Students 12 – 18 years old across Antigua and Barbuda are invited to learn about robotics engineering and other STEM opportunities at the annual TechByte Robotics Camp being led by Antigua and Barbuda Robotics Club (DadliBots) and a host of STEM Innovation Partners that is scheduled from Monday 21st July to Friday 8th August 2025.
Registration is FREE and anyone who would like to support the students as team Mentors or Volunteers are also welcomed to join as well.
Registration Link – https://techbytecamp.com
Since 2018, DadliBots has been preparing national teams of high school students to represent Antigua and Barbuda in the international FIRST Global Challenge (FGC), being held this year in Panama City; from October 29th – November 1st, 2025 under the theme Eco Equilibrium which focuses on protecting ecosystems, restoring balance, and nurturing a thriving planet through biodiversity conservation and restoration. Learn more: https://www.first.global
Each year, FIRST Global organizes its annual, Olympic-style international robotics event, where teams of high school students from 190+ countries around the world come together to learn how they can utilize science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to address the world’s most pressing issues, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) towards improving the quality of life for all.
In a FIRST Global Challenge robotics game, two three-team alliances must work to achieve a common goal representative of addressing a real global issue.
This year’s TechByte will unite students at the St John’s Catholic Primary School along with a special visiting team of mentors from the University of Chicago Laboratory School’s Robotics Team “Cache Money 8096” whom will be providing support training as students also prepare for the inaugural FGC Caribbean Robotics Super Challenge being held in the British Virgin Islands next March 2026.
Learn more – https://oecsra.org/oecs-regional-super-challenge/
Participation in FIRST Global is about more than just robots. The sport of robotics challenges students to use their minds and bodies to design, build, and pilot a robot which will score points in a competitive format. As participants learn to find solutions to the world’s greatest challenges – water, energy, security, medicine, food, climate, and education – they also learn how to work with each other, trust each other, and become part of a truly global community.