring their robots to battle for dominance in gladiator-style matches.
- May 15-16 Cal U will host the National Robotics League, featuring more than 60 high school teams from across the country, including some southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ competitors, who will send their robots into battle.
Deb Erdley is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Deb at derdley@triblive.com.
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