FIRST Tech Challenge
Teams of middle and high school-aged students are challenged to design, build, and program a robot to play a floor game against other teams’ creations
FIRST LEGO League
Grades 4-8
FIRST Tech Challenge
Grades 7-12
FIRST Robotics Competition
Grades 9-12
The excitement of sports + the rigors of science and technology.
“It’s more than robots.“
– FOUNDER, DEAN KAMEN
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE
FIRST® Tech Challenge students work together with their mentors to design and build robots to compete in a dynamic and exciting challenge released every September.
Teams program classroom-scale robots to follow autonomous commands before student drivers take control in two-on-two matches.
On and off the field, students develop STEM skills, engage in community outreach, practice engineering innovation, and build confidence to help them succeed.
2024-2025 CHALLENGE
INTO THE DEEP presented by RTX
This year’s game is part of the 2024-25 FIRST season, FIRST DIVE presented by Qualcomm.
In the INTO THE DEEP℠ presented by RTX challenge, launching September 7, 2024, FIRST Tech Challenge teams will dive their robots into the depths of the ocean to explore the unknown and reveal its wonders.
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