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By: Kim Wierman, Sr. Director – FIRST LEGO League; JoAnn Halloran, Sr. Program Manager – FIRST Tech Challenge; Collin Fultz, Sr. Director – FIRST Robotics Competition Last fall, FIRST® Robotics...
View ArticleDean’s List Award Updates
Written by: Ashley Marie Johnson, FIRST Robotics Competition Program Specialist & Erin Fadden, FIRST Tech Challenge Project Manager We are so excited to announce some updates to the Dean’s List...
View ArticleFIRST Tech Challenge Forums
There are a few ways that FIRST Tech Challenge offers help and assistance to our team and volunteer community to ensure their success when competing in and/or volunteering for the FIRST Tech Challenge...
View ArticleWelcoming Rachel Moore as our Senior Director of FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge is excited to welcome Rachel Moore to as our new Senior Director. Rachel brings a wealth of experience from both inside and outside of FIRST. She is a FIRST alumnus and has served...
View ArticleCENTERSTAGE presented by RTX Season Team Webinars
FIRST® Tech Challenge has choreographed an exciting lineup of webinars specifically designed to help coaches and teamsin this year's riveting theater of competition, CENTERSTAGE, presented by RTX....
View ArticleIntroducing a New Way to Register Youth in the U.S. & Canada
Byline: FIRST®Digital Transformation Team We’re thrilled to sharea new update to the FIRST® program registration processes: Express Enrollment Youth Registration!This mobile-friendly registration...
View ArticleIntroducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Blog Series and Team 20789,...
We are excited to introduce our FIRST® Diary of an Innovator Blog Series! This season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition...
View ArticleIntroducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Blog Series and Team 23206, Automaducks
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View ArticleIntroducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Blog Series and Team 21036, JUSTICE
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View ArticleIntroducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Blog Series and Team 4924, Red Beard...
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View Articlemonday.com is back!
We are excited to announce that FIRST® Tech Challenge and FIRST® Robotics Competition teams will be able to use the non-profit program version of monday.com for free this season! This year, the...
View ArticleCENTERSTAGE presented by RTX Season: FIRST Championship Updates
The FIRST Tech Challenge FIRST Championship is continuing to grow this season, and we wanted to share some important information with our FIRST Tech Challenge community. Number of Teams at 2024...
View ArticleFuture Control System RFP Released
Back in September, FIRST® Robotics Competition announced that they would be publishing a public Request for Proposal(RFP) for a new robot controller for the program to use beginning in the 2027 season....
View ArticleUnexpected IMU Reset
FIRST and REV Robotics have received a small number of reports of teams experiencing an Unexpected IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) Reset on their Control Hub while running an Op Mode. We are actively...
View ArticleDiary of an Innovator Team 4924 Shares Season Progress and Event Experience
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View ArticleDiary of an Innovator Team 23206 Shares Season Progress and Event Experience
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View ArticleFIRST Diary of an Innovator Team Paranoid-Androids-On-Steroids shares their...
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View ArticleDiary of an Innovator Team 21036 Shares Season Progress and Event Experience
During the 2023-2024 season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and...
View ArticleFIRST Tech Challenge SDK and REV Control Hub Update Triple Treat
Today we have three software/SDK announcements for FIRST Tech Challenge teams! FIRST Tech Challenge Software Development Kit (SDK) UpdateFIRST Tech Challenge is pleased to announce the release of the...
View Article2024 FIRST Championship - Thankful for the Little Things
As the 2023-24 CENTERSTAGE presented by RTX season draws to a close I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the big and little things that made it meaningful. First off - I want to thank each of the...
View Article2024-2025 Game Set Order Instructions
FIRST Tech Challenge 2024-2025 Season OrdersFIRST Tech Challenge Storefront – For US teams Only (excludes Hawaii and Alaska)On Saturday, 7-September-2024 at 12:00pm eastern time, AndyMark game sets...
View ArticleDiary of an Innovator: Team 4924 Season Wrap Up
During the 2023-2024 season, we joined 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world as they shared their season experience and the...
View ArticleDiary of an Innovator: Team 23206 Season Wrap Up
During the 2023-2024 season, we joined 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world as they shared their season experience and the...
View ArticleFIRST Diary of an Innovator: Team 20789 Season Wrap Up
During the 2023-2024 season, we joined 4 FIRST® LEGO® League, 4 FIRST® Tech Challenge, and 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world as they shared their season experience and the...
View ArticleThe FIRST Tech Challenge Blog has Moved!
The FIRST Tech Challenge blog has moved! Going forward, new FIRST Tech Challenge blog posts will be hosted on the FIRST Community Blog on the FIRST Community blog page. The FIRSTCommunity blog has...
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