The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)  is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people together to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience and a lot of fun. Each year the competition reaches more than 43,000 students on over 1,500 teams in competitions held across the USA and in other parts of the world. The teams come from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, the U.K., and every state in the U.S. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines.

   Colleges, universities, corporations, businesses, and individuals provide scholarships to our participants. Involved engineers experience again many of the reasons they chose engineering as a profession, and the companies they work for contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future workforce. The competition shows students that the technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.

FIRST
  Has robotics programs from 1st grade through High School
Jr. FIRST Lego League (Jr. FLL)  for grades K-3 (ages 6-9)
FIRST Lego League (FLL) for  grades 4 to 8 (ages 9-14)
FIRST Tech Challenge(FTC) for grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) for grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)

HOWEVER,
  It is NOT about the robot!  That’s just the hook. 
  It’s about making Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) exciting.
  It’s about teamwork
  It’s about “Co-opertition”
  It’s about Gracious Professionalism
  It’s about making our community and world a better place.