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Welcome to (or back to) FIRST Tech Challenge!
Welcome to our FIRST Tech Challenge Family! FIRST® registration is now open! It's the perfect time to register your team, ahead of summer break! Check out our streamlined registration process—a...
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2016-2017 Houston World Championship Awards
Volunteer of the Year Award The FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteer of the Year Award winner was Robert Atkinson from Woodinville, Washington.Inspire Award - Team 3491, Fix-It from Victoria, British...
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2016-2017 St. Louis World Championship Awards
Volunteer of the Year Award The FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteer of the Year Award winner was Kevin Ross from Carnation, Washington.Inspire Award - Team 5466, Combustible Lemons from Davenport, Iowa...
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Team 6220 talks new REV Robotics Expansion Hub and plans for next season
Team 6220 Centripetal is part of Swerve Robotics club from Woodinville, WA . This season, Team 6220 had a unique opportunity to assist the FIRST Tech Challenge with testing and roll-out of a newly...
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FIRST Class 2017 - Festival of Champions
Participating Teams and Schedule We are excited to announce and celebrate our FIRST Tech Challenge Teams competing at our FIRST Class 2017 - Festival of Champions! Advancing from St. Louis:Team 5466,...
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Congrats on an Incredible Season
Whew, what a season - capped off by the first ever Festival of Champions right here in Manchester, New Hampshire. Thanks to everyone who made this year a success. The students were tremendous and our...
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Good news, after the success of the sweepstakes programs last season FIRST Tech Challenge is having another this year!We are giving away 4 HP Pavilion Touch Screen Laptops over the last two weeks of...
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Kickoff is coming - are you prepared for the season ahead?
There are many ways teams need to get prepared for the upcoming season. Of course, teams first need to register and order their robot kit. At FIRST® Tech Challenge, we are anxiously waiting to share...
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Qualcomm, Our Presenting Sponsor Championing FIRST Relic Recovery
The company behind why you love your smartphone plans to livestream the FIRST Tech Challenge kickoff on FIRST’s Twitch channel!Happy Kickoff FIRSTTech Challenge teams, Garrett Ponder here from...
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Exciting Changes to Match Play
Over the past decade, FIRST® Tech Challenge has continued to grow, serving the FIRST mission of creating excitement and exposing students to the wonderful world of science, technology, engineering and...
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Florida's ROBOTICON and How to Connect FIRST With Your Community
ROBOTICON Tampa Bay, now in its 5th year, is a collaborative effort of several Tampa Bay organizations and partners, including FIRST Affiliate Partners, Alumni and volunteers. Led by Eureka! Factory,...
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Choosing a Programming Tool
Building, programming, recording, connecting with the community, practicing, testing, more testing, and compete. Those are the main steps every team takes during a season and it is our goal here at...
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FIRST Tech Challenge Forums - An Overview
We are almost two months into the FIRST Relic Recovery Season presented by Qualcomm, and teams are now heavily into the design, building, and coding phase of their year. With so much to do and events...
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Alumni: Continuing in our FIRST Community
What do you think of when you think FIRST?Do you think of the people that you meet?The events you go to?Your Team? Other Teams?ROBOTS?!?!?!What do I think of when I think of FIRST? I think of you. Yes...
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FIRST Dean's List Award - What it's all about!
The Dean’s List Award recognizes nominated leaders and ambassadors from every FIRST® Tech Challenge team who exemplify leadership qualities, an entrepreneurial spirit, and are ambassadors of FIRST and...
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The Game Design Committee is Accepting Applications!
If you’ve ever been interested in participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge Game Design Committee, this is your chance! We will be accepting applications to add one member to the committee. The...
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Join us for a global day of giving back
During this season of thanks, we want all our teams to know how appreciative we are of you -- not just because of your participation in FIRST programs, but for all you do to make it loud for our...
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Last Chance to Enter our Quarter Field Sweepstakes
It’s time to get in the game! Better yet get your own game and practice so you’ll have a jump on the competition.FIRST® Tech Challenge is holding another sweepstakes drawing for ¼ version of the...
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What Does it Mean to be on the FIRST Dean's List?
The FIRST Tech Challenge season is in full swing, and we know teams are working hard preparing for competition. We’d like to also remind you that in most states, the Dean’s List nominations are still...
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Game Design - What's In a Game?
Every September, the FIRSTTech Challenge annual game challenge is released to the world at kickoff. It is the culmination of much anticipation from our community surrounding what the next season’s...
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