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Diary of an Innovator: Team 1880 Season Wrap-Up

May 14, 2024 Written by Team 1880, Warriors of East Harlem and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

The final blog entry from FIRST® Diary of an Innovator Team 1880, Warriors of East Harlem!

Diary of an Innovator: Team 1466 Season Wrap-Up

May 06, 2024 Written by Team 1466, Webb Robotics and FIRST Robotics Competition Staff

The final blog entry from FIRST® Diary of an Innovator Team 1466, Webb Robotics!

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®!