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Welcome to FIRSTwiki, a FIRST encyclopedia that anyone with a github account can edit!

You may notice there's not a lot of content here! There's a ton of content that needs to be copied from the original FIRSTwiki and it would be wonderful if you could copy a few useful articles to this site! See our contributing notes for more details!

Teams

• FRC:{% for num in site.data.teamdata.teamidx.frc %} [{{ num }}'s](/frc{{ num }}/) {% if forloop.last != true %}|{% endif %}{% endfor %}

Technical Topics

• Mechanical:
  • Motors
  • Pneumatics
  • Manufacturing
• Electrical:
  • Control System
• Programming:
  • Robot Code Directory
  • Software
• Design:
  • Drive Train
  • Intakes
  • Manipulators
  • Shooters
• All technical topics

Other Topics

• FIRST Culture
• Fundraising
• Spirit
• Scouting
• Organizations
• People
• All non-technical topics

History

• FRC Games
• Control Systems
• Obsolete Parts
• Kit of Parts
• FRC Rules

About FIRST

FIRST is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 as a way of getting students involved in and excited about science and technology. FIRST has grown from just a few hundred students and mentors in 1992, and now reaches over 400,000 students worldwide.

FIRSTwiki news

All news

{% for post in site.posts limit: 5 %}
• {{ post.date | date_to_string }}: {{ post.title }}
{% endfor %} <script> // this bit of script loads JSON for each project, and displays page counts $(document).ready(function(){ // wiki data $.getJSON("/wiki/site-data.json", function(data){ $('#other-topics').append(" (" + (data.nontech + data.people) + " pages)"); $('#technical-topics').append(" (" + data.tech + " pages)"); $('#history').append(" (" + data.history + " pages)"); }); // count the team pages var teamdata = [{% for td in site.data.teamdata.teamidx.frc %}'{{ td }}'{% if forloop.last == false %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}]; for (var i = 0; i &lt; teamdata.length; i++) { teamdata[i] = $.getJSON('/frc' + teamdata[i] + '/site-data.json', function(d) {return d}); } $.when.apply($, teamdata).done(function() { var teamPages = 0; for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) { teamPages += arguments[i][0].frc; } $('#teams').append(" (" + teamPages + " pages)") }); }); </script>