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A Potluck of Reminders

Nov 09, 2023 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

A few updates and reminders for the upcoming season!

Introducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Team 6328!

Nov 06, 2023 Written by Team 6328, Mechanical Advantage and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

This season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and the culture of innovation their team has created. In this post, we meet Team 6328 Mechanical Advantage from Massachusetts, USA!

Introducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Team 3316!

Oct 31, 2023 Written By: Team 3316, D-Bug and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

This season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and the culture of innovation their team has created. In this post, we meet Team 3316 D-Bug from Tel-Aviv, Israel!

Prepare Your Team for the 2024 Season & Volunteer Registration is Open!

Oct 31, 2023 Written by Fiona Hanlon, FIRST Robotics Competition Team Experience Specialist

Featuring new team resources, an overview of existing team resources, and a reminder that volunteer registration is now open!

2024 FIRST Championship Updates

Oct 26, 2023 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

Updates on the 2024 FIRST Championship including Regional advancement and the team registration fee. 

Introducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Team 1880!

Oct 25, 2023 Written by Team 1880, Warriors of East Harlem and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

This season, follow along as we hear from 4 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from around the world about their season experience and the culture of innovation their team has created.  In this post, we meet Team 1880 Warriors of East Harlem from New York, USA!

Introducing a New Way to Register Youth in the U.S. & Canada

Oct 23, 2023 Written by the FIRST Digital Transformation Team

We’re thrilled to share a new update to the FIRST® program registration processes: Express Enrollment Youth Registration!

New Ways to Build Skills and Engage with the Community

Oct 20, 2023 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

We're excited to share two new activities available to FIRST® teams that can help build skills and engage with each other as well as others throughout the community.

Introducing FIRST Diary of an Innovator Team 1466!

Oct 17, 2023 Written by Team 1466, Webb Robotics and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

2024 Beta Testing and Motors/Controllers

Oct 12, 2023 Written by Kevin O’Connor, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Robotics Engineer

As teams begin to stock up and prepare for the CRESCENDOSM presented by Haas season, we wanted to share some more information about new technology available for the season including Beta Testing of software updates and new motors/controllers.