Saturday, September 6th | 9:00am - 3:00pm
Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics
401 Railroad Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550
Kickoff Schedule
9:00am - 9:20am | Check-In & Welcome
9:30am - 10:15am | Morning Workshops
10:30am - 12:00pm | Season Announcements, Updates, & Q&A
12:00pm - 12:30pm | Game Reveal
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm | Afternoon Workshops
DECODE: kICKOFF event
Kickoff for the FIRST TECH CHALLENGE: DECODE Season Presented by RTX takes place on September 6th, 2025!
Morning Workshops
Outreach & Portfolios | 772 - Golden Dragons
Tips on Keeping your Code Neat & Functional | 772 - Golden Dragons
How to Run a Scrimmage | 22972 - Excalibur
FTC Beyond Robotics | 327 - The Lobotomists
Fundraising & Sponsorships | 327 - The Lobotomists
Afternoon Workshops
*Autonomous Blocks Quick Start Programming | 208 & 17621 - Runic Robotics & Sea Dawgs
OnShape | 22972 - Excalibur
How to Run a Summer Camp | 18984, 23816, & 25970 Orange Grove Robotics
Judging, Awards, & Engineering Notebooks | Brittany Shank
Mechanical Tips’ | 772 - Golden Dragons
*Device Required
Team Hosted Events
Lowcountry Build Day
October 4th, 2025 from 9:00am - 1:00pm
Hosted By Orange Grove Robotics
505B Arlington Dr, Charleston, SC 29414
Midlands Build & Practice Day
October 4th, 2025 from 9:30am - 3:00pm
Hosted by FTC teams 208: Runic Robotics and 17621: Sea Dawgs
Lugoff-Elgin High School Annex Building
1284 U.S. Rte 1, Lugoff, SC 29078
For more information about this event, visit the KC Robotics Event page or contact kcroboticsteam@gmail.com
Lowcountry Soft Scrimmage
November 1st, 2025 from 9:00am - 2:00pm
Hosted By Orange Grove Robotics
Orange Grove Elementary School
1225 Orange Branch Rd, Charleston, SC 20407
This scrimmage will allow teams to test their robots in a friendly, low-pressure environment playing the INTO The Deep game!
SCRIMMAGES
Upstate Scrimmage
Coming soon!
Lowcountry Scrimmage
Coming soon!
Midlands Scrimmage
Coming soon!
qualifiers
Midlands
qualifier
Coming soon!
Upstate
qualifier
Coming soon!
Lowcountry qualifier
Coming soon!