Camera Troubleshooting and How Are We Doing?

Mar 07, 2019 Written by Frank Merrick.

Thank you to our friends at National Instruments for providing a Camera Trouble Shooting document. Details below! Plus a preliminary look at what you all think about Destination: Deep Space Presented by The Boeing Company.

GPA... add it to your resume or not? 

Mar 07, 2019 Written by Ilene Rein, Pounding Pavement 101

Use ACTION VERBS - These verbs will better define your activity of the task and can sometimes be industry specific. Using these words presents to the recruiter that you are a person who takes action on the job and develops a level of excitement in the task at hand.

Getting to FIRST Championship

Mar 06, 2019 Written by FIRST Staff.

Great information about traveling to the 2019 FIRST Championship!

FIRST Alum Spotlight: Joe Polin 

Mar 06, 2019 Written by Joe Polin, FIRST Alumni, Volunteer and Donor

For Joe, FIRST started the journey to his career at Tesla. 

FIRST Championship Detroit ‘You Bring It’ Pilot

Feb 28, 2019 Written by Frank Merrick.

At the 2019 FIRST Championship, we are piloting a program that will allow some teams to bring their robots to the events, rather than shipping them. Details below.

PLAYxPLAY and Event Streams

Feb 27, 2019 Written by Frank Merrick.

It's almost time for a new weekly show on FIRSTtv! Plus check out those event streams!

2019 FIRST DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE Audience Displays

Feb 25, 2019 Written by Danny Diaz, FIRST Robotics Competition Systems Engineer

Greetings, Teams! I’m using the blog today to give everyone their annual sneak peek at a few of the graphics you’ll be seeing up on the big screen at your events. As always, please remember that team numbers, names, ranks, cards, performance, events, or descriptions are all for illustrative purposes only.

Quiet Rooms at FIRST Robotics Competition Events

Feb 20, 2019 Written by Frank Merrick.

Important information about the implementation of Quiet Rooms at FIRST Robotics Competition Events.

Engineering Myself: Learning to Fail Better

Feb 19, 2019 By Julianna Schneider, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Global Challenge Participant


Understanding how to document and communicate your work to others effectively is a critical part of learning through the engineering design process. This Engineers Week, read how this paid off for FIRST participant Julianna Schneider and Team Albania at the FIRST Global Challenge.

Stop Build Day and Build Season Celebration Show

Feb 19, 2019 Written by Frank Merrick.