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Safety has always been a cornerstone of the FIRST Robotics Competition experience. With the arrival of the pandemic, our understanding of what it means to be safe within our program…
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While probably not front and center in your mind in September in a pandemic… the team working on the deployment of the next generation FIRST Robotics Competition control system wanted to provide an update…
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Mark Koors enjoying some shave ice during a much-deserved break while supporting the Hawaii Regional. Photo credit: Mindy Skripsky. FIRST lost another great this week. Mark Koors, Mentor, FTA, Volunteer…
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We hope all our teams are staying safe during these uncertain times. One of the projects we have been working hard on is reviewing and reassessing all the awards. We…
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The FIRST staff continues to hammer away on prep for the 2021 FIRST Robotics Competition season. Here are some things you may want to know about! 2021 Robots and Game…
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July Vacation FIRST is trying something new this year (this seems to be the year to try new things!). We’re closing our office starting at 3 PM Eastern time on…
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New FIRST Robotics Competition Rules for 2021 We’ve made a number of rules changes for the 2021 FRC Season. Check them out here. These are not changes to the game…
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We are pleased to announce we have selected a new Co-Chief Field Supervisor for FIRST Robotics Competition. Our Chief Volunteers help lead some of our Key Volunteer Trainings and provide expertise and opinions to us…
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I hope everyone has had a chance to see the updated information we released on the impact to FIRST events from COVID-19. There is a great deal of information in the update, so…
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Please make sure the KOP has enough cargo next year for one robot load. This year the one ball was a problem. With the robot capacity at 5 it would…
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