Robotic Competitions

Every year, peo­ple from all over the world com­pete in many dif­fer­ent robot­ics com­pe­ti­tions as a way to not only win mon­ey or prizes, but also to fur­ther the study of robot­ics. These com­pe­ti­tions have intro­duced robot­ics to sev­er­al new indus­tries, includ­ing the domes­tic and ser­vice indus­tries – areas where robots only exist­ed in sci­ence fiction.

Many of these robot com­pe­ti­tions are held for mid­dle school, high school and col­lege stu­dents. One of the larg­er com­pe­ti­tions, the FIRST (For Inspi­ra­tion and Recog­ni­tion of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy) Robot­ics Com­pe­ti­tion, has been around since 1992, and as the name states, it chal­lenges high school stu­dents world­wide to learn about robot­ics and cel­e­brate it, while also build­ing a robot that will com­pete on the grand stage.

That real­ly is what many robot­ics com­pe­ti­tions are about – edu­ca­tion and get­ting the next gen­er­a­tion involved in robot­ics. Indus­tri­al robot­ics, as well as domes­tic and ser­vice robot­ics, are becom­ing more and more pop­u­lar in soci­ety, and by com­pet­ing in these com­pe­ti­tions and get­ting excit­ed about robot­ics, com­peti­tors may decide to go into the field of robot­ics. That means that stu­dents would be pre­pared for the future, and have expe­ri­ence build­ing robots before ever set­ting foot on a col­lege cam­pus – which is anoth­er rea­son that the expe­ri­ence of com­pet­ing in robot­ic chal­lenges is some important.

All in all, when stu­dents learn about robot­ics, they are learn­ing about the future, and they are help­ing to build tech­nol­o­gy one robot at a time.

Some of those stu­dents may go on to col­lege and become robot­ics tech­ni­cians or engi­neers, and then start work­ing for robot­ics inte­gra­tors like Robots​.com. Robots​.com pro­vides automa­tion solu­tions from sev­er­al dif­fer­ent robot­ics com­pa­nies, includ­ing Fanuc, Motoman, KUKA, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and ABB. Our staff of engi­neers and tech­ni­cians will work with you to help you build the per­fect indus­tri­al robot for your facility.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Robots​.com today online or at 877−762−6881.