The Robotechs
FRC Team 871
FIRST Robotics Competition
Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. High-school student participants call it the "hardest fun you'll ever have."
FIRST Robotics is the Competition is the ultimate sport for the mind. Under strict rules, limited resources and time, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team "brand," hone teamwork skills, and build and program a industrial sized robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. It's as close to real-world engineering as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team. Each season ends with an exciting FIRST World Championship.
Mission
The mission of FIRST is to provide life-changing robotics programs that give young people the skills, confidence, and resilience to build a better world.
Core Values
FIRST Inspires Core Values emphasize teamwork, friendly sportsmanship, learning, to respect the contributions of others, community involvement, and part of our commitment to cultivating, fostering, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. The FIRST community expresses the FIRST philosophies of Coopertition and Gracious Professionalism through our values:
Innovation
Using creativity and persistence to solve problems
Discovery
Exploring new ideas and skills
Teamwork
Working together makes us stronger
Inclusion
Respecting and embracing each other
Impact
Creating ways to improve the world around us
Fun
Celebrating what we do
Methodology
To engage ages 4 -18 (Pre-K - 12) in robotics and STEAM based learning through in school and after-school activities. Their thrilling, sports-like challenges build up student self-confidence and collaborative problem-solving skills and have a proven and lasting impact on STEAM learning and interest. Participants and alumni gain access to education and career discovery opportunities, connections to exclusive scholarships and employers, and a place in the FIRST community for life.
Learn more at: https://www.firstinspires.org/about