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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.
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.
Control System Advisor
Jul. 19 2019Program: FIRST Robotics Competition
The Control System Advisor assists teams with Robot Control System-related issues
PTC is pleased to announce the release of PTC Creo 3.0 for FIRST teams! PTC Creo 3.0 is 3D CAD software available to all FIRST teams providing the opportunity to design, assemble, and test your robot in a virtual environment before starting physical prototypes or build.
Detailed information about the SolidWorks software package, including tutorials and models provided.
To make it easier for teams to design the next great robot, FIRST has partnered with Autodesk, to provide Autodesk® software licenses to schools who have a FIRST program.
Technical resources for teams.