Getting Started with FRCModule 1 of 7

What FIRST and FRC Are

Start here. Understand the organization behind the competition, the larger family of FIRST programs you may have done (or can mentor), and what specifically makes the FIRST Robotics Competition the 'varsity sport for the mind.'

What FIRST and FRC Are opens the Getting Started with FRC guide, and The Season and the Game follows it. Its 3 lessons are about 75 minutes of the guide's ~17 hours.

3 lessons~75 min28 lessons in this guide

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01What Is FIRST?Meet the nonprofit behind the robots: who founded FIRST, its mission, and the values that drive everything.25 min read

02The FIRST Progression: FLL, FTC, and FRCWhere FRC fits in the ladder of FIRST programs, and how skills carry from LEGO robots to 100-pound machines.25 min read

03What Makes the FIRST Robotics Competition UniqueThe defining features of FRC: big robots, a brutal six-week clock, alliances of rivals, and a culture of mutual gain.25 min read

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