2026 FIRST Robotics Hudson Valley Regional Competition

The FIRST® Robotics Hudson Valley Regional Competition brings together high school students from across New York State and as far away as Taipei for a 3-day competition. This competition will showcase their hard work after an intense eight weeks of designing and building a 100-pound robot that completes this season's challenge. Students are recognized for their design excellence, competitive play, sportsmanship, and high-impact partnerships between schools, businesses, and communities.

The 2026 competition takes place from March 19-21. A number of volunteer positions are available:

• Event Photographers: capture the action and energy of students and their robots
• Event Judges: evaluate how the teams and students qualify for awards that recognize their creativity and accomplishments
• Queuers: help teams arrive on time for each match in the series of practice and qualifying games
• Room Assistants: various assignments to help volunteers, teams, and visitors navigate the event space—including the practice room, volunteer room, and quiet room—at Rockland Community College fieldhouse
• Safety Attendants: under leadership of the event's Safety Manager, this role supports teams in executing their work safely and helps visitors safely visit event work areas
• General Volunteers: this event is dynamic and accommodates hundreds of students and visitors, so there are always interesting roles to fill! General volunteers can be assigned where needed

This opportunity requires volunteers to register on a separate website:

1. Express interest below to record this opportunity in your Volunteer New York! profile and to alert the opportunity coordinator.
2. Click here to complete your registration with New York State FIRST®. Volunteers who do not complete this step may not be registered!