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It�s time to roll out our support for the FIRST Tech Challenge teams for the 2018-2019 school year.  Apply for sponsorship for your FIRST Tech Challenge team directly from SOLIDWORKS .  Last year, SOLIDWORKS sponsored the first FIRST Robotics Competition Regional in Istanbul, Turkey, and then attended the FIRST Championships.   In April, we were so excited to see hundreds of teams descended on Detroit, Michigan and Houston, Texas. Students from around the world competed in some of the most exciting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) events: The FIRST  Championships.  We visited with many FIRST Tech Challenge teams.  Team  4347 Nano Gurus impressed us with their robot design.  The Nano Gurus explained how they used SOLIDWORKS to create the models of their robot. We also met with international team 14183 from the Netherlands to talk about their 3D printed robot components. O ur support and celebration for FIRST teams continues,...

Join Twitch Partner DeejayKnight on the FIRST Twitch channel starting March 14th! Deejay will be touring, filming, and sharing the stories of  FIRST students and teams   throughout March and April.  Deejay will visit four teams from all over the U.S. to learn how FIRST programs have impacted their students, mentors, and communities. Tune in starting on March 14th at 4pm ET as he visits the Mechanical Mustangs in Clifton, New Jersey: https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires .

Over the past decade, FIRST � Tech Challenge has continued to grow, serving the FIRST mission of creating excitement and exposing students to the wonderful world of science, technology, engineering and math. With growth, must come change, as most of our community has seen through our evolution of robot technology. We continue to work to make this program more accessible and affordable, while still engaging and challenging students of all skill levels. Since the 2015 season, FIRST Tech Challenge has moved away from a centralized control system to the Android based platform you see today. The increased reliability of the Android based/REV platform, is allowing us to improve the flow of the matches. We are making significant and exciting changes that teams and volunteers need to be aware of for the 2017-2018 season. Autonomous to Driver Controlled Transition Starting in the 2017-2018 season, there will no longer be a hard stop following the autonomous period to transition to the driver c...

Participating Teams and Schedule We are excited to announce and celebrate our FIRST Tech Challenge Teams competing at our FIRST Class 2017 - Festival of Champions!  Advancing from St. Louis: Team 5466, Combustible Lemons, from Davenport, Iowa - Inspire Award Winner Team 8686, Height Differential, from St. Paul, Minnesota - Alliance Captain                 Team 6929, Data Force, from Littleton, Colorado - 1st Pick                                                             Team 5916, BoBots, from Earlville, Maryland - 2nd Pick                                    Advancing from Houston: Team 3491, Fix-It, from Victoria, BC, Canada - Inspire Award Winner                ...