As announced in a previous blog post, FIRST Robotics Competition teams will be allowed to create and submit Team Avatars that will be used to represent their teams during the FIRST POWER UP season. Today we're proud to announce that the Team Avatar submission system is now open! 

In FIRST Robotics Competition, we use some Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to keep track of the season and measure community response to the game. Some of these measures may be a bit subjective, but things seem to be going well so far:

The FIRST Robotics Competition Q&A opens tomorrow Wednesday, January 10^th, at Noon Eastern Time. The Q&A is the place to ask your questions about the game and get official answers. You can also use it to ask questions about the Event Rules.

Lenore M. Edman, co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and a FIRST volunteer, shares how a FIRST alumna named Callie and her L.E.D. crowd shone brightly as a role model at a FIRST Robotics Competition event.

I hope everyone enjoyed Kickoff this year. I know I did. We had a huge crowd at the Manchester Kickoff and they were excited; lots of smiles and energy!

Full Details of Arcade-Themed Challenge Unveiled to More Than 91,000 High School Students Worldwide at the 2018 FIRST^® Robotics Competition Season Kickoff

• Governor Chris Sununu, Senator Maggie Hassan and Inventor Dean Kamen encouraged students to explore the innovation process and be gracious citizens

• Over 26,000 STEM professionals, educators, and others to mentor students in 27 countries
   

It’s Coming!
Oh yeah, it’s coming! The big FIRST Robotics Competition game reveal during Kickoff! Be ready at 10:30 AM Eastern!

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FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff is this Saturday!