2025 Exhibitors

FIRST (For Inspiration of Robotics, Science, and Technology) is the largest competitive robotics organization in the world. Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-School student participants call it "the hardest fun you'll ever have!"

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Through the FIRST Tech Challenge program the Fayette County 4-H robotics team provides opportunities for youth to experiment with and learn about the engineering design process and programming using Android Studio and the Java language.

From Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA aka Full Potential Project / Somerset Trust Bank / Atkins-Taylor Trust / Taylor Nelson Driven Lawyers / HAAS Foundation / Studica Robotics / Arconic & Family / Community

Rookie Year: 2024
Last competed in 2025

Details on firstinspires.org

North Catholic High School is a college preparatory institution in Pittsburgh that provides a faith-based education, emphasizing academic excellence, personal growth, and community service within a supportive environment. The team's mission is to build students, not just robots, by providing a training ground for a wide range of skill sets. Their vision is inspired by their faith and the FIRST organization's principles, including gracious professionalism.

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Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics is an educational program dedicated to introducing STEM skills to student's Pre-K - 12 with the mission to provide our youth for future educational opportunities and careers. We will provide information and simple demonstrations specifically for the FIRST Tech Challenge program targeting middle and high school aged students.

Team 1708, known as Amp'D Robotics, is a nonprofit robotics team based at McKeesport Area High School in Pennsylvania. Established in 2005, the team is dedicated to promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education through hands-on robotics experiences. They support students in grades 4–12 from various school districts, including McKeesport, Norwin, East Allegheny, Elizabeth Forward, and PA Cyberschools.

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Team 23493 has been competing in the FIRST Tech Challenge for 2 seasons, and a total of 17 official events since 2019. They were a rookie (and began competing) in 2023 and remain active as of the current season, 2025-2026

TeraBridges 18603 is a FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team and is part of the USC Robotics Club from Upper St Clair High School.  We will be showcasing FIRST Robotics, our competition robot and various educational interactive robots that we use in our outreach efforts such as Sphero Indis, XRP Robots and a custom designed Wiffle Ball Shooting robot (at a target).

TIU 11 is one of 29 Intermediate Units that serve schools across the state.  We will be showcasing our Rover mobile fablab, which we deploy to schools and youth-focused events to lead activities in STEM and, more specifically, engineering and digital fabrication.  Our Rover mobile fablab programming was developed in consultation with the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.