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FIRST Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of competitions designed by Dean Kamen, Woodie Flowers, and a committee of engineers and other professionals. The competition has grown to 1,600 teams competing in 41 Regional Events, and The Championship held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta where more than 8,500 high-school-aged young people participate. FIRST redefines winning for these students. Teams are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and maturity, and ability to overcome obstacles. Scoring the most points is a secondary goal. Winning means building partnerships that last.

The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people 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. In 2008, the program will expand to over 40,000 students representing approximately 1600 teams. These teams will come from every state in the U.S., as well as from Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Israel, and the Netherlands. These teams will participate in 41 Regional Competitions and can qualify for the Championship Event at The Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The competitions combine the practical application of science and technology with the fun, intense energy, and excitement of a championship-sporting event. 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.

        "To create a world where science and technology are celebrated...
         where young people dream of becoming science and technology heros..." - Dean Kamen

FIRST was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Human Transporter. FIRST operates the FIRST Robotics Competition in which teams of high school students, sponsored and assisted by local companies and volunteers, design, assemble, and test a robot capable of performing a specified task in competition with other teams. FIRST also runs the FIRST Lego League, for children 9-14 years old, and FIRST Place, an innovative science and technology center, including a hands-on children's science museum. Please take a moment to visit the official FIRST website at: www.usfirst.org.