Back to School - 2015-2016 FTC and FRC Season

The 2015-2016 Season for US FIRST Robotics (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) are about to begin.

• FLL - 12 inch Cubed Robot 5-8th Grade - Cedarcrest Mrs. Kukull's Site
• FTC - 18 Inch Cubed Robot 7-12th Grade -  Cedarcrest Mr Shreeve's Site
• First Tech Challenge Kickoff Event is THIS Saturday
• Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA at 9AM 9/12/2015  
• If you are interested in going to the kickoff event, please read on.
• FRC - 60 Inch Cubed Robot 9-12th Grade - 
• First Robotics Challenge Kickof Event will be announced later this month

Whats the difference?

First is divided into different leagues and competition is limited by age/grade groups.  As a general rule of thumb, the older the group, the bigger and more complex the robot.  JR FLL is for primary aged groups, FLL includes 4-7th grades, FTC includes 7-12th grades, and FRC includes 9-12th grades.

FTC and FRC are both run by the same organization, FIRST.  If you have never been in robotics, and are interested, FTC uses a smaller robot platform, but has many of the same principles as FRC.  The FTC Season starts now and goes through January.

The FRC Season begins in January and goes through May (depending on the placement).

This means you can get familiar with the robots and how they are built in FTC, as well as how the competitions are run, and then hit the ground running when the FRC program starts after winter break.

FTC meetings will be Tuesday after school in Mr. Shreeve's Room.  The A&T bus returns to Cedarcrest in the afternoon, Mr. Shreeves room is on the south east side of the school with the door facing the football field.  Students should plan on being at club once a week, and we will plan some additional work sessions for design, game discussion, planning and building.  For local information, email. SMS or call  425-583-4222.

FRC meetings will be announced at A&T and information can be found online and through Mrs. Jordan (A&T Science).