FIRST Technology Challenge

Volunteer of the Year Award  The FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteer of the Year Award winner was Kevin Ross from Carnation, Washington. Inspire Award - Team 5466, Combustible Lemons from Davenport, Iowa  Finalists: Team 6022, TBD – To Be Determined from Aurora, Ohio Team 6347, Geared Up from Rome, New York Team 8686, Height Differential from Saint Paul, Minnesota World Championship Winning Alliance – from the Ochoa Division: Team 8686, Height Differential from Saint Paul, Minnesota Team 6929, Data Force from Littleton, Colorado Team 5916, BoBots from Earleville, Maryland 2017 Finalist Alliance St. Louis – from the Edison Division:  Team 8221, Cubix^3 from Hampstead, Maryland Team 8644, The Brainstormers from Lexington, Massachusetts Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox from Catonsville, Maryland Think Award - Team 3415, Lancers from Livingston, New Jersey  Finalists: Team 4211, The Bombers from Saint Louis, Missouri Team 5199, Duct Tape and a Prayer from Barrington, Illinois Team 6929, Data Forc

Volunteer of the Year Award  The FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteer of the Year Award winner was Robert Atkinson from Woodinville, Washington. Inspire Award - Team 3491, Fix-It from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  Finalists: Team 2856, Tesseract from Seattle, Washington Team 8471, The Ducks from Hemet, California Team 8668, Error 404 Team Name Not Found from Houston, Texas Winning Alliance Houston  World Championship Winning Alliance – from the Franklin Division: Team 724, RedNek Robotics Wun from Sun River, Montana Team 4216, Rise of Hephaestus from San Diego, California Team 8651, Wait For It… from Pearl, Mississippi Finalist Alliance Houston – from the Jemison Division  Team 9915, Robo Thunder from Bellevue, Washington Team 4717, Mechromancers from Oviedo, Florida Team 7203, KNO3 from Tampa, Florida Think Award - Team 6510, The Cybersharks from Palacios, Texas  Finalists: Team 3491, Fix-It from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Team 6990, Static Void from Cedar Park, Texas Team 717

Welcome to our FIRST Tech Challenge Family!  FIRST® registration is now open! It's the perfect time to register your team, ahead of summer break! Check out our streamlined registration process—a simplified dashboard with reminders. Two Youth Protection Plan (YPP) screened Coaches are still required to manage the team roster and begin meeting with youth; however, now Coaches and administrators can create teams, pay, and order products while Coaches are completing the screening process.  Our 2017-2018 season is going to be our most exciting season yet! If you have stumbled upon this blog post and have yet to sign up for a team, check out our  Start a Team Checklist & Resources  that will take you through the process of starting a  FIRST  Tech Challenge Team.  If you still find that you need assistance in starting out, feel free to contact us here at  FIRST  by shooting an email to   ftcteams@firstinspires.org . We also have a handy "Chat" function on this website that