2023 FIRST® Robotics Competition Season Kicks Off at LIU Post’s Krasnoff Theater on January 7

Teams receive kits of parts from last year's FIRST(R) Robotics Competition at SCHENCK USA in Deer Park.

The Long Island Regional FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition season will kick off at the Krasnoff Theater at LIU Post, located at 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. FIRST Robotics Competition teams from across Long Island will gather in anticipation of learning about the upcoming season’s robotics competition.

Knowing only that this year’s theme is CHARGED UPSM presented by Haas, the local FIRST teams, and the 4,000 teams representing 35 countries around the world, will receive this year’s game rules via a video feed that will be broadcast at the same time across the globe.

During the Long Island Kick Off, FIRST® Long Island, which presents the event, will treat students and parents to presentations from its members and guests regarding the impact of the program on local communities and businesses. Towards the close of the event, each team will collect its kit of parts to construct a 120-pound robot.

This year, two regional tournaments will be held as part of the FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. They will take place on March 20-25, 2023 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Each event will serve as a separate regional, with different teams competing in separate alliances and tournament rounds. Some of the teams set to participate in the local regionals will move on to compete at the 2023 FIRST Championship in Houston.

Leading up to the regionals, FIRST Long Island students will work with engineering mentors to apply concepts of math and science learned in the classroom to build their robots. Students will also learn important concepts such as teamwork, problem solving and healthy competition. Many FIRST Long Island students use these skills while pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies and careers.

Over the years, FIRST students from Long Island have received millions of dollars in scholarships for higher education. This year, there are 200 scholarship providers who will give students participating in FIRST access to more than $80 million worth of scholarships.

“We are thrilled to get our 2023 season underway and are looking forward to another great kick-off event,” says Larry Toonkel, Co-Director, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Long Island. “We are also excited to bring the Long Island Regional back as more teams are looking to be part of our annual event.”

For more information on FIRST Long Island, please visit www.firstlongisland.org.

LIST OF LONG ISLAND TEAMS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THE 2023 FIRST® ROBOTICS COMPETITION KICK OFF

January 7, 2023 at LIU Post’s Krasnoff Theater

Team Number

Name of School

263

Sachem High School

271

Bay Shore High School

287

William Floyd High School

329

Patchogue-Medford High School

353

Plainview-Old Bethpage High School

358

Hauppauge High School

496

Earl Vandermuelen Port Jefferson High School

514

Miller Place High School

527

Plainedge High School

533

Lindenhurst High School

564

Longwood High School

569

Westbury High School

601

Hampton Bays High School

810

Smithtown High School

870

Southold High School

871

West Islip High School

1468

Hicksville High School

1546

Baldwin High School

1554

Oceanside High School

2027

Westbury High School

2161

Walt Whitman High School

2347

Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School

2487

Sayville High School

2638

Great Neck South High School

2869

Bethpage High School

2872

Wheatley School

2875

Cold Spring Harbor High School

3137

Connetquot High School

3171

Westhampton Beach High School

3624

Half Hollow Hills High School

3760

Bronx Aerospace High School

3950

North Shore High School

4567

Seaford High School

5016

Huntington High School

5099

Northport High School

5599

Benjamin N. Cardozo High School

5736

Kings Park High School

6423

Ward Melville High School

6593

Richmond Hill High School

6806

Mineola High School

8267

Long Beach High School

9016

Syosset High School