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Columbus Robotics is a nonprofit organization from Columbus, Indiana. Our mission is to ignite students' passions to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, involve them in real-world problems creating self-confident leaders who will spread the excitement of STEM, positively impacting their community. Columbus Robotics consists of two FIRST Tech Challenge teams and one FIRST Robotics Competition team. Our FTC teams 8578 Juden Ki and 11959 Kernel Panic consist of middle school students, and our FRC team 4926 GalacTech consists of high school students. Our programs accept students from all middle and high schools in Columbus. Columbus Robotics is also committed to community outreach, inspiring young students to learn about STEM and increasing STEM access.

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FIRST

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the nonprofit organization that runs the FRC and FTC programs our teams are a part of. As stated on their website, "FIRST is the world’s leading youth robotics community, delivering hands-on STEM learning that inspires innovation, builds confidence, and prepares kids for life."

FIRST Indiana Robotics is another key organization we work with, as they run Indiana specific programs and competitions.

FIRST Blog

FIRST is a millions-strong robotics community that prepares young people for the future. Here are some of our stories.
  • Introducing FIRST Tech Challenge Skill Builders!

    Introducing FIRST® Tech Challenge Skill Builders!

    For the first time ever, FIRST® revealed the new scoring element at FIRST®Championship! Pollenwill be utilized in the 2026-2027 FIRST Tech Challenge game, BIOBUZZTM presented by RTX! But don’t worry, there are still plenty of surprises that will stay top secret until Kickoff.

  • Congratulations to our 2026 Championship Award Winners!

     Updated 5/18/2026 at ~12:15pm ET: added FIRST Impact Award Video and Essay Submissions. 

    It’s been a little over a week since we wrapped the 2026FIRST® Championship presented by BAE Systems and the REBUILTSM presented by Haas season, and I feel like I’m still running on adrenaline from the event. TheFIRST Championship is a massive undertaking each year that would not be possible without the nearly 1400 volunteers and students, coaches, and mentors from 598 teams. Thank you all for all that you do to make this event a life-changing experience every season!

  • Teams From Around the World Made History at #FIRSTChamp

    Last week, thousands of students, coaches, volunteers, sponsors, and STEM supporters came together in Houston, TX, USA to celebrate the 2026 FIRST® Championship.The week was filled with friendly competition, exciting innovation, and lots of Gracious Professionalism® as we commemorated the conclusion of the 2025-2026 archaeology-inspired robotics seasonFIRST® AGE™ presented by Qualcomm.