The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of high school students working with professional adult mentors to build a robot designed to compete in a specific game each January. The challenge is created every year by a Game Design Committee including inventor Dean Kamen. Once the rules of the game are announced, the team has six weeks to design, build, program and test their robot using only a "kit of parts" given to every team, commercial off the shelf components, and any parts fabricated by the team. The robots must fit within a 38" by 28" foot print and weigh no more than 120 pounds. The Championship Event is held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

FRC Statistics More than 1,809 teams (View Local Teams) 42,225 high school students 40 Regional events Teams From the U.S., Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Israel, Mexico, the Philippines, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the U.K. Robots are built in 6 weeks from a common kit of parts provided by FIRST, and weigh up to 120 lbs. (excluding battery and bumpers)

Blue Cheese and FRC Over 50 high school students Over 8 Returning Alumni Mentors Over 15 Adults Mentors