Browse these links to learn more about FIRST and other robotics resources.

Florida FIRST Resources

• Florida FIRST Robotics – info and contacts for FLL, FTC & FRC statewide
• Florida FIRST Tech Challenge
• Florida FIRST Tech Challenge Forum
• FIRST WorldTube – YouTube channel
• Florida FIRST at Chief Delphi Forums – unofficial

FIRST Robotics Resources

• Carnegie Mellon FTC Robotics Academy
• FIRE – Fostering Innovation Through Robotics Exploration (Carnegie Mellon)
• FIRST – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
• FIRST Robotics Resource Center
• FIRST Community
• FIRST Tech Challenge Blog
• FIRST Tech Challenge Chief Delphi Forum – unofficial
• FIRST Tech Challenge – high school
• FIRST Robotics Competition – high school
• FIRST LEGO League – elementary and middle school
• FIRST and PTC – ProE, MathCad and more
• FIRST Team Information Management System
• FIRST Volunteer Information and Matching System
• FIRSTwiki
• FTC Engineering Notebook Guidelines
• FTC Wiki
• Non-Engineering Mentor Organization (NEMO)
• Official FIRST Tech Challenge Forum
• Resources for the FTC 2008-09 Challenge: Face Off
• The Effect of the FIRST Robotics Competition on High School Students – PDF
• TETRIX Robotics

FIRST approved materials suppliers (selected on basis of quality and affordability)

• Advantage Hobby – Servo gear replacements
• Rplastics – Lexan, ABS sheeting
• Walmart – interlocking foam mats (sometimes online, often in stores, in fitness dept)

General Robotics and Engineering Links of Interest

• All on Robotics
• American Society for Engineering Education
• ASEE Engineering K-12 Resource Center
• Bettscomputers Robotics Course online
• BotJunkie
• Cogito – Connecting Young Thinkers Around the World
• Connect a Million Minds
• Congressional Robotics Caucus
• Education for Innovation
• eGFI – American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) k-12 resources
• Engineer Girl
• Engineering Notebook Guidelines (Professional)
• Everything Robotic
• Go Robotics
• Ideas for Teaching Computer Technology to Kids
• Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
• Lab View Wiki Tutorial
• Labview Tutorial from National Instruments
• Let’s Make Robots!
• Microsoft Robotics
• MindSensors – advanced electronics and accessories for robotics
• Museum of Robots
• NASA’s Robotics Education Project
• National Academy of Engineering “Grand Challenges for Engineering”
• NXT G Tutorial
• NXT STEP Forum
• RoboEducators Robotics Curriculum
• Robot Dreams
• Robot Events
• Robotherapy
• Robot Magazine
• RobotC.net
• RobotC.net Forums
• Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
• Robotics Online
• Robotic Open Platform
• Robotics Resources
• Robotics Resources Using LEGO
• Robotics Trends
• Robots.net – news & robotics competitions information
• Robotics Wikibook
• Society of Robots
• S.P.A.R.K. -Starter Programs for Advanced Robotics Knowledge
• Take Me to Your Robot – A place for roboticists to share, learn, and innovate
• Teaching with Robots
• TechBridge for Girls
• TechCrunch
• The Robot Report – Tracking the Business of Robots
• The Tech Museum – History of Robots
• Try Engineering
• Tutorials for NXT G (and Robolab)
• UrbiForge
• Willow Garage