This is kind of short notice but I’ve decided that I’m going to live-blog the FIRST FRC Kickoff, Saturday, January 3rd. I will be bringing you live coverage of the Portland Metro kickoff event as this year’s challenge is unveiled.
For those who don’t know, FIRST is an organization devoted to getting kids interested in science technology, engineering, and math. To do this, FIRST has turned learning into a sport with robotics. FRC is the high-school level robotics competition that I participated in during my senior year of high school.
Each year, teams are given six weeks to design, build, and program a robot that competes with other robots in a specific challenge. The challenge is announced on the first Saturday of each year in a satellite broadcast shown worldwide during the kickoff event.
