The National Robotics Challenge

One of the twelve con­tests put on by the Nation­al Robot­ics Chal­lenge is going to be held in Robots​.com’ home­town of Mar­i­on, Ohio! From April 12 – 14, 2018, at the Mar­i­on Coun­ty Fair­grounds, future inven­tors and engi­neers will bring their best automa­tion game to this grand event. 

The Nation­al Robot­ics Chal­lenge was cre­at­ed to inspire and encour­age the upcom­ing gen­er­a­tion about the pow­er, mar­vel, and impor­tance of robot­ics in our future. It began in 1986 and has since com­mit­ted to intro­duc­ing robot­ics and build­ing the pipeline for future inno­va­tors and engi­neers from 6^th grade to grad­u­ate school. This range of ages allows the annu­al atten­dees to con­tin­ue learn­ing from both the young and the old. It also helps to moti­vate and encour­age those first enter­ing the robot­ics world by net­work­ing with stu­dents at the next level.

Fur­ther­more, the NRC com­pe­ti­tion is afford­able as the entry fees are low. It also rein­forces inge­nu­ity as there is no offi­cial kit to buy. This allows more mon­ey to be spent on spe­cif­ic mate­ri­als or nec­es­sary equip­ment to build robots. The Nation­al Robot­ics Chal­lenge was cre­at­ed under the belief that engi­neer­ing is about find­ing the per­fect mate­ri­als and equip­ment best fit for the prob­lem you are giv­en instead of re-arrang­ing the same parts that every­one has to buy. This ethos has served the robot­ics com­mu­ni­ty well, pro­vid­ing encour­age­ment and recog­ni­tion for out­stand­ing and unique robot­ic creations. 

Indus­tri­al robots are con­tin­u­ing to change the man­u­fac­tur­ing envi­ron­ment across the globe. With this change comes the need for robot­ic jobs such as engi­neers, sys­tem main­te­nance, com­put­er pro­gram­mers, and more. It is the hope of the Nation­al Robot­ics Chal­lenge and those at Robots​.com, that any expo­sure to robot­ics will help bring a desire to get involved in this quick­ly grow­ing industry. 

Robots​.com loves what the Nation­al Robot­ics Chal­lenge is doing to teach and expose robot­ics to the future gen­er­a­tion. For this rea­son, Robots​.com is proud to be a Sus­tain­ing Part­ner with the Nation­al Robot­ics Challenge. 

The staff at Robots​.com work hard to con­tribute in ways that encour­age an inspi­ra­tional future filled with automa­tion in the quick­ly evolv­ing man­u­al to automa­tion man­u­fac­tur­ing envi­ron­ment. To fur­ther reflect our pride in the com­mu­ni­ty and in automa­tion, the staff and vol­un­teers from Robots​.com are offer­ing an After Hours Open House for peo­ple of all ages to come and tour the facil­i­ty. Robots​.com is full of robot­ic exhibits, engi­neers, and more! This open house will fur­ther pro­vide a great per­spec­tive on just how broad indus­tri­al robot careers can go. Come on in and dive deep­er into the robot­ics world-We look for­ward to see­ing you there!

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