FIRST Robotics Competition Resources

Stable official hub for the current game, manual, Q&A, field, Kit of Parts, KitBot, and season resources.

Current manual, team updates, Q&A, inspection resources, event preparation, and season calendar.

FIRST's technical hub for mechanical, electrical, programming, inspection, CAD, and other robot-building references.

Official field drawings, CAD, AprilTags, field-tour videos, and team practice-element resources.

Official FIRST safety manual and safety-culture resources for FRC and FTC teams.

Official submission information for awards requiring pre-event submissions.

Past game manuals, field assets, inspection documents, KitBot materials, and historical season references.

Searchable cross-program FIRST library for team, technical, safety, branding, outreach, and competition materials.

The primary FRC control-system and programming reference, including wiring, software installation, simulation, commands, controls, and tools.

A step-by-step path from wiring and software installation through deploying a working robot program.

Student training curriculum covering FRC basics, controls, CAD, build, strategy, media, and awards.

A comprehensive Onshape-centered learning site for FRC CAD, design fundamentals, mechanism examples, and best practices.

An approachable introduction to sturdy structures, motion transfer, hardware, and common FRC robot-building techniques.

Team organization, design principles, event preparation, vendors, scouting, sustainability, and competition strategy for developing teams.

A practical priority list for new or growing teams deciding which shop tools, materials, and electronics to buy first.

Detailed reference on structure, materials, fasteners, 3D printing, power transmission, and designing mechanisms for controllability.

Curated mechanism examples with explanations intended to teach design concepts rather than simply provide CAD to copy.

Large curated index of FRC design, drivetrains, manipulators, bumpers, calculators, fabrication, and advanced engineering resources.

Quick-reference tables for motors, fasteners, gears, chain, belts, bearings, stock weights, and common robot hardware.

Browser-based calculators for belts, chain, gearing, arms, linear mechanisms, flywheels, intakes, and ratio selection.

Documentation and reference information for WCP gearboxes, drivetrain components, swerve systems, and FRC build hardware.

Swerve module selection, cost comparisons, wiring, encoders, gyros, tuning considerations, spare parts, and software options.

FIRST-specific Onshape resources, FRC parts libraries, field models, KitBot CAD, learning materials, and team setup guidance.

Official self-paced courses for CAD fundamentals, assemblies, drawings, configurations, and advanced Onshape workflows.

Control-system hardware overview, wiring, networking, roboRIO setup, Driver Station, CAN, power, and diagnostics.

Documentation for REV FRC electronics, brushless motors, SPARK motor controllers, sensors, firmware, and configuration.

Documentation for Talon FX/Kraken, CANcoder, Pigeon, CANivore, Phoenix Tuner, closed-loop control, simulation, and logging.

Core FRC programming concepts, robot projects, NetworkTables, data logging, telemetry, and software architecture.

Subsystem/command architecture, triggers, command groups, scheduling, and recommended organization for FRC robot code.

Tools and concepts for simulating robot code and mechanisms before deploying to physical hardware.

Built-in robot data logging, log formats, analysis, and diagnostic workflows.

GUI path creation plus PathPlannerLib for autonomous routines, event markers, pathfinding, swerve support, and robot-side path following.

Time-optimal trajectory planning for swerve and differential drivetrains with constraints, obstacles, and robot-side ChoreoLib integration.

PID, feedforward, state-space controls, motion profiles, trajectory concepts, and other controls engineering tools.

System identification workflow for characterizing drivetrains and mechanisms and deriving useful feedforward/model constants.

Deep controls-engineering text by Tyler Veness covering modeling, feedback, estimation, motion planning, and state-space methods in FRC.

Open-source FRC vision system covering camera setup, AprilTags, PhotonLib, calibration, pose estimation, and robot integration.

Official Limelight setup, networking, pipelines, AprilTags, MegaTag pose estimation, APIs, and integration references.

Powerful robot log analysis and visualization with graphs, 2D/3D field views, joystick data, video sync, and live telemetry.

Logging and deterministic replay framework for advanced FRC software development and post-match debugging.

Comparison and guidance for driver dashboards, diagnostics dashboards, and telemetry tools used with WPILib.

Community-standard FRC team and event database with match results, videos, rankings, awards, historical data, and notifications.

Developer API for building scouting tools, dashboards, event utilities, and data-analysis projects using FRC event data.

FRC analytics centered on Expected Points Added (EPA), team strength, event forecasts, and historical performance trends.

Python API for querying team, event, match, and EPA data for scouting and analytics projects.

The official source for schedules, rankings, scores, teams, awards, and advancement information.

The authoritative source for current judged and performance award criteria and judging resources.

Winning submissions, definitions, FAQs, judging guidance, and examples for the program's top team award.

Fundraising, mentoring, recruitment, outreach, team administration, budgeting, grants, and competition preparation.

Searchable community discussion covering nearly every FRC technical and organizational topic.

Build-season documentation from teams openly sharing designs, software, prototypes, testing, and lessons learned.

One of the most extensive FRC resource hubs, with original guides plus curated resources from other teams.