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Encyclopedia > First
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FIRST
Founder Dean Kamen
Type 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity
Founded 1989
Headquarters Manchester, NH
Key people Dean Kamen, Founder
John Abele, Chairman of the Board
Paul Gudonis, President
Woodie Flowers, Vice Chairman
Revenue $20,803,521[1]
Volunteers 60,000
Members 130,000 students
10,652 robots
37,000 mentors
27,000 event volunteers[2]
Slogan "To create a world where science and technology are celebrated... where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes"
Website usfirst.org

FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. The organization is the foundation for the FIRST Robotics Competition, the FIRST LEGO League, and the FIRST Tech Challenge competition. For other uses, see first. ... Image File history File links FIRST Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of its own, see The Corporate Machine. ... Dean Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway PT. President Clinton and Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding his innovative invention, the iBOT Mobility System. ... Manchester is the largest city in New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. ... Dean Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway PT. President Clinton and Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding his innovative invention, the iBOT Mobility System. ... John E. Abele John Abele is the Founder Chairman of Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX on NYSE), a 19,000 employee, $8 billion world wide company that is a pioneer and leader in the field of “Less Invasive Medicine. ... Dr. Woodie Flowers gives his signature thumbs up at the 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Dean Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway PT. President Clinton and Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding his innovative invention, the iBOT Mobility System. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... FIRST Logo FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to excite students about engineering and technology. ... A typical FLL robot from the 2004 season, using the RIS platform The FIRST Lego League (also known by its acronym FLL) is a competition for elementary and middle school students (ages 9-14, 9-16 in Europe), arranged by the FIRST organization. ... The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly the FIRST Vex™ Challenge (FVC), is a mid-level robotics competition targeted toward high-school aged students. ...


FIRST also operates FIRST Place, a research facility at FIRST Headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire where it holds educational programs and day camps for students and teachers.[3] Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Coordinates: Country United States State New Hampshire County Hillsborough County Incorporated 1751 Government  - Mayor Frank Guinta (R) Area  - City  34. ...

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FIRST Robotics Competition

Main article: FIRST Robotics Competition
a 2007 FRC robot
a 2007 FRC robot

The first program developed through FIRST was the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), which is designed to inspire high school students to become engineers by giving them real world experience working with professional engineers to develop a robot. The inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition was held in 1992 in the Manchester Memorial High School gymnasium.[4] As of 2007, over 1300 high school teams totaling over 32,306 students from Brazil, Canada, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom[2], and more compete in the annual competition. The competition challenge changes each year, and the teams cannot reuse components created for previous robots. The robots weigh around 120 pounds (depending on the current year's rules). The kit issued to each team contains a base set of parts. Details of the game are released at the beginning of January, and the teams are given six weeks to construct a competitive robot that can accomplish the game's tasks. In 2007, teams competed in 37[5] regional competitions throughout March in an effort to qualify for the FIRST Championship in Atlanta, Georgia in April. Previous years' Championships have been held in Houston, Texas and at Walt Disney World's Epcot.[6] FIRST Logo FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to excite students about engineering and technology. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 514 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1032 × 1203 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): FIRST Bellarmine College... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 514 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1032 × 1203 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): FIRST Bellarmine College... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Manchester Memorial is a four-year comprehensive school in Manchester, New Hampshire with an enrollment of approximately 2,268. ... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ... Nickname: Location in Fulton County and the state of Georgia Coordinates: , Country State Counties Fulton, DeKalb Government  - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area  - City  132. ... “Houston” redirects here. ... Cinderella Castle is the symbol of Magic Kingdom The Spaceship Earth geodesic sphere is the symbol of Epcot The Sorcerers Hat is the symbol of Disney-MGM Studios The Tree of Life is the symbol of Disneys Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World Resort is the largest and most... This article is about the Epcot theme park. ...


FIRST LEGO League

Main article: FIRST LEGO League

In 1998, the FIRST LEGO League (FLL), a program similar to the FIRST Robotics Competition, was formed. It is aimed at 9-14-year-old students and utilizes LEGO Mindstorms sets to build palm-sized LEGO robots, which are then programmed using the ROBOLAB software to autonomously compete against other teams[7]. The ROBOLAB software is based on National Instruments' LabView industrial control engineering software. The combination of interchangeable LEGO parts, computer 'bricks' and sensors, and the aforementioned software, provide preteens and teenagers with the capability to build reasonably complex models of real-life robotic systems. This competition also utilizes a research element that is themed with each year's game, and deals with a real-world situation for students to learn about through the season. A typical FLL robot from the 2004 season, using the RIS platform The FIRST Lego League (also known by its acronym FLL) is a competition for elementary and middle school students (ages 9-14, 9-16 in Europe), arranged by the FIRST organization. ... For other uses, see Lego (disambiguation). ... LEGO Mindstorms is the brand that the LEGO Company calls the robotics product line, this includes a programmable bricks along with electro-motors, sensors, LEGO bricks, and LEGO Technic pieces (gears, axles, beams, pneumatic components etc. ... The National Instruments Campus in Austin, Texas National Instruments, or NI (NASDAQ: NATI), is a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software. ... LabVIEW (short for Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is a platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments. ...


Junior FIRST LEGO League

Main article: FIRST LEGO League

The Junior FIRST LEGO League is a variation of the FIRST LEGO League, aimed towards elementary school children, in which 6-9-year-olds build LEGO models dealing with that year's FLL challenge. At least one part of a model has a moving component. The teams participate in exhibitions around the country, where they demonstrate and explain their models and research for award opportunities. A typical FLL robot from the 2004 season, using the RIS platform The FIRST Lego League (also known by its acronym FLL) is a competition for elementary and middle school students (ages 9-14, 9-16 in Europe), arranged by the FIRST organization. ...


FIRST Tech Challenge

Main article: FIRST Tech Challenge

The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly FIRST Vex Challenge (FVC), is a mid-level robotics competition announced by FIRST on March 22, 2005. According to FIRST, this competition was designed to be a more accessible and affordable option for schools. FIRST has also said that the FTC program was created for those of an intermediate skill level. FIRST Tech Challenge robots are approximately one-third the scale of their FRC counterparts. The FTC competition is meant to provide a transition for students from the FLL competition to the FRC competition. FTC was developed for the Vex Robotics Design System, which is available commercially.[8] The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly the FIRST Vexâ„¢ Challenge (FVC), is a mid-level robotics competition targeted toward high-school aged students. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A typical FLL robot from the 2004 season, using the RIS platform The FIRST Lego League (also known by its acronym FLL) is a competition for elementary and middle school students (ages 9-14, 9-16 in Europe), arranged by the FIRST organization. ...


The 2005 FVC pilot season featured a demonstration of the FIRST Vex Challenge using a 1/3 linear scale mock-up of the 2004 FRC Competition, FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar. For their 2005-2006 Pilot Season, FVC teams played the Half-Pipe Hustle game using racquet balls and ramps. First Frenzy: Raising the Bar is the game for the 2004 FIRST Robotics competition. ...


For the 2006-2007 FTC Season, the FIRST Tech Challenge teams competed in the Hangin'-A-Round challenge using softballs, rotating platforms, a hanging bar, and a larger 'Atlas' ball which is significantly larger than most Vex robots and harder to manipulate.[9][10] Competitions were held around the United States, Canada, and Mexico.[11]


Political Involvement

Each year during his speech at the kickoff event, founder Dean Kamen gives the student participants a homework assignment. It often involves spreading the word about FIRST in various ways, such as increasing attendance at regionals (2005)[12], mentoring rookie teams, making sure that FIRST-specific scholarships are applied for (2004)[13], and researching the capabilities of motors and disseminating that information to other teams (2006)[14]. In 2007, Dean's homework was for each team to contact their government officials (e.g. mayors, legislators, governors, federal officials) and invite them to a FIRST regional or the championship to expose them to the competition and increase the level of political awareness of FIRST. Any responses (or lack thereof) would be publicly posted on the FIRST Q&A forum.[15] Dean Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway PT. President Clinton and Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding his innovative invention, the iBOT Mobility System. ...


The efforts to attract political attention to FIRST in 2007 were quite successful, with visits to regional including the US Secretary of Commerce, 4 US Senators, 8 members of Congress, 4 state governors, 7 mayors, and a vice prime minister. Following the FIRST Championship Event in Atlanta in April, the championship winners were invited to the White House to demonstrate their robots to President Bush and members of Congress. Further, FIRST President Paul Gudonis was invited to testify before the Congressional Committee on Education and Labor about FIRST's achievements and goals.[16]


Timeline

Note: All years indicate the year that the championship for that game was held.

Year FRC FLL FTC
1992 Maize Craze
1993 Rug Rage
1994 Tower Power
1995 Ramp 'n Roll
1996 Hexagon Havoc
1997 Torroid Terror
1998 Ladder Logic
1999 Double Trouble Pilot Year
2000 Co-Opertition FIRST FIRST Contact
2001 Diabolical Dynamics Volcanic Panic
2002 Zone Zeal Arctic Impact
2003 Stack Attack City Sights
2004 FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar Mission Mars
2005 Triple Play No Limits Demonstration
2006 Aim High Ocean Odyssey Pilot Year: Half-Pipe Hustle
2007 Rack 'n Roll Nano Quest Hangin'-A-Round
2008 TBA Power Puzzle Quad Quandary

Maize Craze Diagram Maize Craze was the game in the inaugural year of the FIRST Robotics Competition. ... Rug Rage was the game used in the 1993 edition of the FIRST Robotics Competition. ... Tower Power was the 1994 game for the FIRST robotics competition. ... Ramp n Roll was the 1995 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition // Field The playing field is a carpeted modified T-shaped area. ... Hexagon Havoc was the 1996 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition. ... Torroid Terror was the 1997 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition // Field The playing field is a carpeted, hexagon-shaped area with a central goal. ... Ladder logic is a method of drawing electrical logic schematics. ... Double Trouble was the 1999 game for the FIRST robotics competition // Field Double Trouble initial field layout The playing field is a carpeted, rectangular area. ... Co-opertition FIRST was the 2000 game for the FIRST Robotics competition. ... Diabolical Dynamics was the 2001 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition. ... Zone Zeal was the 2002 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition. ... A Stack Attack match in progress Stack Attack is the game for the 2003 FIRST Robotics competition. ... First Frenzy: Raising the Bar is the game for the 2004 FIRST Robotics competition. ... Triple Play was the name of the 2005 season FIRST game. ... // Aim High is played by two alliances, red and blue, each consisting of three robots. ... Rack n Roll is the game for the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition season, announced on January 6, 2007. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Power Puzzle is the ninth FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge (not including the pilot). ... Quad Quandary is the first challenge theme for the new FTC (replacing the former FVC) with similar general rules regarding the specifications of the robot and the game play. ...

References

  1. ^ 2006 FIRST Annual Report, Retrieved on 2007-04-05
  2. ^ a b FIRST At A Glance, Retrieved on 2007-04-04
  3. ^ FIRST Place
  4. ^ FIRST History, usfirst.org
  5. ^ FRC Regional Events. FIRST. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
  6. ^ FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST. Retrieved on 2006-06-09.
  7. ^ FLL History
  8. ^ What is FVC?
  9. ^ Welcome to the 2006 FVC season!
  10. ^ 2006 FVC Manual, Sect. 1-8
  11. ^ FVC Events
  12. ^ Transcript of 2005 FRC Kickoff
  13. ^ Transcript of 2004 FRC Kickoff
  14. ^ Transcript of 2006 FRC Kickoff
  15. ^ FIRST Forums: Dean's Homework
  16. ^ http://www.usfirst.org/who/content.aspx?id=5574

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...

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