But it was also inspiring — because the robots were designed by teams of high-school students participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition, a contest that’s been going on for 21 years now.

The 19th Annual San Diego FIRST Robotics Competition challenged more than 1500 high school students to build the best robots.

Over 500 robots competed in soccer, boxing, and running. In many cases, gravity was the real winner. This week, China’s ...

More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon in China on Saturday, and – though technologically impressive – they were far from outrunning their human ...

This weekend, high school robotics teams from across the world met in St. Louis for the FIRST Robotics Championship. The 402 teams formed alliances of three and deployed their creations in a ...