FIRST Tech Challenge documentation
Welcome to the FIRST® Tech Challenge Documentation! This website contains everything you need to know to create a competition robot! There is information and tutorials on how to use the FIRST Tech Challenge software and robot control system. There is also information for coaches and mentors.
FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics program for middle and high school students. It’s way more than building robots, see About the FIRST Tech Challenge and Gracious Professionalism® to see why.
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New Team - New Teams may not know where to start. This is the way!
Returning Team - Returning Teams looking for resources can look here.
Coach - Coaches looking for help or Team Administrative Resources can look here.
Mentor - Technical Mentors looking for Technical Resources should look here first!
The main menu contains links to the top level content. The following are quick links organized by topic.
Programming Links
Quick Links for Programming Language Resources
Control System Links
Let’s get to know the FIRST Tech Challenge Control System!
Software Development Kit (SDK)
The Software Development Kit (SDK) is the collection of tools for developing software and executing it on the robot.
Game Links
Be sure you’re following all of the rules of the competition! The Competition Manual is an essential document.
Note
This project is under active development. Anything contained herein is for informational purposes only; while this documentation is intended to support teams and in some way provide context to game rules, the game rules supercede all documentation found here. If you have feedback about this project, please use our feedback form.