BHS Set for FIRST Robotics Competition

Bedford High School is slated to take part in this weekend's 10th annual FIRST Robotics regional competition at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.

This year's competition is the Rebound Rumble, which requires members of three teams to form an alliance to compete against an alliance of another three teams. Robots from each team take the playing field and must shoot compact, foam basketballs at three levels of basketball hoops, each worth different points.

Bedford Patch will also be there, and will bring you photos and video of the competition this weekend.

Opening ceremonies are scheduled for Friday morning, with qualifying matches scheduled throughout the day. But the big day is Saturday, with more qualifying matches, final round matches, and awards and closing ceremonies wrapping up the event around 4 p.m.

The winners will go on to compete at the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, Missouri from April 25-28.

FIRST was founded 21 years ago by Segway creator Dean Kamen. According to the FIRST website, Kamen's vision was "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders."