​27th Annual Buckeye Regional

Thu 3/19, Fri 3/20, and Sat 3/21

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The FIRST® Robotics Competition's Buckeye Regional is Ohio’s oldest and most prestigious robotics tournament. It's a high-energy, high-tech, international sporting event where teams of students, mentored by adult professionals, work together to solve an engineering design problem. 

 

This year's Buckeye Regional will feature over fifty of the top high school robotics teams from the country's mid-western and southern states, as well as the Republics of Poland and Türkiye!

 

When: 

March 19, 2026 - March 21, 2026

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Where:

Cleveland, State University Wolstein Center

2000 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115

 

The event will draw over 1,500 high school students and their cheering fans to the Greater Cleveland area. All six teams of the Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative will be competing at this event, testing the power of collaboration and measuring the effectiveness of their innovations!

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Competing teams include:

• Team #8140 (The RoboManiacs from MC2 STEM High School)

• Team #8145 (The Tech Warriors from East Technical High School)

• Team #8222 (The Argonauts from Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School)

• Team #8243 (The AstroCircuits from John Marshall High School); and 

• Team #9622 (GRIDLOCK from the Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation); and

• Team #9643 (Lady VOLTAGE, a community-based, all-girls team composed of students from 12 different CMSD high schools).

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Spectators Welcome! 

This event is FREE and open to the public!  Don't miss the excitement of this intense international competition that will showcase robots developed and operated by teams of high school students.  Spectators can tour the "pits" to meet the teams and get a closer look at their robots! Later, you'll have an excellent view of the competition field as you cheer on your favorite teams from the comfortable seating throughout the arena!  

 

Click HERE to visit the official event website and to see the public agenda.

 

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​​Can't attend the in person? 

​Watch the Buckeye Regional LIVESTREAM beginning at 8:30 AM on March 20th & 21st at www.twitch.tv/firstinspires3

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Watch the Official Game Animation!

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​In REBUILT™ presented by Haas,  FIRST Robotics Competition teams will use their engineering skills to uncover the future by re-imagining the past! 

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