What is FIRST Robotics?
"To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders."
Dean Kamen, Founder
Dean Kamen, Founder
Mission of FIRST Robotics
Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/vision
Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/vision
What is FIRST Robotics?
FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) provides opportunities for students to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics related skills and apply these to a real-world engineering scenario with industry level standards. Students work with professional mentors to design and build a robot capable of completing complex tasks identified by FIRST. Each team has 6 weeks to design, build and test their robots before they head out to competitions around the world. At the competition, teams must use teamwork, gracious-professionalism ®, and communication skills, in order to work together successfully to compete with randomly chosen alliances.
FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) provides opportunities for students to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics related skills and apply these to a real-world engineering scenario with industry level standards. Students work with professional mentors to design and build a robot capable of completing complex tasks identified by FIRST. Each team has 6 weeks to design, build and test their robots before they head out to competitions around the world. At the competition, teams must use teamwork, gracious-professionalism ®, and communication skills, in order to work together successfully to compete with randomly chosen alliances.