FRC or the FIRST robotics competition is a collection of a diverse set of science/technology competitions designed to inspire and build life skills in a team like environment for High School Aged Students. Students in the program work with the assistance of team mentors who specialize in a diverse range of professional careers that range from Engineering to 3d Animation.
Every January, students are given 6 weeks to solve a unique engineering challenge that changes every year. In order to solve the engineering challenge, students will need to design and build a robot with a common kit of of parts, with a budget too small and with a deadline that approaches fast.
Multimedia is becoming a larger part of daily life every day, as a result engineers and conceptual artists need to work closer and closer than ever before to help sell products to their clients. FIRST offers 3 unique animation challenges for participants within the FIRST program. For more information about the Autodesk FIRST Animation Challenges please (click here)
Each year students are challenged to build a FIRST team website. The FIRST Robotics Website Competition challenges to design a website which most effectively communicates a number of different aspects set by FIRST.
To promote the spirit of entreprenuership FIRST has added a business plan competition. The business plan competition challenges FIRST teams to consider growth and how to substain their very own program by writing a business plan.
FIRST strives to have students within FRC teams to work together the same way they would if they were working in a corporation. Which is why the FIRST Robotics Competition offers an experience unmatched by any other High School After School Activity.
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