All,
Welcome To (or back to) FIRST Robotics Team 291!
At some point you will need to register with FIRST robotics and associate yourself with our team. If you want to start now, here is the link: https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/youth-team-member-consent-and-release-form
In my opinion, parts of the FIRST website are pretty poorly organized, so here are some links that I found helpful.
Of course, feel free to explore the FIRST website on your own – and feel free to recommend others to me. You are in the FIRST Robotics Competition (also knows as FRC) part of FIRST.
Others FIRST programs include Lego League / FLL, and First Tech Challenge /FTC … but you are not doing those.
This is what we get to see on the kickoff day from last season. (usually the first Saturday in January)
Short Version (just animation) : https://youtu.be/HZbdwYiCY74
Full Version (52 minutes) : https://youtu.be/sBPAlijR4mw you may want to jump ahead to 36:25 for the field walk through.
This is the teaser for this coming season: https://youtu.be/pdGgp1NIvL0 and I think it looks great.
About the Program
We are in the FRC program, so watch some of these videos (you don’t have to watch “start a team”):
https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc
FIRST at a Glance:
https://www.firstinspires.org/about/at-a-glance
FIRST provided Training MaterialsDon’t worry if you don’t get all of this stuff – the team is here to help you. Some of it I consider college level…so don’t be intimidated.
Electrical / Software
https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/electrical-and-software-resources
Drive Systems
https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/drive-systems
Mechanical
https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/mechanical-resources
General Training Page (includes the above links, plus more):
Team 291 - Creativity in Action 