Discover FIRST Tech Challenge, a youth robotics program where teams practice engineering innovation as they design, build, and program robot to compete.

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly known as FIRST Vex Challenge, is a robotics competition for students in grades 7–12 to compete head to head, by designing, building, and programming a robot …

Within this program, the teams participate in robotics competitions and support the mission of equipping the next generation with the necessary skills to improve the world through competitive robotics.

It’s way more than building robots. FIRST Tech Challenge teams, made up of up to 15 team members in grades 7-12, are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to …

Teams of up to 15 students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year to year and is …

Official source of event information, results and webcasts from the FIRST FIRST Tech Challenge

Teams of up to fifteen students collaborate to build and program a robot that competes on a 12’ by 12’ field. Each year the challenge is designed to challenge students to think critically and expand their …

FTC robotics is a competitive program where you’ll design, build, and program robots as part of teams with up to 15 members in grades 7-12. You’ll work through an iterative engineering process, tackling …

FIRST Tech Challenge in Minnesota (MN FTC) is part of an international robotics program that includes more than 6,700 teams globally. High Tech Kids, in partnership with FIRST, has been bringing the …

This site is dedicated to the FIRST ® Robotics Competition in Minnesota. For other FIRST ® programs in Minnesota, please see High Tech Kids. Events are held in the state year-round, starting with the …