FIRST Robotics

FIRST was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a multinational non-profit organization, that aspires to transform culture, making science, math, engineering, and technology as cool for kids as sports are today. FIRST operates the FIRST Robotics Competition where students compete against one another with robots that the students have built. The students are sponsored by companies (like NASA for New Horizons) either with monetary donations, mentors, supplies, or food. The students build the robot and program it. Then teams from different areas come together and compete against one another. At New Horizons, this organization is open to all students. Visit the New Horizons FIRST Team 122 web site at http://team122.org/