Educational robotics in Columbia has been growing steadily since CERF was founded in 2015. Below are local news items that document our history!
- Mizzou Engineering: Army Ants updates
- June 4, 2024, (Audio) Kate McKenzie and Vani Kumar talk about robotics in Columbia, KFRU Morning Meeting
- February 2024, Grant Elementary School FLL team project: A ribbon for all, Columbia Public Schools media
- Jan. 8, 2024, Robotics competition plugs elementary and middle schoolers into technology, Columbia Missourian
- Nov. 2022, FIRST LEGO League tournament helps students develop new skills, KOMU
- April 2022, Columbia robotics team heads to world championship in Houston, KOMU News
- March 2022, Robotics push aims to attract kids sooner and keep them involved, Columbia Missourian
- March 2022, The Army Ants assemble a robot for a FIRST Competition, Columbia Missourian
- Feb. 2022, Jefferson Middle School robotics team, the Ant Colony, bring home awards, Columbia Missourian
- July 2021, Columbia’s Army Ants robotics team wins international award for smart compression stocking, Columbia Daily Tribune
- July 2021, Army Ants win first place for design in global innovation challenge
- Nov. 2019, Small blocks for a big future: student engineers compete in LEGO robotics tournament, Columbia Missourian
- April 2019, 37 students and their robot represent Columbia at national competition, Columbia Missourian
- Jan. 2019, Columbia robotics team blasts into competition season, Columbia Missourian
- Nov. 2018, Jefferson Middle School hosts LEGO robotics tournament, KOMU,
- Nov. 2018 CIS Lions
- April, 2018, Army Ants march on, Columbia Tribune
- Nov. 2017, “More than Robots:” Jefferson Middle School hosts robotics competition
- Nov. 2017, Students came for the robots but learn more than just STEM, Columbia Missourian
- July 2017, Volunteers inspire kids through free robotics program, Columbia Missourian
- Feb 2017, Robot ‘building season’ drives Columbia high school students, Columbia Missourian
- Dec. 2016, Students unleash LEGO robots at educational competition, Columbia Missourian
- Dec. 2016, LEGO robotics tournament brings mid-Missouri students together, KRCG
- Oct. 2016, As competition looms, West Middle’s robotics club builds toward future, Columbia Missourian
- Jan. 2016, Kids go brick to brick in LEGO robot competition, Columbia Missourian
- Jan. 2015, LEGO tournament teams learn problem-solving skills through competition, Columbia Missourian
- Jan 2014, MU to host a LEGO robotics tournament, Columbia Tribune
