RESOURCE LIBRARY
FIRST provides opportunities for students to become well-rounded individuals encompassing student leadership, work-based learning, and career learning pathways. The combination of these opportunities are an essential part of Career and Technical Education.
Many industry certifications can be used as stackable credentials that can help students show their potential employers the skills they have, such as mastery of a particular software or hardware component. Explore the pathways to learn more about the available certifications and learning opportunities for certifications through FIRST partnerships.
This resource includes links to free, self-paced training training courses on each of the FIRST programs.
Resources for teams to program FIRST Tech Challenge robots.
Playing Field Archive - 2022
Nov. 18 2022Program: FIRST Robotics Competition
This page hosts content archived for the 2022 RAPID REACT playing field. Current playing field assets can be found here.
Archived 2021 FRC Playing Field content
Control System Advisor
Jul. 19 2019Program: FIRST Robotics Competition
The Control System Advisor assists teams with Robot Control System-related issues
This white paper, written by FIRST alumnus Eric Chin discusses electrostatic discharge effects,
Resources for FIRST Tech Challenge teams to design and build a robot.