{"id":2258,"date":"2012-07-27T00:18:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T05:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/?page_id=2258"},"modified":"2020-08-17T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:24:15","slug":"memphis-robotics-teams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/memphis-robotics-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IEEE SouthEastCon Hardware (Robotics) Competition<\/strong> (University Students)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ewh.ieee.org\/reg\/3\/southeastcon2013\/StudentProgram.html\">LINK<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieeecbu.org\/\">Christian Brothers University <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ieee-memphis.org\/\">University of Memphis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>B.E.S.T. Robotics<\/strong> (High School age)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestinc.org\/\">LINK<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There ARE teams in Memphis, I just don&#8217;t have a list of schools participating.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Robotics Competition<\/strong> (High School age)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frc.memphisfirstteams.org\/\">Local Link<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfirst.org\/roboticsprograms\/frc\/\">National Link<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There are 4 teams currently in Memphis. See <a href=\"http:\/\/frc.memphisfirstteams.org\/memphis-frc-teams\/\">This Link<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Tech Challenge<\/strong> (High School age)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/memphisfirstteams.org\/ftc\/\">Local Link<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfirst.org\/roboticsprograms\/ftc\">Link<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There are a few teams in Memphis. This is an &#8220;up and coming&#8221; program in Tennessee. Rumor has it that there will be a TN State Championship in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Lego League<\/strong> (4th &#8211; 8th Grades)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fll.memphisfirstteams.org\/\">Local Link<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfirst.org\/roboticsprograms\/fll\/\">National Link<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In 2011, the University of Memphis was approached by the Memphis Chapter of the TN Society of Professional Engineers to host it&#8217;s first FLL Community Event. In 2012 the event was a Pilot Championship and grew substantially. In 2013 the West TN FLL Championship was established (making the event official). The program continues to grow and in 2018 we had ~70 Teams in the region.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jr First Lego League<\/strong> (K &#8211; 3rd Grades)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fll.memphisfirstteams.org\/\">Local Link<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfirst.org\/roboticsprograms\/jr.fll\/\">National Link<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This program is also growing in Memphis. The competition takes place at the West TN FLL Championship. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>SWE Memphis Robotics<\/strong> (Middle School)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/swememphisrobotics.com\/\">Local Link<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Vex Robotics Competitions<\/strong> (Various Grades)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vexrobotics.com\/competition\">National Link<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There ARE teams in Memphis, I just don&#8217;t have a list of schools participating.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IEEE SouthEastCon Hardware (Robotics) Competition (University Students) LINK Christian Brothers University University of Memphis B.E.S.T. Robotics (High School age) LINK There ARE teams in Memphis, I just don&#8217;t have a list of schools participating. 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