With interest in competitive robotics booming, Dripping Springs is about to be home to a new team, “Recoil Robotics”, mentored by a group of local teachers and professionals with combined experience exceeding four decades in the FIRST Robotics Competition and over 100 years in education and industry. Membership is open to all interested 14- to 18 year olds in the local area, regardless of school affiliation, providing an opportunity for homeschooled or private school students from Dripping Springs, Austin, Bee Cave, Lakeway, Buda and Wimberley to design, build and program robots to play in FIRST Robotics Competition events.
Starting in 1992 with only 28 teams, the annual FIRST Robotics Competition is now an international event with over 3,200 teams designing, building and programming robots to play a new game each year. Games are announced in January and teams have 8 weeks to…
