Panther Robotics, FRC Team 1108, is an extracurricular competitive robotics team located in Paola, Kansas. As a team in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) we work together with students and mentors to develop the skills to build a robot to compete against teams in our regions and globally. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was developed 30+ years ago to give students the opportunity to work with professionals. On the first Saturday of each year, teams gather for kick off, which is where FIRST announces the new game for the year. During the next six weeks, teams work to brainstorm, prototype and build a robot within the limitations, provided by FIRST, to complete the tasks of the game. At the end of these six weeks, we bag up our robot and send him off for us to compete with at regionals and championship events. The rest of our time we spend fundraising, spreading the message of FIRST by hosting FLL workshops and demonstrating our robot to the community and a number of other things.
