FIRST Robotics BCFIRST Tech Challenge teams across North America are invited to compete in the FTC Canada Cup in June! This post-season event is a fun filled opportunity to meet some new teams. To apply for the event, please fill out this application form by April 28. The selection criteria will include your latest single high score, your average high […]
The mission of FIRST is to encourage young people to become science and technology leaders and innovators. We know how hard it is to go to school and still find time to volunteer with FIRST. FTC BC will be awarding up to five $500 honouriums to FIRST Alumni Volunteers to help with their school expenses. […]
BC will be participating in the FTC Fair Play Initiative to encourage teams to share videos of their robots and mechanisms. Teams are asked to be honest in their scoring, transparent by sharing match videos and pledge to follow FIRST values like Gracious Professionalism. We’ll be sharing a list of teams on our website who […]
FIRST Tech Challenge teams will be competing in League Events during the month of March. Teams play the Remote version of Ultimate Goal. League 4 – Teams can submit 6 match scores between March 7 and March 13. League 5 – Teams can submit 6 match scores between March 24 and March 30. Find out all […]
Our FIRST Tech Challenge teams have been competing in Remote Events so far this season. League 3 finished on January 30 and there was a Wrap-up Event on January 31 with both Virtual Pits and video with robot highlights from all the teams. Find out all the details and results from all the League events […]
Tonight, January 20, at 7:00pm is the Drivers Meeting for January. Meet with our Head Ref to talk about scoring, rules, and ask questions about Remote Events. The link for the Drivers Meeting has been sent to all teams and posted on Discord. Use the Contact Us page if you need the link. The Drivers […]
League EventsTo accommodate team schedules, the January League event was split into two events. League 2 wraps up on Jan. 16 and League 3 wraps up on Jan. 30. Teams can choose to compete in either or both events. For Remote Events, some teams are able to use the Open Field for their competitions. Teams […]
Play Kahoots with FIX IT and talk about game rules with the BC Head Referee. These workshops are intended for FTC teams and focus on various areas of building and programming FTC robots. FRC team members are welcome to register too. Workshops run at 4:30pm and will be posted on Youtube afterwards. Please register for the […]
Some teams have found great parts for their robots in unusual local stores. Learn about some ideas used in past robots and bring your ideas to share. These workshops are intended for FTC teams and focus on various areas of building and programming FTC robots. FRC team members are welcome to register too. Workshops run […]
Now that the FTC Game ( ULTIMATE GOAL ) has been released, a group of volunteers took on the challenge to build a Robot in a Weekend. The plan was to have everyone building robots in the same space, but that couldn’t happen with all the restrictions this year. So we scheduled an online Check-in […]