Full Details of Star Wars-Inspired Challenge Unveiled to Nearly 100,000 High School Students Worldwide at the 2020 FIRST^® Robotics Competition Season Kickoff

• Sen. Maggie Hassan, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and Inventor Dean Kamen encouraged students to build a better future for themselves and others
• Nearly 30,000 STEM professionals, educators, and others to mentor students in 34 countries

Get ready for INFINITE RECHARGE^SM early!

Get ready for Kickoff with these details about the Kit of Parts and more!

We’ve said it hundreds of times before: Nothing you are doing in FIRST is worth getting hurt over. 

FIRST alum, volunteer, and donor, Pam Wong talks about how the impact of FIRST has led her to give.

Pilot no more! At both 2020 FIRST Championship locations, all teams will be able to bring their competition robots into the event themselves if they choose to do so.

FIRST participant Ishaan Oberoi shares his experience learning from Apple engineers at the Apple Engineering Technology Camp, where he was able to build on skills he learned through FIRST and then bring his takeaways back to his FIRST Tech Challenge team.

A life remembered and celebrated.

Check out all the resources available to your team now from Autodesk!

The need for K-12 students to not just understand the high-tech world around them but what makes it work is an essential and largely missing element of the top academic focuses of education. To celebrate Computer Science Education Week, FIRSTtv will host an Hour of Code activity on December 12.