The largest robotics state championship in the country took place on Saturday, March 7th at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, presented by TechPoint Foundation for Youth (TPF4Y), powered by Guggenheim Life and Annuity and hosted by the City of Indianapolis. This is the third time the event has been held at the venue, bringing 385 Indiana elementary, middle, and high school teams together to compete amongst their peers. More than 13,000 people were in attendance for the event. Check out the video below for a recap of the day’s excitement!
TPF4Y welcomed special guests Mayor Joe Hogsett and Dr. Jennifer Jensen to help kickstart the event, who both gave inspirational and encouraging speeches during the opening ceremony. IndyVRC founder, Former Mayor Ballard, along with representatives from SRI (State Robotics Initiative) sponsors including Guggenheim Life and Annuity, Indiana Department of Education, Roche Diagnostics, Eli Lilly and Company Foundation as well as additional supporting partners, attended to present awards including the coveted Ballard Teamwork Challenge awards.
Photo credit to Mick Hetman
The day was filled with joy and hardwork from our amazing volunteers to the diligent robotics competitors. “The students of these robotics teams will become the leaders of tomorrow. By helping provide a pathway from elementary to middle school and now high school, we are able to nurture the passion these students have.” said our VP of STEM Education, George Giltner.
Photo credit to Mick Hetman
Since 2016, the SRI grant program has helped launch over 1,100 Indiana robotics teams and impacted over 23,000 students. TechPoint Foundation for Youth’s 2020-21 grants will reopen April 15 and the TPF4Y Robot Team plans to award eligible elementary, middle, and (new this year!) high schools!
Learn more about TPF4Y robotics opportunities here: https://www.techpointyouth.org/robots/
Special thanks to StickerMule for the awesome stickers we shared at State, if your team is looking for Robot Swag, StickerMule Rocks!
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