Tallahassee regional

Join us at the FAMU Alfred Lawson, Jr. Multipurpose Center with High School robotics teams from all over the Southeast for the 2025 Tallahassee Regional! Partnering with the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, this event was the first FIRST Robotics Competition held at a Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in the United States.

Learn how you can sponsor the FIRST season in North Florida today!

The Game

EXPLORE THE FUTURE!

FIRST® AGE℠
season presented by Qualcomm

2025-2026
REBUILT
presented by Haas 

The Kickoff

January 10, 2026

FAMU/FSU
College of Engineering

2051 E. Paul Dirac Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32310

The Competition

Tallahassee Regional 

Spring 2026

The Alfred Lawson, Jr.
Multipurpose Center
Florida A&M University
1800 Wannish Way
Tallahassee, FL 32310

Thank you to all the teams, mentors, volunteers, and sponsors who made this event such a success
~ you truly made waves!

Dig into REBUILT

Every artifact we uncover holds a story. Each tool, each innovation, each work of art connects us to the people and ideas that came before us. Using STEM skills and teamwork, today we can dig deeper into discoveries than ever before.

Welcome to FIRST® AGE™ presented by Qualcomm, our 2025-2026 robotics season inspired by archaeology. What will you uncover in FIRST® Robotics Competition?

Uncover the Future

In REBUILT™  presented by Haas, a new challenge releasing January 10, 2026, FIRST Robotics Competition teams will use engineering skills and re-imagine the past. Registration is open.

2025 Florida Regionals

Three amazing opportunities to a FIRST Robotics Competition Regional in the State of Florida.

attend | volunteer | sponsor

regional

Mar 13 - Mar 16

The Alfred Lawson, Jr.
Multipurpose Center
Florida A&M University
1800 Wannish Way
Tallahassee, FL 32310

regional

Mar 19 - Mar 22

Addition Financial Arena
at the University of
Central Florida
12777 Gemini Blvd N
Orlando, FL 32816

regional

Apr 2-5 

Watsco Center
University of Miami

1245 Dauer Dr
Coral Gables, FL 33146 USA

Located on the Historic Florida A&M University Campus.

The Tallahassee Regional takes place at the historic Florida A&M University in the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium, a 9,639-seat multi-purpose arena built in 2009.

For more than 130 years, Florida A&M University has served the citizens of the state of Florida and the nation through its provision of preeminent educational programs. Programs that are the building blocks of a legacy of academic excellence with caring. FAMU, “Florida’s Opportunity University,” is committed to meeting the challenges and needs of future generations.

About FIRST

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen.  The mission of FIRST is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self- confidence, communication, and leadership.

“Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.”

Dean Kamen

FIRST

“If you are able to succeed from K-5, then you can apply the same techniques in middle school, then high school. You end up with a huge pool of young people in STEM that you can direct to a baccalaureate education and beyond. You might even inspire the next group of scientists who may one day change the world.”
Okenwa Okoli

Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU

Get Involved Today

There are many ways to engage with FIRST Robotics competition and the Tallahassee Regional. Whether you are able to volunteer year round, just at the Regional, or interested in sponsoring this event… we would love to have you join us!