Keeping with the previously announced roll-out schedule, FIRST training partner Intelitek has released the first of three planned training modules on the new FIRST Tech Challenge technology system. The Free twenty hour program for new and existing FIRST teams is presented in an easily accessible on-line learning environment that will engage teams in hardware and …Read more »

Our friends at ServoCity understand that budgets can be tight for FIRST teams, and with that understanding, they’ve decided to put their money where their mouth is, and remove nearly all the financial risk associated with trying out new Actobotics® products that may or may not work for your team. Starting this year, ServoCity we …Read more »

FIRST announced today on their FTC forum that the software development kit (SDK) and Android apps for the new FTC robot platform are now available on the Internet. Volunteers, teams and mentors can access the pre-release (beta) versions and begin to learn how to use the new system to create custom robot behaviors with the Android …Read more »

June 1, 2015 – The long awaited (at least by some) pricing info on the Core Modules that are at the heart of the new FIRST Tech Challenge electronics system have been published by FIRST supplier Modern Robotics. The Modern Robotics Core Control Module range is the latest generation of robot control modules for competition and educational robotic …Read more »

Redfish Robotics Design/Programming Captain Cameron C. adding more buttons to the office “Swag” board. This latest batch, collected at the 2015 FIRST World Championship in St. Louis, Mo., were donated by our friends from FRC Team 3946 Tiger Robotics*. Team 3946 made their first appearance at this year’s Championship by way of being on the …Read more »