UConn FIRST will be meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 PM in ITE119. Our first meeting of the semester is on February 3rd. Check our Instagram for meeting updates and topics.
FRC New England District Championship
FTC New England Primier Event
FRC CT State Championship
Battlecry
Robotics After Dark
WIWI
On October 27th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the first annual CyberKnights Invitational. Members and alumni served as referees, querers, and scorekeepers for the event.
On November 8th, UConn FIRST and the Tolland County Robotics Foundation hosted an FLL Challenge Scrimmage on the UConn campus. 14 local FLL teams attended the event. Each team had the experience of getting a full judging session and playing 6 matches.
On November 15th, UConn FIRST attended the Southington FLL Challenge Qualifier as both volunteers and mentors. Congrats to Laxmi for winning the Mentor Award.
On November 22nd, UConn FIRST attended the Wolcott FLL Qualifier. Congrats to Amanda for winning the Mentor Award.
On November 23rd, UConn FIRST attended the Farmington FLL Challenge Qualifier as mentors of 3 FLL teams. Congrats to Safiyah for winning the Mentor Award.
On December 6th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Springfield FLL Challenge Qualifier. Members of the club served as judges, referees, and in other key roles. Congrats to Alron for winning the Volunteer Award.
On December 13th, UConn FIRST attended the CT FLL Challenge State Championship both as volunteers and mentors.
On December 20th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Tolland FTC Scrimmage. Members served as Referees, Queuers, and other field side roles.
On January 3rd, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Wolcott FTC Qualifier. Members volunteered as Judges/Judge Advisors, Referees, and Game Announcers.
On January 10th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Bridgeport FTC Qualifier. Members volunteered as Judges/Judge Advisors, Referees, and as other key event volunteers.
On January 17th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the New Haven FTC Qualifier. Members served as Scorekeepers, Referees, and Robot Inspectors.
On January 24th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Windsor FTC Qualifier. Congrats to Sharva for winning the Volunteer Award.
On January 31st, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Tolland County Robotics Foundation's Tolland County Robotics Rumble event. Members of the club were both FLL and FTC side serving as Referees, Queuers, and Judges.
On February 14th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Hartford FTC qualifier. Members served as Referees, Queuers, and Scorekeepers.
On February 21st, UConn FIRST hosted the CT FTC State Championship for the 3rd year in a row. This event featured 30 teams from all over CT competing for a spot at Worlds or a Premier Event.
On March 14th-15th, UConn FIRST kicked of the FRC competition season by volunteering at the WNE district event. Members volunteered as Judges, Referees, Queuers, and Field Resetters.
On March 21st-22nd, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Waterbury FRC district event. Members volunteered as Judges, Referees, Queuers, and Field Resetters.
On March 28th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Aerospace Adventure Festival. Congrats to Amanda and Andrei for recieving the Volunteer Award.
On March 28th-29th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the Hartford FRC District Event. Members volunteered as Judges, Referees, Queuers, and other field-side roles.
On April 3rd-4th, UConn FIRST volunteered at the UVM FRC District Event. 4 generations of UConn FIRST were present at the event.
Left to Right: Amanda (Class of '27), Alron (Class of '25), Jasmine (Class of '23 & '25), and Guy (Class of '21).