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Diary of an Innovator: Team 6328 Season Wrap-Up

May 06, 2024 Written by Team 6328, Mechanical Advantage and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

The final blog entry from FIRST® Diary of an Innovator Team 6328, Mechanical Advantage!

 

Diary of an Innovator: Team 3316 Season Wrap-Up

May 02, 2024 Written by Team 3316, D-Bug and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

The final blog entry from FIRST® Diary of an Innovator Team 3316, D-BUG!

 

Continuous Improvement of the Kit of Parts

Apr 30, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

Help us continue to improve the Kit of Parts!

FIRST® Championship Divisions, Streaming, and Concession Stand Payments

Apr 10, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

Three (maybe?) final updates before next week’s FIRST® Championship presented by BAE Systems.

FIRST® Championship Information

Apr 01, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

In a little over 2 weeks, 600 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams will load in for the 2024 FIRST® Championship!

Addressing Field and Robot Damage

Mar 28, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

This year, a combination of field design, game design, and robot rules has led to a notable increase in damage to both the field and robots due to what would have historically been considered normal and expected game play.

Note Scoring and FIRST® API Sync

Mar 26, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

The engineering team at FIRST® and several volunteers have been working to correct issues related to counting notes in the amp and the FIRST API sync of match data. 

Happy Birthday to FIRST®!

Mar 20, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

Celebrating 35 years of FIRST®!

From the FTA Notepad

Mar 13, 2024 Written by Chuck Harris, FIRST Robotics Competition Principal Software Engineer

Sharing some observations from the FTA Notepad to help improve your experience at your upcoming event(s).

 

Week 1 Wrap Up

Mar 05, 2024 Written by Collin Fultz, FIRST Robotics Competition Senior Director

Nearly 30,000 youth participants representing 1,165 teams played more than 2700 matches at 30 events in Week 1 of the CRESCENDOSM presented by Haas season!