What is FIRST Tech Challenge?
​FIRST Tech Challenge teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head to head challenge in an alliance format. The FIRST Tech Challenge program rewards teamwork, Gracious Professionalism, and intelligent design with a cost-effective robotics platform. FIRST Tech Challenge is scalable and volunteer driven.
"Competition for the sake not of destroying one another, but for the sake of bettering and improving both competitors as a result of the competition."
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- Woodie Flowers
Want to get involved? Ready to join a KY team? Want to start a team in KY?
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Our programming can be implemented as a class or as an extracurricular activity! Teams can be at a public, school, private school, homeschool group or any community group!
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E-mail us at info@kyfirstrobotics.org and we will help you get started
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Congratulations to the following teams advancing to the World Championship!
21239 All Systems Go!
8417 'Lectric Legends
Congratulations to our Dean's List Winners advancing to the World Championship!
Ella Z. from 11225
Olivia S. from 21239
Congratulations to the following teams earning advancement to Premier Events!
11225 DELTA Robotics
4444 Whitefield Robocats
22778 Portland Christian Robotics
20694 Craft Coalition
Congratulations to the following teams advancing to the KY Run for the Robots Premier Event!
26187 MC Hornets
19989 Wings of Steel
24199 MC Magic
26395 Midas Automatons
18865 Will Power
Did You Know?
That FIRST Tech Challenge teams aren't limited to a kit of parts? That's right! They can use anything from custom-designed 3D printed parts to a measuring tape and even things from the recycling bin! You can even use every engineer's favorite tools - duct tape & zip ties - to fix anything that breaks! And some teams find that their prototype with these materials works just fine. The possibilities are (almost) endless!
Informational Videos
These videos have been produced as additional support for KY FTC teams, all produced by your KY leadership team! This is a great place to start when you have a question about anything related to FTC.
Kelli & Heather, your local PDPs, walk you through how to prepare for FTC Competitions. This video breaks down matches and what to expect at your very first league meet or scrimmage. Technical Difficulties, check back soon!​
Resources
Here are some resources used by the FTC community.