Upcoming Events
FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff
Bedford Express is excited to host the FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff Event for the 20th year! Join us for a day full of exciting updates, fun activities, and, most importantly, the unveiling of the 2025 season’s game!
FIM District Milford Event
Bedford Express is excited to announce that our first district event will be at Milford High School on February 27th to March 1st! This event is a part of the FIRST In Michigan District. Teams competing at this event receive District Ranking Points based on their performance and any awards they receive!
Ida Parade
Bedford Express will be showing off a float in the Christmas of Ida Parade of Lights on December 7th at 7:00pm at Lewis Avenue in Ida, Michigan. Our float will include based robots and homemade Christmas props.
Ida Demo
Bedford Express Robotic Teams presents the fascinating world of robotic that inspire young inventors with innovation by combining the excitement of sport and science.
FTC Qualifier - Railroad Rally
FRC Team 1023, Bedford Express, is hosting a FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier for FTC teams in the South-Eastern Michigan Region. Hosted at Bedford’s very own high school, we are excited to host not only Bedford’s FTC teams, but surrounding FTC teams as well!
Build the Children Donation Event
Turning Gears, a FIRST Tech Challenge Team, is asking for donations of twin-size sheet sets, blankets, and pillows. Please talk with friends and family, collect donations, and drop them off at the Center. This is a great organization that needs your support!
FTC Kick Off
Bedford Robotics is hosting the FIRST Tech Challenge Season Kickoff for our Bedford FTC teams! We will have stations available will kids can learn about the FTC and FRC experience while having some fun!
2024 Bedford FTC - Kick Off
Goonettes Girls Event
Bedford Express is excited to compete in the 2024 Goonettes Event! This all girls event will allow the women on team 1023 to showcase their talents in subgroups that they normally wouldn’t be a part of!
MARC Event
Team 1023 will be competing at Dundee’s MARC Competition. This will be Bedford Express’ hopeful drivers chance to show off their skills for the 2025 season!
(CANCELLED) BX on Track
July is Disability Pride Month, in observation we are hosting “BX on Track: A Walk for Disability Visibility” which is a charity fundraising event to raise money for Special Olympics, as well as to raise awareness for those with disabilities and the challenges they face.
Open House
Every year, we like to have an Open House to present FIRST Robotics to our community members who are interested in learning more about our FRC, FTC, FLL Challenge, and FLL Explore teams. This event marks the beginning of our 2024-2025 season and is a great opportunity to sign up for a FIRST team.
Worlds
This is the FRC Worlds Competition Event where the season will come to a cinematic finale in Houston, TX.
Event Info: https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2024cmptx
Blue Alliance: FIRST Championship 2024 (2024) - The Blue Alliance
Web Stream: (available when event starts)
States
Every year at our District Events we have the chance to make it to States, and thanks to our amazing team, we have made it again! Come see 1023 Bedford Express chug full steam ahead as they battle at the State Championship!
Macomb District Event
This event will be during Week 5 of the FRC competition season, being both BX’s and NX’s Final District!
Event Info: MACOMB– FRC (firstinmichigan.us)
Blue Alliance: FIM District Macomb Event presented by DTE 2024 (2024) - The Blue Alliance
Web Stream: (available when event starts)
Jackson District Competition
This event will be during Week 1 of the FRC competition season, making it both BX’s and NX’s first event!
Event Info: JACKSON – FRC (firstinmichigan.us)
Blue Alliance: FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event (2024) - The Blue Alliance
Web Stream: (available when event starts)
BX - NX Unveil
Come watch as Bedford Express and Next Express unveil their season ready robots for the 2024 challenge. BX will also present their impact presentation, and team member and mentors will be introduced.
There will also be opportunities to get up close to the robots and have students answer questions about the season.
BX-NX Kickoff
We kickoff the 2024 season with finding out what this year’s challenge will be. This begins the six-week rigorous build period of the season.