The Control System Advisor assists teams with Robot Control System-related issues

How To Resources

How To: Arrange Team and Robot Transportation 

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.

This page contains information to help teams with the implementation of CAD (What is CAD?) and 3D animation software for use in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Included below are download links for three software options: