~~ TEAM/EVENT LINKS and FAQ answers! ~~ !If you're interested in finding a team or attending an event, here's the official team search from FIRST: www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search And if you want to know more about any specific team (like a link to their website) you can probably find it on Blue Alliance: www.thebluealliance.com/ This is a world map that shows events and teams. I'm not sure how accurate it is because it doesn't look official, but it's a lot easier to search by eye! (and it also doesn't include the other FIRST programs like FLL and FTC (FRC was featured in the video)) frcmap.com/ If you're looking to help a team as a mentor, volunteer, or sponsor: www.firstinspires.org/support If you're specifically interested in one of the teams I mentioned or featured, here are links to them all! --------------------------------------------- 435, Robodogs www.robodogs.org/ --------------------------------------------- 451, The Cat Attack thecatattack.org/ --------------------------------------------- 587, The Hedgehogs www.team587.org/ --------------------------------------------- 2059, The Hitchikers team2059.org/blog/ --------------------------------------------- 2642, Pitt Pirates www.pittpiratesrobotics.com/ --------------------------------------------- 3737, Roto Raptors rotoraptors.wixsite.com/team3737 --------------------------------------------- 5727, OmegaBytes omegabytes.org/ facebook.com/omegabytes5727/ --------------------------------------------- 6502, Darc Side 6502.team/ www.da.org/thedaexperience/upper-school/competitive-academic-teams/robotics --------------------------------------------- 7443, Overhills Jag-Wires facebook.com/jagwires7443/ --------------------------------------------- 8634, Bootstraps! www.thebluealliance.com/team/8634 --------------------------------------------- 8727, Glitch 2.0 www.glitch8727.com/ --------------------------------------------- (if anybody watching this is FROM one of these teams and wants me to change/update/add a link, let me know!) --------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------

@paulmakesthings

Жыл бұрын

How autonomous are they? What level of control is allowed?

@parthsahni8952

Жыл бұрын

Hi I am very interested in this but im dont think if something like this is organised in india :( Would realllllly like someone to correct me if this is not true

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmakesthings There is a 15 second period at the start of each match when the robots are fully autonomous (and all the points are worth a lot more), and then even when drivers take control, many teams program in autonomous behavior that assists the human drivers, like automatically aiming at the goal.

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@parthsahni8952 Looks like there are a few! frcmap.com/

@barknvar3902

Жыл бұрын

@@parthsahni8952 You can always create a team and compite in any region, my older team was founded in Turkey even though there were no regional event at that time

Wow all these kids are so impressive. Truly gives me hope for the future to know they and many more like them are out there

@ryanmccawley6301

Жыл бұрын

There are a quite a few FIRST alumni in all sorts of companies. Id be more surprised if there was an engineering/manufacturing company in the US that does not have some connection with the FIRST organization.

@cvoges12

Жыл бұрын

I'm a FIRST alumni and went to world championships twice. I can safely say that FIRST has shaped many people in ways that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. It is one of the greatest learning opportunities I've ever had.

@forget2bhuman993

Жыл бұрын

pitty youll have a tall kid put on a free ride cuz he might go pro in basketball, and then you have these genius kids who could solve real world problems just get ignored by anyone with funding...

@ryanmccawley6301

Жыл бұрын

@@forget2bhuman993 that’s not even relevant to this conversation. There are many scholarships and grant opportunities for FIRST students. What’s great about FIRST and what cvoges12 is getting at is that the education you get in the FIRST programs is one of the most valuable education experiences due to the level of access to the program, skills learned, and networking opportunity. I’d say it’s almost more valuable than higher ed. while also recognizing higher ed. has its place.

@Numbnuts007

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanmccawley6301 speaking from my own personal experience, my brother was a part of crunch team 79 from Eastlake high school's engineering program and the founder of the engineering academy was a former executive of Raytheon and Boeing. You're absolutely right.

Ah yes, FRC, the competition where I slept under a metal table in our booth between matches because I was so sleep deprived from helping put out metaphorical (or at least mostly metaphorical) fires over the preceding week and a half. The same metal table that me and another person accidentally welded while discussing how to best mount the battery on the robot just a few nights before (protip: don't touch the leads of a live battery to something that you don't want to pass current through, like a metal table). I have a lot of vivid memories of the whole ordeal, even after a decade. I definitely recommend anybody interested in robotics, or any of the skills involved, give FRC a try.

@pvic6959

Жыл бұрын

I was only in FLL as a middle schooler but the stress is real. its INSANE what us kids go though. we really shouldn't be putting that kind of stress on ourselves lol. we had no life when we were in FLL. But the rush of something working stays with you for a while im a software engineer now and i wish I had been able to dd FRC. that team who had never coded before... _I_ dont know if I could do that and im 3 years out of college lol

@justinjustin7224

Жыл бұрын

@@pvic6959 Oh, the coding was actually kinda easy (I was one of the 2 programmers on our team, both with effectively 0 experience); FIRST provided some graphical coding thing where you wire together squares that ran functions, and they provided premade code, like the controls for the mecanum wheels. The other programmer and I did very little programming when all was said and done (well, I did spend a week staring at squares and lines to figure out what the code was doing and fix an issue we had with one of the supplied programs). EDIT: all the time I spent not coding was instead spent doing wiring or helping out whoever needed an extra pair of hands.

@cartler

Жыл бұрын

@@justinjustin7224 flowchart coding is the best, 100%

@bozo7893

Жыл бұрын

Did y’all have a monster of a mentor?

@justinjustin7224

Жыл бұрын

@@bozo7893 I definitely wouldn't call them a monster. They didn't force us to crunch or anything like that, but they were there for us when we would stay up working till 2am when we found a mistake we needed to fix. Hell, they even gave me a ride home a few times during those nights. I really appreciate them and the guidance they provided.

Thank you for covering this, competing in the FIRST competitions are some of my fondest memories, its great to see so many people living that dream too!

@pvic6959

Жыл бұрын

I was in in FLL in middle school!! But i didnt have time for FTC/FRC when i started high school. 720: me too, back in my day 3d printers were just a concept people had heard about. it want until i started college when they started going main stream. and now... any maker can have one if they want lol

@MrARM

Жыл бұрын

I was in FRC during high school, I really miss getting to work on making a robot in that kind of capacity. Truly a good part of my adolescent years.

@roblowe2714

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, probably the most fun ive had so far in high school. Finally club president, and looking forward to leading my team for our first blue banner. (hopefully)

@atomictheory981

Жыл бұрын

I did FLL, FTC, and FRC and I agree, it was a great experience.

@agentl1on-ttt-989

Жыл бұрын

been doing FLL for 8 years already, been a crazy journey

This competition was incredibly fun, and despite being a senior for it, it was also like a rookie year for much of our team. Learning to program a robot without accidentally making it tear its own climbing mechanism apart was something that has taught me a lot about programming in sensitive environments, forcing the inclusion of redundancy and caution. Anyway, Go team 287! (I still think we had the coolest climbing mechanism)

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't get a great view of it on match videos - The center hooks looked like they were on a big ladder? Did it use motors or pistons to extend?

@nul00000OOO

Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPhoenixChannel It used motors and belts that moved an elevator on linear bearings. To me though that wasn't the cool part, it was that we had the climb sequence fully automated, the driver just had to line up the climb and hold down a button, allowing us to make something like a 15 second traversal climb consistently (except in the first few matches). And maybe I'm a little biased as the programmer but I think the ability to use limit switches and event driven programming to prevent it from throwing itself off the bars was quite clever.

@lordorion8657

Жыл бұрын

As a former electrical lead, I may be biased in saying that using limit switches hurts my heart, in certain cases. If the limit switch isn't rammed into by a mechanism, then it's fine. But at the same time, I also have learnt programming while using electrical components and realized that switches make things easier, so I guess I am biased in both cases. Heck, this coming year, I may as well be biased in all sub teams since I am team captain. Go team 2537!

@RAndrewNeal

Жыл бұрын

@@lordorion8657 Just design a limit for the limit switch! lol Something like a rubber stopper (print with TPU if you have to make it custom) so the limit switch can be actuated, but not forced beyond its range of motion.

@GearWizards16917

Жыл бұрын

@@nul00000OOO there was a robot that jumped to the top bar, might want to rethink that mindset

My sisters High School team had to build one that shot frisbees into a thing. I helped them out a couple of times and it was pretty cool but I knew I was in over my heard since I had not taken a robotics class. It was weird for me at 21 having a bunch of 17 year old kids who were much brighter than I was boss me around.

@Hyrum_Graff

Жыл бұрын

2013, Ultimate Ascent. Frisbees were a pretty unique gamepiece.

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

Frisbees should come back - that was a great challenge. I'd like to see them rolled or something instead

@CCRLH85

Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPhoenixChannel those things were **dangerous**. I remember volunteering at competitions where those things found their way into the crowd repeatedly. That was the only game where FIRST made a major change to the rules _after_ build season because a test competition discovered that letting human players throw Frisbees for the last thirty seconds of the match was a complete safety hazard.

@TheLegomann97

Жыл бұрын

@@CCRLH85 My old team had a cross-court shooter and I'm pretty sure that thing could break an arm if you got hit at point blank range.

@P-7

Жыл бұрын

@@CCRLH85 my mentor has a chipped tooth from that game 😂

Would love to see these events in person... Wish we had events like that when I was in School... Thanks for sharing.

@barknvar3902

Жыл бұрын

FRC has been held since 1992 it is very likely that some of your peers have participated in the competition, and many people support the competition as mentors, you can consider this if you are still interested

@trashtrash2169

Жыл бұрын

I almost did something like this, but it wasn't and isn't exactly what I like doing.

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

All of the events are open to the public, and are held in spring-ish. If you go here and select "events" in the three-bars menu, you can find an event near you! frcmap.com/

@lasersbee

Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPhoenixChannel Thanks for the link... I found events that will be held not too far from me...😉

@RoBoVines

Жыл бұрын

@@lasersbee This video (while wonderful) Doesn't do a competition justice. I would strongly recommend making the trip to one if you get a chance!!! Pro tip: Bring a pair of safety glasses

I am a FIRST alumni and I must say that robotics was the first thing that inspired me to be an engineer. Incredible experience.

That’s so cool you went to a competition to document this! I’m lucky enough to be on a team that made it to one division of finals at worlds for Rapid React. It seems like not enough people know about FRC, and it’s amazing you are putting it out there!

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

I agree - it's so incredible and it needs more press! especially because a lot of teams are trying to spin back up after COVID right now and it's really tough to recruit once numbers fall below a critical level

I’m glad to see First getting traction on KZread! I am extremely proud of our students on the Omegabytes and the extended First NC team! It was an amazing experience getting to meet you personally at this even after your interview with our students from 5727.

Just got to love the enthusiasm and passion these young engineers have towards their amazing creations! Wish I had the same opportunity when I was younger.....

@himanshusingh5214

Жыл бұрын

Sorry.

@DavesAstrophotography

Жыл бұрын

@@himanshusingh5214 Hi there, sorry for what, did I miss something?

@himanshusingh5214

Жыл бұрын

@@DavesAstrophotography Sorry for the fact that you couldn't get the same opportunity when you were young. I feel sorry that everybody in the world doesn't have infinite resources at their disposal. Everybody in the world doesn't have equal resources at their disposal which seems fine.

@himanshusingh5214

Жыл бұрын

I have a Celestron Telescope. 70Az. I am thinking of getting a bigger one. Which should I buy? Startracker India, GSO, Founder Optics, William Optics Taiwan, BRESSER Germany, Meade, Explore Scientific USA.

Some of the best people who’ve joined the Weisz Task Force are former (and a few current) FIRST competitors - I’m working on a build involving pneumatics right now and I have no idea how I’d do it without their expertise.

Team 4795: Eastbots captain here. This is an awesome feature! FIRST NC is a really vibrant community, and everybody is super excited to collaborate and push the sport forward. We were rank 2 and held the state champs high score, and couldn’t have done it without teams like 587, 4829, and 3506!

@eternalfrost1732

Жыл бұрын

Ayo eastbots! I'm the build captian of 587, hows things?

@luciengenova8688

Жыл бұрын

Yoooo! Things are going great! How’s hedgehogs doing?

Thank you for covering your story in FRC. I’m a VexU (a sub branch of VRC) competitor myself (NUKE) so it brings me joy that their is someone out there “documenting” robotics competitions like these. It would be amazing if someone could do the same for VRC/ VexU. Also, for students that may be reading this, if you are interested in STEM and don’t have a FIRST team locally I would highly recommend searching for a local VRC team and/ or creating your own. VRC tends to be a bit cheaper (smaller robots) although FRC tends to get more sponsorships from local companies.

The best way I can explain the FRC community is to tell you about my team's rookie year. We had a lot of problems with our robot on day 1 of competition. People from 3 different teams were in our pit that day helping us fix things. A few others lent us tools and materials we didn't have. It was a blast.

@lcuo98

Жыл бұрын

FIRST is the most wholesome community

This was the most important part of my life in high school, I loved it so much. Thank you for this video, it brought back so many wonderful memories. Honestly made me tear up a little

2642 Pitt Pirates Engineering Captain here! This was an amazing opportunity for all of highschool. This team helped me get into NCSU for Mechanical Engineering. I love that I finally found the video of my team's interview. Your video was awesome!

@rowansmith422

Жыл бұрын

3459 MEMEBER HERE THANKS FOR HELPING US WIN THE BRACKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR TEAM'S DECADE LONG HISTORY

@CalvinC1922

Жыл бұрын

hello from team 4915

Love your videos. This is especially uplifting to see America's young minds at work and their enthusiasm for these challenges and complicated problem solving. Kudos to you in allowing them to explain their processes. It's inspiring for this 64 year old grandfather and gives me some hope for the future of our world. Much better than watching superfluous tic tocs!

It makes me so happy to see videos like these that explain frc in a concise and simple way. It’s such a complex and amazing experience and it can be difficult to describe. Being a part of and leading a team helped me grow as a person in a million ways. I also really appreciate you spreading the word in an effort to help teams recruit. I experienced my first and last in person competition last year before I graduated and my team is working hard to bounce back and build hype. Much love from 8016!

17:57 Kudos how well she spoke about others

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

good teamwork is a HUGE part of FRC. there's no way one person can put together a robot like this in the time they have. I think learning to appreciate the whole team is one of the best things about the program

I always saw the clock on the background and wondered which team you are graduated from. I am the mentor of #7285 from Turkey and love your videos. Thanks for creating such a great video about FRC.

Everyone focuses on the robots, but the real magic of FIRST Robotic is that there’s an opportunity for everyone, with all kinds of interests and skills, to participate. The teams have to raise money, market their product, present to investors, keep accounting records and lots more. It isn’t just for engineering geeks. Some teams are fully self funded, some are after school clubs, others are actual school classes. Perhaps the greatest feature is the concept of “co-opertition”, where teams are rewarded for helping other teams. As many have said, seeing the excitement in these kids is wonderful.

One of the best FRC over views I've seen. As a fellow FRC alumni thanks for making this video. It's been a trip down nostalgia lane and I can't wait to share it!

I'm so happy to see this on your channel!! I loved being involved with First Robotics in high school, it's what solidified my decision to become an engineer. We need more of this in schools!!!!

I participated in frc back in 2012. The challenge was shooting Frisbees into one of 3 slots on a wall then climbing a tower. We didn't compete in the finals but my team won an engineering design award and that trophy is still on my shelf to this day.

I will echo the comments of other old farts here and say how much I wish something like this competition had existed when I was in school. Today I design/build electric race cars so I have an outlet for my maker urges, but in high school I was limited to solo projects I could fund with meager earnings from a part time job.

Didn't realize it was team 6502 hahaha, obviously teams 6502 and 8008 and 8086 etc are amazing :-D - but more seriously all of them are amazing, the level of excitement gave me chills haha!

When you started this with "You'll notice this clock here with no batteries" that you were going to somehow go on to prove that it's powered by neutrino's or something but it somehow set the stage for a much cooler story!

I actually did this for 5 years, started in 8th grade and finished my senior year of highschool. I still plan to go visit my old team when I'm back in town from college. Team 2028, Phantom Robotics. Easily the best part about my 4 years in highschool, the community during games is un-matched. The seasons are fun and challenging, and each year brings something new. My final year, our main CNC machine broke down, so we were unable to make smaller parts in house. We also had a team of ~20 students with only 2 veterans, myself included. Our team was very proud of the fact that we had as little mentor involvement as possible, even when most of the team was stuck. They were our guides, not our solutions.

Great documentary highlighting FRC! And thank you, AlphaPhoenix! We enjoyed speaking to you about our climb mechanism and appreciate you including us. Props to you for all you do to share STEAM and First Robotics Competition!!

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I'll post the whole interview soon!

FIRST Robotics Competition changed my life. Glad to see someone covering it! It feels like it's so little talked about even though it's a HUGE operation. I wish more shows and movies showcased it's awesomeness.

As a 63 year old man, this video earned you a new sub today. I did not know about this for high school students. IMO it's what we need more of for our next generation. More engineers!

This is now making me realize that these competitions have conditioned me to find mistakes in robots, and 6502 is the most annoying robot to defend because the only consistent options is either moving the opponent’s balls or confusing the lime light but the fact that they can modify it in the fly makes it a brutal combo (if they can do it quickly)

@salsaman4374

Жыл бұрын

You also can't confuse the lime light! Rules prohibit intentionally confusing targeting systems like lime light that relies on retroreflector vision. You can put up a huge wall of sorts which happened a lot at the Monterey Regional where 4 teams put up huge pool noodle walls lol

@gengarisnotinsmash...

Жыл бұрын

I actually successfully defended a similar robot when I played. Our hanging mechanism was a large piece of... I don't even remember what it was made of, I wasn't on build team. But it was a large piece that would swing up when we hit the low bar so we could then hook on the mid bar. While it lost us more points than it gained, when we were alliance 8 going against alliance 1 in the playoffs it perfectly blocked the targeting light from the second best robot there. Meaning that I, a 100 lb robot with mechanium wheel drive, was the single best robot at defending that particular team. We were the only alliance in the playoffs to not allow the 1 seed to score 100 points.

@rowansmith422

Жыл бұрын

they were a force to be reckoned with - somehow they didn't make it to worlds, but they were close

Proud alumni of FIRST Robotics Team 60 here. The program is beyond valuable for students and helps students learn how to problem solve and work on a team. It's amazing. ANYONE who sees this comment, PLEASE consider donating to your local FIRST robotics team, chances are your town has a team or two.

Great to see I'm not the only one that's kept the FIRST spirit coming out of Cat Attack (actually worked on the 2012 451 bot with Brian). Starting a career in engineering and coming back to FRC as a mentor for 8728 last year really let me appreciate just how much this program truly helps students learn real world skills. Love seeing a familiar face pop up in my feed, looking forward to more.

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

Apollo!

Wow, i participate in frc and never thought you’d cover the competition, so glad you did, it seems like so many people i talk with don’t know about it

Awesome video! I love seeing young adults interested in math, electronics, and engineering.

I'm so happy to see some first coverage!! This is about to be my fourth and last year, and I've learned so much from it. It's such an awesome competition and organization!

A decade has passed since my last year at school and since my last FIRST event. I owe everything that I have achieved to this event. Social skills, engineering skills, problem solving, working under pressure, understanding of software, hardware and mechanics, how to be a part of and how to lead a team. Man... FIRST is truly awesome.

Glad to see FRC getting some love! Couldn’t click on this fast enough! If only we can make it past quarterfinals this year tho… I’m confident the curse will end!

FIRST robotics was so fun the 3 years I was part of it! Thanks for covering it

I was on an FRC team, it was a blast and i wish i had done it sooner in my life

It has been a long time since I competed in FRC but if not for FRC I might not be designing satellites today. Something I've seen at every FRC I have been at or seen covered in video. The students that have done some real work on the robots speak as if they have already graduated with a degree and are going off to their first engineering job. They speak with confidence about their thousands of lines of code and the mechanisms they have designed and put together.

Damn these kids are so lucky to have this opportunity, I've never seen anything like this before. Looks like an awesome learning experience.

Thank you so much for taking time to cover this and put out a video on it. I have been a mentor/coach with FRC teams since 2014 and it is absolutely amazing watching kids come up with answers to the problems presented.

I just wanted to say I’ve appreciated you’re videos for well over a year and all these kids are incredible. You are all amazing ambassadors, makes me smile 😀

I just joined an frc team at my districts high school. We watched a lot of previous competitions and it’s really crazy how the robots do all the challenges

This gives me FTC memories, even though it was only a year ago for me. I had some of the best moments in my life during high school robotics, working on the robot at 2am the morning of competition. Good times that I'll never forget.

It’s really cool to see such inspired and passionate people talking about their work and being able to show it off

this is what the news should be focusing on. love to see the diversity of all these kids. and shout out to all their parents that are clearly doing something right

As a current student of an FRC team, I can't stress how amazing these programs are. I've been on the team for four years now and it has been one of the best experiences of my life so far.

Thank you for covering frc. It's always one of my favorite things to see what every team does, and this video does an amazing job at introducing it to more people.

2022s season was one of the best moments of my freshman year can’t wait for next season

I knew there was a reason i was up at 4AM!! Thanks for the upload Alpha!

Awsome video. Saw my team and self in the pit at 1:24-1:26. Lots of love from 7890. This was a great video showing off First Robotics and what we all love to do. Thanks for the awesome recruiting video.

I really love seeing this. while my highschool didn't have to budget, or chose not to spend it on our robotics team, to compete in frc, I loved the three years that I spent with some of my closest friends competing in vrc (vex robotics competition) and I really appreciate the attention being brought to the topic so that more kids will hopefully get into their high school or local community's vrc or frc team

Woohoo a FIRST Robotics video! Greetings from a former 973 alum and 5102 and 3925 mentor!

I was on team 308 from Commerce Twp. Michigan from 2011-2014. FIRST Robotics made me into the engineer I am today. Not only do you learn so much about science, technology, and engineering, but you also learn tremendous soft skills like teamwork, communication, and how to manage stress and overcome adversity. Incredibly thankful for the experience and all the mentors that gave their time to help the students. You did a great job capturing this event!

It's super cool to see you cover FIRST, I'm involved in FTC and it's been a blast for the past 3 years

Love to see such enthusiasm for science and Engineering among these young kids.

it's so cool that you made a video about a competition I've participated in for junior and senior year of high school! Being in team 2478 was one of the best experiences I've ever had and even got me a varsity team letter. FRC Steamworks was super fun and the experience I've gained from it set me up for my machining career.

This popped up on my KZread feed right after Emceeing/Game Announcing for the first time at Robots @ CNE! I joined FIRST in 2017, and I'm so glad I joined. I met my best friends through this league, fell in love twice because of it, and found a home that stick with me no matter where I go. One of the things FIRST in my region has always touted is inclusivity and kindness, and as a queer disabled kid, that made a massive difference, and honestly saved my life. I'm so proud of the kids in this league.

As an alumn, mentor, and volunteer for thus organization. It's great to see someone covering it to help spread the word of it. It's a great competition that really turns out to being more than just the robots.

former team president of 1646 precision guessworks, glad to see someone with this kind of platform promoting frc, we definitely struggled with finding enough people to keep the team running

Thank you for talking about FRC. My senior season didn't happen due to Covid, and I'm glad to see it bouncing back and getting some amazing coverage. Hope this pushes some kids to consider joining their local team.

I'm deeply jealous of their ingenuity. I'm a third year Chem major, and the best I could do is cover myself in aluminium foil and run around.

Was on a team from 2012 - 2016 and have been running my own team since 2019... I can not say enough nice things about FRC robotics. Thank you for sharing this!!

So happy someone made this video; FRC is what taught me basically everything I know about science and engineering. Incredibly valuable experience for all those who participate as either students or mentors!

This is soooo cool! I knew about First Robotics having watched some of the videos online and also witnessing one of the robots in person here in Virginia. The solutions they have come up with are ingenious and their camaraderie and enthusiasm is palpable. Extremely inspiring! I am a Master’s student in Mechanical Engineering and I have a lot to learn from these young students. Thank you for making this video.

This brings back fond memories of staying up till 1am designing components, falling asleep on each other during competitions because of the sleep deprivation, watching your robot fall 5 feet and a gearbox accidentally tear itself it half under it’s own force and trying to fix it while being interviewed by a news paper. Wouldn’t trade it for anything

I was on my highschools team back in the late 90's when AutoDesk was a sponsor. I was on the animations side of things. Was a great time. I'm glad to see it's still going today.

Omg! I'm on an FRC team and never expected such a huge video to get made about the program!! This is AWESOME!

@AlphaPhoenixChannel

Жыл бұрын

lol I HOPE it gets huge... this morning has been slowish. fiddling with the thumbnail and whatnot

This is why I love engineering, so many ways of solving problems, so many approaches to finish the tasks and so much fun designing, making and deploying the solution.

HELL YEAH!!! I used to be part of a FRC team!! Honestly some of the best memories from my time in high school and I'm always sad that it doesn't get more attention.

I was a robot inspector for several years before moving to event photography for the matches. The passion that the students exude is immense. Asking a few questions and watching them beam with pride as they describe their approach and the features of the robot.

I had an absolute blast competing at First when I was in high school. Just something about hanging around the shop with friends, building a robot while (successfully) trying not to cut our fingers off.

Wow, amazing what these upcoming engineers do. Incredible

I competed in First throughout high school and later mentored for a few years until I had moved from my hometown. Absolutely great experience for all involved and props to these kids for their ingenuity and determination because lemme tell you every year was a crunch time and a half. Nice to see some familiar team names from even a decade ago when I was participating. Thanks for a blast of nostalgia!

One thing I love about FIRST Robotics is the whole problem solving aspect of it, there's no kits for robots, other than the chassis or for example, the Climber-In-A-Box, I find the challenge of trying to create systems that can complete objectives effectively, but small enough to fit within the strict sizing rules

New season time! Crescendo!!

I used to be on Yeti 3506, it was an absolute blast. When I had first joined I wasn't an A/B honor student, honestly I got lucky if I got a C in any of my classes. After about 2 years of being on that team, I was comfortable in math, Electrical and mechanical engineering, and even dabbled in programming! My grades went from C's and D's to getting almost all B's with the occasional A. I was taught how to work with a team and how to work even if i was in an uncomfortable situation. If robotics sparks even a slight interest, I would definitely say give it a shot.

I'm actually apart of it and I'm so grateful to be, I am able to meet new people and have fun doing what I love

I love the recognition that you have gave the first robotics community. I was a part of it a couple years ago before Covid and it was amazing. It was one of the best times I’ve had in high school. I definitely recommend it to anyone that is considering it, and I would just like to say go team 340 greater Rochester robotics on top

Man now I just miss FRC. Thank you for the nostalgia hit.

I did FIRST Robotics in high school (team 1522) and it taught me soo much about engineering, and helped me get into college. Thank you for doing this video, you did an amazing job and I hope more kids join FIRST robotics.

I competed in FIRST for several years over a decade ago, it is a phenomenal program. They also have junior leagues for elementary age teams, I founded and coached one of those teams my senior year of high school. It is such a great way to teach teamwork and problem solving.

So cool to see so many girls as well! Times be changing for the better. Slowly.. but surely!

So happy to see the attention to FIRST robotics!! I’ve competed in FRC for 3 years and now I work for FIRST!! It’s the best job ever!

It's crazy how much time these guys put into the competition. Some of my friends who did this were from the team that has come first in australia 8 times in a row and consistently made it to the top of the international brackets and they put in more time into the robots than they did actual school + study. upwards of 50+ hours a week in the height of the comp. Truly amazing stuff

I was lucky to participate in the First Lego League as a kid. I loved every bit of it

i LOVE this. and im honestly really sad that im from germany and now going to college (starting comp sci in oktober) and we didnt and dont have anything like this here.

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Looks like there was a single team in Frankfurt. FIRST needs to spread more! (I'm hoping that a lot of people that have never seen a competition like this see this video and get excited!) frcmap.com/

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if you want general engineering, formula student might be for you. it also has driverless cars, so CS is important

Been in FIRST for 8 years now as both a student and Mentor. Such a great program!

I'm a boomer from Norway, and I think this is both impressive and incredible cool!

I really love the concept to this event! It's almost like the space race on some level where everyone is coming up with different ideas to tackle the same issue, and I really like how it's not only teaching kids some incredibly important concepts that will be relevant to their lives, but is also probably helping actual adult builders out there with some of their technical or mechanical issues by seeing the solutions that these kids have come up with to solve their own issues! I really feel like a lot of good is being put into the world because of this one idea.

Thanks for sharing this... never heard of FRC before. Extremely COOL and EXCITING!!!! I loved hearing and seeing all the solutions to the same problem... definitely missed out on this when I was in high school.

ah I remember my time in frc based off NC as well. Miss the nights we would spend building, fixing, and building again, and fixing once again. Although I won’t be able to continue as a mentor, I will always root for my team. Furthermore, FIRST is not only about building robots and explore the STEM world, but the camaraderie that you build upon being on the team is also as important imo.

FRC was some of the most fun I had in High School and a large part of why I pursued engineering in college. My experience even helped me land some engineering internships! The interviewers who know FRC know how intense it can be, and those who don't are always excited to learn about it. It's a very fun fast-paced and high-energy environment filled with passion. It's cool seeing that newer teams are taking full advantage of cheap 3D printing! Hopefully First Robotics continues to inspire and nurture future engineers!

my first (heh) experience with first robotics came just this last year as a volunteer machine shop staff at my university... after getting a chance to help out the teams in the machine shop and explore the pits, i have only regret that i never joined my high school's robotics team. HUGE missed opportunity... those high school students are way more gigabrained than i am after 4 years of college engineering courses

I miss FRC and love absolutely everything it taught me about robotics, gracious professionalism, community outreach, friendship, and pizza. Shoutout to 1683 TECHNOTITANS!

As a FLL>FRC FIRST kid and now mentor. Thank you for making this video. I know its had an impact in spreading this great program to future STEM kids.