School-Business Partnerships of Long Island's FIRST Robotics Competition Season Kickoff - Stony Brook University Date: 01/05/13 Hours: 10:30am Ages: TW,TE,All Address: Jacob Javitz Center - Room 100 - 631-627-8400 Stony Brook, NY 11790 sbpli-lifirst.org Description: School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. kicks off the 2013 season for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC) as students from across Long Island connect via a NASA satellite feed from FIRST's headquarters in New Hampshire to learn the rules of the game for this year's competition. After the name of the competition and the rules are released, they will receive their kits of parts and begin strategizing the design and construction of their 120-pound robots.