Manchester, NH, July 2nd, 2025 — FIRST Global, the nonprofit advancing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education through hosting the world’s largest robotics competition, is proud to announce the establishment of a new global holiday: Robotics Is A Sport Day, to be celebrated annually...
The “Olympics-style” robotics tournament organizer is calling on governments of the world to take the future into their hands and recognize robotics as a sport. MANCHESTER, NH – FIRST Global, the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education nonprofit which hosts the annual FIRST Global Challenge—an Olympics-style robotics tournament featuring teams...
On September 25, 2023, Belize made history by becoming the first country in the world to declare robotics to be an official sport. In the government of Belize’s statement announcing this decision, the country’s Minister of Youth and Sport wrote, “By recognizing robotics as a...