Kickoff
Saturday. January 7, 2023. Noon ET! It’s the FIRST® Robotics Competition Kickoff presented by Novelis, and I am so excited to get this season officially underway! Join us live on FIRSTtv. Think you might forget? You can sign up for a tune-in reminder on our Kickoff page.
Kickoff is streaming live exclusively on Twitch. We recognize many schools block Twitch on their networks. Kickoff locations at those schools will need to request Twitch be unblocked for that day or use other means (within school rules, please) to access Twitch, such as wireless hot spots. We will begin streaming content on the feed beginning around 11:45 am ET, and you can use that time to check your connection.
The broadcast will last approximately one hour, and we cannot wait for you all to see this year’s game. A huge thanks in advance to the folks from the FIRST® community that have contributed to the show!
Teaser
If you haven’t already watched it 1000 times, be sure to check out the teaser for CHARGEDUPSM presented by Haas! Or, if you’ve already watched it 1000 times, why not go for 1001?
Wood Field List of Materials
The team versions of the field elements (i.e. low cost wood designs teams can use to mock up field elements in their space) will be available after Kickoff on the season materials webpage. We will not be releasing the wood field materials list prior to Kickoff because none of the items on the list should be difficult to acquire quickly (and there may have been a game hint tucked into the materials list).
Official Field Elements & Game Pieces
Shortly after Kickoff, AndyMark will have a selection of elements from the official field available for purchase. The elements available for purchase will not be full assemblies of field elements, only those pieces that would be difficult for most teams to manufacture on their own.
A set of game pieces is included in the Season Specific box included in each team’s Kickoff Kit, and more game pieces will be available in FIRST Choice round 2. AndyMark will also have additional game pieces available for teams to purchase.