<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InformAction"><span style="display:none" itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"><meta itemprop="description" content="Location changed to Blacksburg High School
3401 Bruin Lane
Blacksburg, VA 24060"/></span><span style="display:none" itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing/Clock"><meta itemprop="description" content="Time updated"/></span><span itemprop="object" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Event"><div style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" summary="" style="width:100%;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;border:1px Solid #ccc;border-width:1px 2px 2px 1px;background-color:#fff;"><tr><td><meta itemprop="eventStatus" content="http://schema.org/EventRescheduled"/><h4 style="padding:6px 10px;margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.4;border:1px Solid #d9f2db;background:#d9f2db;color:#222;font-weight:bold">This event has been changed.</h4><div style="padding:2px"><span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Google Calendar"/></span><meta itemprop="eventId/googleCalendar" content="ltbgaacchat0l9jvr3fu7vh1o0"/><div style="float:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=bHRiZ2FhY2NoYXQwbDlqdnIzZnU3dmgxbzAgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTYyMGJjYzZlZWI5ZTBkZTYwYzY5MWI0YjFkYWY1MWJkNzI3MGRiZmE&ctz=America/New_York&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">more details »</a><br></div><h3 style="padding:0 0 6px 0;margin:0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#222"><span itemprop="name">First FRC Robotics Competition</span></h3><div style="padding-bottom:15px;font-size:13px;color:#222;white-space:pre-wrap!important;white-space:-moz-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-o-pre-wrap!important;white-space:pre;word-wrap:break-word"><span>Blacksburg High School hosts the FIRST FRC Robotics Competition on Saturday, March 4, 2017 and Sunday, March 5, 2017.<p>Saturday Schedule:<br />• 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Technology and Scholarship Row Open<br />• 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - FLL Jr. Expo<br />• 10:30-11:00 am - Opening Ceremonies<br />• 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Qualification Matches<br />• 11:00 am - 3:00 pm - Guided Public Tours<br />• 1:00-2:00 pm - Lunch<br />• 2:00-7:00 pm - Qualification Matches<p>Thirty-eight teams from six states will be in Blacksburg High School competing in a First FRC Robotics tournament qualifier. These students will build 120 pound robots in six weeks to meet the First Steamworks Challenge. Teams must cooperate with their alliance partners to prepare their airships for the ultimate long distance race.<p>To see a video of how the competition works, visit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMiNmJW7enI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMiNmJW7enI</a><p>Admission is free and open to the public.<p>FIRST Robotics Competition is recognized as the premier high school engineering challenge. Teams of students, working closely with teachers and volunteer mentors, have six weeks to conceptualize, design, build, program, modify and test a robot to participate in a competition that changes each year. Every January, FIRST unveils the challenge or “game” at an annual kick-off event that is simulcast to locations around the world.<p>Teams receive a kit of common parts that are used to build the core systems of their robots, but they won’t find an instruction manual. No two robots will be built or operated in exactly the same way. Students work with hundreds of components, including engineering mainstays such as programmable radio controllers, motors, electrical circuitry, pneumatic components and mechanical parts. Each team has to decide its own game strategy, and has to design and fabricate a machine within tight specifications on size, weight and materials.<p>To view Saturday's event, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NextThreeDays.com%2FFeaturedEventDetails.cfm%3FE%3D419921&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNGUd9LBN8gGUB-EV5rkCa74bJRzFQ" target="_blank">http://www.NextThreeDays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=419921</a>.<p>For more information, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstchesapeake.org%2Ffirst-programs%2Ffrc%2Ffirst-chesapeake-district-events%2Fsouthwest-va&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNE0fqoZFgHWyP-UU-uECNDXTyNTJg" target="_blank">https://www.firstchesapeake.org/first-programs/frc/first-chesapeake-district-events/southwest-va</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstinspires.org%2Fteam-event-search%2Fevent%3Fid%3D22469&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNF3axb-IqC7YCh_s20cNL6lQhscAw" target="_blank">http://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search/event?id=22469</a>.<p>Cost: See Description</p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></span><meta itemprop="description" content="Blacksburg High School hosts the FIRST FRC Robotics Competition on Saturday, March 4, 2017 and Sunday, March 5, 2017.

Saturday Schedule:
• 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Technology and Scholarship Row Open
• 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - FLL Jr. Expo
• 10:30-11:00 am - Opening Ceremonies
• 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Qualification Matches
• 11:00 am - 3:00 pm - Guided Public Tours
• 1:00-2:00 pm - Lunch
• 2:00-7:00 pm - Qualification Matches

Thirty-eight teams from six states will be in Blacksburg High School competing in a First FRC Robotics tournament qualifier. These students will build 120 pound robots in six weeks to meet the First Steamworks Challenge. Teams must cooperate with their alliance partners to prepare their airships for the ultimate long distance race.

To see a video of how the competition works, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMiNmJW7enI

Admission is free and open to the public.

FIRST Robotics Competition is recognized as the premier high school engineering challenge. Teams of students, working closely with teachers and volunteer mentors, have six weeks to conceptualize, design, build, program, modify and test a robot to participate in a competition that changes each year. Every January, FIRST unveils the challenge or “game” at an annual kick-off event that is simulcast to locations around the world.

Teams receive a kit of common parts that are used to build the core systems of their robots, but they won’t find an instruction manual. No two robots will be built or operated in exactly the same way. Students work with hundreds of components, including engineering mainstays such as programmable radio controllers, motors, electrical circuitry, pneumatic components and mechanical parts. Each team has to decide its own game strategy, and has to design and fabricate a machine within tight specifications on size, weight and materials.

To view Saturday's event, visit: http://www.NextThreeDays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=419921.

For more information, visit: https://www.firstchesapeake.org/first-programs/frc/first-chesapeake-district-events/southwest-va or http://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search/event?id=22469.

Cost: See Description"/></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="Event details"><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">When</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><strong style="color:#080">Changed: </strong><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="20170304T133000Z"></time><time itemprop="endDate" datetime="20170305T010000Z"></time>Sat Mar 4, 2017 8:30am – 8pm <span style="color:#888">Eastern Time</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Where</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><strong style="color:#080">Changed: </strong><span itemprop="location" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">Blacksburg High School
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