Description: What is MECO? Located in East Orlando, Florida, MECO is focused on developing students' problem solving skills, expanding STEM capabilities, collaborating with others and expanding interest in robotics while teaching practical skills. Our team designs, assembles and creates robots for the FIRST Robotics Competition, improving on previous designs and engaging students by having them build,
Who we are What we do Join us Sponsorship Current sponsors How to sponsor MECO! Other ways you can help Previous seasons Awards 2020 – Infinite Recharge 2021 – Infinite Recharge at Home 2022 – Rapid React Team calendar Contact Us What is MECO? Located in East Orlando, Florida, MECO is focused on developing students’ problem solving skills, expanding STEM capabilities, collaborating with others and expanding interest in robotics while teaching practical skills.
Our team designs, assembles and creates robots for the FIRST Robotics Competition, improving on previous designs and engaging students by having them build, design and assemble the robot based on specific game challenges created by FIRST. The competition season is January-March, although we meet year-round for training, outreach, and teambuilding.
FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of inclusive, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18 (PreK-12) that can be facilitated in school or in structured afterschool programs. Boosted by a global support system of volunteers, educators, and sponsors that include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, teams operate under a signature set of FIRST Core Values to conduct research, fundraise, desi