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About FIRST Robotics
Dean Kamen is the founder of FIRST Robotics, a high school competition in science and technology- FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology". BAE Systems, the major host of the entire competition, says they "...believe it is vital that [they] help encourage more young people to consider careers in science and engineering."
One aspect of the FIRST Robotics competition usually consists of a game in which a robot that each team designs plays. This year's game is Breakaway, similar to soccer.
However, FIRST does not focus primarily on the robotic and mechanical side of technology. There is whole other side to FIRST: gracious professionalism, a term coined by Dr. Woodie Flowers, who is FIRST's National Advisor and Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gracious Professionals are respectful and kind to others while avoiding treating anyone like a lesser. Gracious professionalism is an ethic of working hard, valuing others, and respecting the community. The Chop Shop works hard to exhibit these qualities.
After members have gone through high school, FIRST isn't over; many of the program's alumni come back and mentor for the team.
FIRST is a community program geared toward science and techology.
Please look at other FIRST teams' websites:
- Paly Robotics (Team 8): http://palyrobotics.com/
- Mount Olive Robotics Team Marauders (Team 11): http://mortteam11.myrobotics.info/php/index.php
- The Rocketeers (Team 20): http://www.team20.com/
- Combbat (Team 21): http://www.combbat21.com/
- Raider Robotix (Team 25): http://www.raiderrobotix.org/
- Rockets Team (Team 34): http://www.rockets34.com/
- Highland High School Robotics (Team 39): http://www.hhsrobotics.org/site/aboutfirst.htm
- Woodside/Carlmont Robotics (Team 100): http://www.team100.org/
- Gearheads (Team 102): http://www.team102.org/index.php
- Cybersonics (Team 103): http://www.cybersonics.org/cybersonics/rural/103story.asp
- The Blue Alliance (Team 107): http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/team.php?team=107
- Landroids (Team 109): http://www.landroids.org/
- Wildstang (Team 111): http://www.wildstang.org/main/history.php
- Los Altos Robotics (Team 114): http://lahsrobotics.org/
- Monta Vista Robotics (Team 115): http://www.mvrt.com/2008/clear.php
- Epsilon Delta (Team 116): http://www.team116.org/2007/index.html
- Gus (Team 228): http://www.team228.org/
- Beach Cities Robotics (Team 294): http://www.bcrobotics.org/
- (Team 467): http://www.team467.org/
- Code Red Robotics (Team 639): http://cms.team639.org/
- Issaquah Robotics Society (Team 1318): http://www.issaquahrobotics.org/
- Huntington County 4-H Robotics (Team 1501): http://huntingtonrobotics.org/
- Hilltopper Robotics (Team 1732): http://www.team1732.com/cms/
- The Short Circuits (Team 1743): http://www.team1743.org/
- The Green Machine (Team 1816): http://www.edinarobotics.com/
- The Beattie Bulldog Bot (Team 2051): http://www.beattietech.com/robot/
- Phoenix Robotics (Team 2342): http://phoenixrobotics.net/
- The KwarQs (Team 2423): http://whsrobot.blogspot.com/
- Quasics Robotics (Team 2656): http://www.quasics.com/