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Robots!

54 Robotics Teams

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2000+ Competing 

Students!

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Making a Difference

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2026 Orlando Regional | March 18-21st 

THE GAME

EXPLORE THE FUTURE!​

2025-2026
FIRST® AGEâ„  Season​ presented by Qualcomm


in REBUILT™
presented by Haas 

THE KICKOFF

January 10, 2026

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Five Florida Kick-off's

Orlando

Miami

Tampa

Riviera Beach

Tallahassee

THE COMPETITION

The 28th
Orlando Regional

 

March 18-21, 2026

University of Central Florida 
Addition Financial Arena

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Developing Florida's High Tech Workforce

We support Florida’s economic development by encouraging and promoting participation in STEM for the benefit of Florida’s technology and scientific community.

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ABOUT FIRST

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen.  The mission of FIRST is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self- confidence, communication, and leadership.

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ABOUT THE REGIONAL

The Orlando Regional FIRST Robotics Competition started in 1999 with 28 teams at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center. After four years of growth, the decision was made to move to the University Of Central Florida Arena in 2003. Today, this is where Florida teams still compete.

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The Regional is an international favorite. The Orlando Regional has had teams competing from Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Israel, Turkey, Pakistan, Great Britain, and more...

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One of Three Spectacular Florida Regionals

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EDUCATE
INNOVATE
INSPIRE

“Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.”
- Dean Kamen

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