NEXT TOURNAMENT:
The Curiosity Open Robotics Challenge
Saturday, September 28, 2024
The Curiosity Open is the last in a series of "off-season" robotics tournaments for high school teams that regularly participate in the FIRST® Robotics Competition.
The Great Lakes Science Center is proud to once again host the Curiosity Open Robotics Challenge, an annual off-season robotics tournament that features some of the best high school robotics teams from across the region. This past season, several FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) Teams from the Great Lakes region successfully competed at major events both nationally, and internationally, and on Saturday, September 28, the Science Center will welcome up to 24 of these teams to Cleveland, to compete in one of the most anticipated off-season events of the year! This year's event features some of the top-performing high school robotics teams from Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, to play "CRESCENDOSM," the same high-energy, high-tech, music-themed "Game" that was played during the regular 2024 competition season.
When:
Saturday, September 28, 2024
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where:
The Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114
All six (6) CMSD teams from the Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative will be competing at this event. Those teams are:
Spectators Welcome!
Be sure to catch all the excitement of this intense competition that showcases industrial-sized, mobile 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! Admission is FREE! Come cheer on your favorite teams!
Can't attend the Curiosity Open in person?
Watch the Tournament LIVESTREAM beginning at 9:00 AM on September 28th at www.twitch.tv/firstinohio
Season Calendar
PRE-SEASON EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
September 20-21, 2024
Kettering University
1700 University Ave.,
Flint MI 48504
2024 Curiosity Open Robotics Challenge
September 28, 2024
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Hands Across Borders Build Sessions
2nd Saturday of the Month
(10 AM - 4 PM, Sept thru Dec)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
October 27, 2024 (9 AM - 1 PM)
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd,
Columbus, OH 43235
CNC Basics for Beginners (Workshop)
October 12, 2024 (10 AM- 1 PM)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
November 16, 2024 (9 AM- 4 PM)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
2025 REGULAR SEASON ACTIVITIES
January 4, 2025
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
On-site Build & Practice Sessions
Weekdays - After-School,
Saturdays - 10 AM - 4 PM
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
March 13 - March 15, 2025 (Week 3)
Gordon Field House & Activities Ctr., Rochester Institute of Technology
149 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
March 20 - March 22, 2025 (Week 4)
David L. Lawrence Convention Center 1000 Fort Dequense Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
March 27 – March 29, 2025 (Week 5)
Cintas Center, Xavier University
1624 Musketeer Drive.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
Buckeye Regional
April 3 – April 5, 2025 (Week 6)
Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University
2000 Prospect Avenue E.
Cleveland, OH 44115
2025 FIRST Championship
April 16 - April 19, 2025
George R Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
2025 Student Recognition & VIP Awards Luncheon
(Date TBD)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
OFF-SEASON EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
2025 Ohio State Championship
(Date TBD)
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd,
Columbus, OH 43235
2025 Shawshank Showdown
(Date TBD)
Mansfield Senior High School
124 N. Linden Road
Mansfield, OH 44906
2025 GLSC Robotics Initiative Summer Program (Internship)
June 17 - July 25, 2025 (Tentative)
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
2025 Med Access International Humanitarian Medical Mission
July 24 - August 3, 2025
Hospital General Latacunga
Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province
Republic of Ecuador