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  1. Engineering Myself: Learning to Fail Better

    second-place medal for the “Katherine Johnson Award for Engineering Documentation” award (left) at the 2018 ... the team was no easy feat. I had to compete against 15 other contestants, all of them older than me, ... a particular prize stood out to me among the many others to be earned at FIRST Global, “Katherine Johnson Award ...

    bcox - 02/19/2019 - 9:51am

  2. STEM Outreach: How Are We Changing the Conversation?

    Inclusive Outreach, first published in the WE16 conference issue.      If you have an inspiring story or ...

    bcox - 11/12/2020 - 6:04pm

  3. Defense, Drones, and LEGOs

    You’ll need to register with the site first, but it’s pretty painless. If we can reach 10,000 supporters, ...

    Jamee Luce - 11/11/2020 - 12:03am

  4. Work Hard, Don’t Give Up: Lessons Learned on the Road to FIRST Championship

    sound of cheering as the Brainiac Maniacs received the first place Champion’s Award at the FIRST LEGO ... for one another and just plain grit! At the award ceremony, the suspense built, and the Brainiac ... Maniacs were announced as the winner of the First Place Champion's Award and the team going to the ...

    bcox - 04/13/2018 - 1:13pm

  5. From the FTA Notepad

    this is happening is “jerky” robot control. The power is turning off and on, making the robot hard to ... control. Make sure that your batteries are up to the challenge(fully charged and not at the end of their ... lifespan). Make sure you set the current limits on your motor controllers to reasonable values. Setting these ...

    ashley.johnson - 03/13/2024 - 10:42am - 2 comments

  6. Control System Layout For All

      We recently gave away an old 2015 Control System display board we had sitting around the office. ...

    Jamee Luce - 07/10/2018 - 4:10pm - 4 comments

  7. 2018 FIRST Championship Layouts

    fields while providing excellent sight lines from the bleacher seating on both sides. Pits at both sites ...

    Jamee Luce - 04/06/2018 - 10:00am - 3 comments

  8. The Role of Mentors in FIRST Robotics Competition

    Our mission is to create programs that give young people skills, confidence, and resilience to build a better world, and mentors are a key component to that in FIRST ® Robotics Competition.  Adult mentorship is part of what makes FIRST ® so effective, and ...

    ashley.johnson - 01/19/2024 - 10:30am - 12 comments

  9. Celebrate Your Mentors With Us!

    the Woodie Flowers Award intact. And as this odd season winds down to a close we all realize that some ... a normal routine. As the Woodie Flowers Award winners have worked through your Woodie Flowers Nominee ... student produced essays for each award group has been a challenge. Without the distraction of a robot to ...

    kpilotte - 06/14/2021 - 5:43pm - 3 comments

  10. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to build a rocket!

    volunteered at the 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and 20 year intervals. And yes, FIRST has an extraordinarily high ...

    tucker - 04/15/2015 - 2:24pm