Cerner Corporation and Team Driven #1730 are proud to bring you Kansas City’s only off-season FIRST robotics event. This event is open to all area high school robotics teams who wish to compete with their robots in a friendly, fun atmosphere. Space is limited to 30 teams, so sign up fast! The event will be held Saturday, November 6th on the Cerner Campus in North Kansas City. The competition will start at 8:30 a.m. and will offer both qualifying and elimination rounds. Teams will have an opportunity to play FIRST Breakaway on a sanctioned FIRST playing field against other local teams. Each team will also be given a 9' x 9' pit with electrical power.

Load in to the facility will be open to teams on Friday November 5th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Teams may set up pits then if they choose. Robots will be inspected, but for safety issues only. Those inspections can begin as early as Friday at 3:30 pm and should take no more than about 10 minutes. Size and weight of robots will not be inspected. It is our hope that teams will adhere to spirit of the rules of FIRST Breakaway (bring your gracious professionalism). We will make every effort to have the field ready to practice on before the 7pm window closes; but if not, please help your team members be understanding. In the event that there is practice time, a volunteer will be on hand near the field with a sign-up sheet. Robots will take the field in the order they appear on the sheet. Please don't sign up until your robot has passed the safety inspection.

Family, friends and interested community members are encouraged to come to cheer on their team and learn more about competitive high school robotics.

Assuming the field is ready Friday night, we will hold a rookie round. This round is for future members of your team so use this to recruit next year's all-stars. In addition, we will hold a mentor round where the robot will be piloted by sponsors, mentors, or parents on the team.