BEST Robotics, Inc.
A free, six-week fall robotics competition for middle and high school teams who design, build, and program a robot for team-vs-team matches while also being judged on an engineering notebook, marketing presentation, and team exhibit.
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Robofest
An annual robotics festival hosted by Lawrence Technological University with a Senior Division for grades 9-12, featuring autonomous-robot game challenges, BottleSumo, vision-based tasks, and a robotics-themed exhibition and arts competition.
RoboRAVE International
An international robotics competition, founded in New Mexico in 2001, in which teams of 2-4 students of any age build and program autonomous robots on any hardware platform to compete in events like line following, sumo, and firefighting at regional Opens worldwide and a World Championship.
World Robot Olympiad (WRO)
An international robotics competition for students ages 8-19, held annually since 2004 in over 95 countries, with categories spanning RoboMission, RoboSports, Future Innovators, and Future Engineers challenges.
Boston Leadership Institute – Electronics & Robotics
A three-week summer program at Bentley University/Gann Academy in Waltham, MA combining mechanical engineering, electronics, and Arduino programming as students design, solder, and code robotic vehicles, with field trips to MIT's Edgerton Center and WPI's Robotics Lab.
Kettering University Robotics Camps
Summer robotics camps at Kettering University for students in grades 8-12, covering mechanical design, Java programming for robotics, and FIRST Robotics Competition-related skills, offered as day or residential sessions.