Stories

A high school student who leads an FRC team is learning far more than robot design. They are coordinating people, explaining technical decisions, managing…

Australia's robotics teams have grown rapidly over the past decade, with competitive programs now active in every major city from Perth to Hobart. While most…

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Craps has a lively reputation, yet the basic idea is easy to understand: players place wagers on dice outcomes according to a defined sequence of rolls. For…

Aussie teams talk about their drive base the way tradies talk about their ute: it has to handle whatever the day throws at it. FTC drive trains set the tone…

A FIRST LEGO League scrimmage gives teams a realistic competition experience without the pressure of an official tournament. Students can test their robot,…

A team website is often the first place a potential sponsor, mentor, parent or volunteer encounters your robotics programme. Before anyone replies to an email…

When Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers launched FIRST in 1989, the idea was simple but ambitious: pair students with professional engineers so that science and…

In robotics clubs from Parramatta to Penrith, students are discovering that the difference between a robot that works and one that doesn't often comes down to…

When a robotics team grows beyond two or three programmers, keeping track of who changed what, when, and why becomes a real challenge. GitHub offers a free,…