So you want to start a FIRST team… Robotics

FIRST FIRST FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Strongly promote a set of core values among all participants – Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition Over 275,000 students across 3 levels of competition

FIRST FIRST FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) High school aged students 51,000 students High school aged students 25,000 students Elementary students International thru ,000 students

FIRST FLL Teams in the UAE Engage and challenge late elementary to early secondary Requires LEGO® NXT Kits Competition Released: September of 2013 Rumors of UAE Competition for this season

FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Competition Robot Challenge – Students have around 3 months to build and program a robot to complete a series of challenges Research Project – Each year includes a research project and task related to the theme

FLL Robot Challenge

FLL Project and Presentation 2008 Project: -Evaluate a building’s energy use -Propose ideas to conserve energy -Share their ideas

FIRST LEGO® League (FLL)

FIRST FRC Team at Manor Hall

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)

FIRST FRC Team at Manor Hall LiveWire 3562

Timeline for FRC Team Now: Projects for useful skills October: Claim Team Name and Number, Register in for Regional and January of 2014: Season Kickoff Event – Release the Game details – Stateside sends our Kit of Parts – 6 Week Build Season starts Spring Break travel to Stateside Regional, city to be decided World Championships, St. Louis Missouri, last week of April

FIRST FRC Team Programming Building Electronics Rules and Tools Photographer Outreach Team Spirit Drive Team (2) Human Player Safety Captain T EAM M ASCOT Team Spokespeople

FIRST FRC Regional Awards Chairman’s Award Creativity Award Engineering Inspiration Entrepreneurship Award Excellence in Engineering Future Innovator Award Gracious Professionalism Highest Rookie Seed Imagery Award Industrial Design Award Industrial Safety Award Innovation in Control Judge’s Award Quality Award Regional Finalist Regional Winner (3) Rookie All Star Rookie Inspiration Award Safety Animation Award Team Spirit

FIRST Core Values Gracious Professionalism – good sportsmanship taken to the next level – gracious winning and gracious losing Coopertition – Cooperation = Working together – Competition = Working to win

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