BotsIQ 2026 Finals Competition
April 10, 2026 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT
Join the Pittsburgh Chapter NTMA for its 21st season of BotsIQ’s Combat Robotics! Watch as high school students battle for grand champion with their 15lb combat robot. The event is free and open to the public.
BotsIQ is the youth workforce development program of the Pittsburgh Chapter NTMA. Created in 2005, BotsIQ was created by industry to introduce youth to manufacturing careers. The program started as a high school combat robotics program, and grew to offer hands-on activities to youth from kindergarten through senior year! Today, more than 25,000 students have participated in a BotsIQ program.