Technology group holds workshop for robotics competition

Packaging robotics as a sport to recruit youthful talent into the STEM fields of science, technology, education and math is the goal of the Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition. 

Not quite BattleBots — the MMA of machines armed with blades, hammers, saws and even flamethrowers — FIRST pits teams of robot builders against each other in a competition to design machines that perform physical tasks.