Welcome to the online home of the Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative. We are a collaborative group of FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from several urban high schools in Cleveland, Ohio. Although we are six separate teams representing multiple rival high schools, we have come together at the science center to learn and share resources, including tools, mentors, and workshop space, while building industrial-sized robots to compete on the world stage. Along the way, we've improved our skills, made lasting friendships, and grown together as a “family.”

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About the FIRST ® Robotics Competition

The FIRST® Robotics Competition is an international engineering design challenge that combines the excitement of sports with the rigors of science and technology. Working under strict rules, with limited resources, and time limits, high school teams of up to 30 students are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork skills, and build and program a robot to perform a set of prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. The Challenge (Game) changes each year and teams of young people (and their mentors) have just six weeks to engineer a solution to the challenge, using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules... It’s as close to “real world” engineering as a student can get, and the perfect training ground for life’s real-world challenges. 

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For more information about the FIRST® Robotics Competition, visit the program website at: www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc.

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Our Credo (Statement of Belief)

We are FIRST®… We are an inclusive organization that embraces all students regardless of race, gender, physical or mental ability, or socio-economic status.

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• We believe we are BETTER and STRONGER TOGETHER!

• We believe we are ENGINEERED for success and put service to others before ourselves!

• We value science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and pledge to use what we’ve learned to CHANGE LIVES and make our communities, and the world a better place!

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Interested in Building, Programming, and Competing With Industrial-sized Robots?

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Members of team #8222 (The Argonauts of Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School) make mechanical repairs to their robot between matches during a recent Regional Tournament - Image Credit: J. Bradshaw

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The Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative invites you to join one of our six supported teams. Our program is open to any high school student enrolled in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD).  

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