Tolland County Robotics is back - this time with a program for students in grades 4-8! Register early to reserve your spot in the First Lego League Challenge program. The team meets in the library 3 days per week every week from Saturday, Aug. 16 to Thursday, Dec.11. Meeting dates are Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-7:45pm and Saturdays 10:15am-12:30pm. In January, the teams will participate in a competition with 20 other teams in the area. Learn more about the program and its benefits.

Registration is through Tolland County Robotics. Slots fill quickly, so if you are able to make the 3-day/week commitment, register here. 

Friendly competition is at the heart of FLL Challenge, as teams of students engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering – building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. As part of FLL Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem.  There are 3 main components of the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Program:

The Robot: Students will build and program a robot using Spike Prime technology to complete missions on a field.  The video to the right describes the 2023 game field and missions that students created their robots to complete.

The Innovation Project: Completely separate from the robot, students are given a yearly theme.  They are then challenged to identify a problem in that field, develop a solution to that problem, and present their research to a panel of judges.  As a part of this project, students will meet with industry experts and complete research.  The video to the right describes an example of the 2021 innovation project.

The Core Values: Through the program design and implementation, the core values of FIRST are embedded in everything the students do.

The student's experience culminates with an end-of-the-year competition in January where they'll compete with over 20 teams from around the state.  A select few teams will then be invited to the Connecticut State Championship.