drawer / Mechanical
The FIRST-provided everybot/starter robot design teams can build as a reliable, competition-ready baseline.
also calledEverybotKit Bot
where you actually meet KitBot
The KitBot exists because a working simple robot beats an ambitious unfinished one. FIRST publishes a full build guide each season for a machine that can score and usually climb using kit parts. Rookie teams that build it have a robot on the field in week one and spend the rest of build season on driver practice instead of fabrication.
Free and structured, and none of them need an account to read.
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the jargon travels in packs
Mechanical
The components FIRST provides to every team each season as a starting point for the robot.
read the entryGeneral
A team in its first year of FRC competition; rookies have access to special grants and awards.
read the entryMechanical
Commercial Off-The-Shelf — pre-made parts teams can buy rather than fabricate, within the rules.
read the entryMechanical
A program giving teams credits to select specific Kit of Parts components from partner vendors.
read the entryKitBot is one of 70 entries in the catalogue. The guides are where these words get used in order, instead of one at a time.