Resources

FIRST and related websites

Registration instructions

Youth Protection

General resources

FIRST Game & Season Info

FIRST Robotics Awards Categories

FIRST Event Rules

FIRST Scholarships

FIRST Washington

FIRST WA Twitch Red Event Live Stream

FIRST WA Twitch Blue Event Live Stream

General References and Discussion Groups

Discussion, Q&A, Advice, and Training

Scappoose School District Parent Resources (Volunteer sign up): https://www.scappoosek12.org/domain/51

Chief Delphi (the source for discussion of the FRC environment): https://www.chiefdelphi.com/

Reddit FRC: https://www.reddit.com/r/FRC/

Discord Invite to FRC: https://discord.gg/frc

The Blue Alliance (team info): https://www.thebluealliance.com/

FRC Zero Training and Reference

The Compass Alliance: https://www.thecompassalliance.org/

Robot Alliance Project: https://robotics.nasa.gov/

CAD: OnShape for FIRST instructions: https://www.onshape.com/en/blog/how-to-onboard-your-first-robotics-team

CAD: OnShape: https://cad.onshape.com/signin

Some OnShape Tutorial videos: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqeAg_-OP3DnPw9NC5koLctflCpj7Y5G

Places to read/watch about FRC, robotics, and mechanisms

FRC Design Org

Robot photos: https://photos.spectrum3847.org/Robot-Mechanisms

FRC Prototyping videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsiEJAZgdF8LPWDAYBeQJ-EvkUpK295ra

The Unofficial FRC Mechanisms Encyclopedia

Instructables Manipulators intorduction: https://www.instructables.com/id/Introduction-to-Manipulators/

https://www.youtube.com/user/thang010146

4-bar linkages

https://mechanicalexpressions.com/explore/kinematics/4-bar-linkage.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2RflLQUFIg&feature=emb_logo

General Calculators

AMB Calc - Robotics Calculator

ReCalc - a collaberation focused mechanical design calculator

Right Triangle Calculator

Motor Calculators

Vex Comparison Chart: https://motors.vex.com/

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/ilite-drivetrain-simulator-v2020/369188

https://johnvneun.com/calc

T Shirt Cannons

T-shirt cannons: https://www.team254.com/shockwave/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLNfRyGQt7U#action=share

RJWoodhead - cheap 3d printable FRC mechanisms

Other Teams (and their Resources/Workshops)

FRC 971 Spartan Robotics Workshops: (Includes sessions on Design, CAD, Strategy, Materials, etc. https://www.frc971.org/workshops

FRC 900 Zebracorns: https://team900.org/labs/

FRC 2767 Stryke Force Training /presentations: https://www.strykeforce.org/resources/

FRC 3847 Spectrum presentations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIYn8UJSmDmDyc0hANUuL0A

http://spectrum3847.org/recommendedreading/

FRC 1678 Citrus Circuits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvrBs4fcUe8mlj6dDeGTJ-g

FRC 4488 Shockwave – First Fair etc.: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhAnINgND-cef6OCf1YkqA/videos

Misc. stuff to check out:

Jeremy Fielding - Design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHhXbz1K0k0

Anderson Crimping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-P4io53AyU

Small Crimping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9QN8R-ccmQ

Process: https://johnvneun.com/blog/2020/11/robowrangler-process-rules

Akins Laws of (Spacecraft) Design: https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html

Control Systems and Programming

Byte SIzed Github https://github.com/orgs/4662FRCRobotics/dashboard

FRC Control System https://docs.wpilib.org/en/stable/ explains the installation and use of the standard software kit

WPILib API https://github.wpilib.org/allwpilib/docs/release/java/index.html

Vivid Hosting Radio https://frc-radio.vivid-hosting.net/ vendor instructions for the new radio as of 2025

CTRE Phoenix https://docs.ctre-phoenix.com/en/latest/index.html speed controllers, encoders and the Falcon combo motor/controller

REV Software Resources https://docs.revrobotics.com/revlib Spark Max / NEO speed controller and motor combo

NavX IMU Board https://pdocs.kauailabs.com/navx-mxp/ primary motion (3-axis gyro and inertia detection)

PhotonVision https://docs.photonvision.org/en/latest/index.html package for RPi vision designed as an off-the-shelf solution

PathPlanner https://pathplanner.dev/home.html Path planning tool

Arduino Joystick https://www.instructables.com/Create-a-Joystick-Using-the-Arduino-Joystick-Libra/

Codecademy https://www.codecademy.com/ basic and some advanced training with free sign-up

Spectrum YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/Spectrum3847 look for programming playlist but don’t worry about doing the worksheets

FRC Team 20 Programming YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVxUR4eLiMHmh2v4bfypbMA basics and advanced and again don’t worry about doing any worksheets

Robot Dolphins YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZCp_HD0cqsgUz7I21EO6w includes a basic programming and a presentation on state machine autonomous

Team 3468 FRC Java Programming Resource Compendium

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jcBLAyJ3iTbsYSnWMVWqHaK8uywGTaTjF98eY_xxpl0/edit

Java Koans Github training thing

github.com/jletroui/FrcJavaKoans/blob/master/README.md