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Browse these links to learn more about FIRST and other robotics resources.   More resources can be found in our selection of Great FTC Team Websites, too.

Florida FIRST Resources

• Florida FIRST Robotics - info and contacts for FLL, FTC & FRC statewide
• Florida Robotics - Florida FIRST Lego League
• Florida FIRST Tech Challenge
• Florida FIRST Tech Challenge Forum
• FIRST WorldTube - YouTube channel
• Florida FIRST Robotics Regional Competition - FIRST Robotics Challenge
• Florida FIRST at Chief Delphi Forums - unofficial
  
• Robotics Boosters
• Career Technical Education Foundation

Florida FTC Teams (please send links if you don’t see a team here)

• Built and Dangerous (B.A.D.)  , #3045, Lyman High School - Longwood
• Exploding Bacon, #1902, 4H - Orlando
• Hydra, #2425, Hillsborough High School - Tampa
• Minotaur, #1369, Middleton High School - Tampa
• Smoke and Mirrors, #2868, community based - Tampa

FIRST Robotics Resources

• Carnegie Mellon FTC Robotics Academy
• New! - FIRE - Fostering Innovation Through Robotics Exploration (Carnegie Mellon)
• FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
• FIRST Robotics Resource Center
• FIRST Community
• FIRST Tech Challenge Blog
• FIRST Tech Challenge Chief Delphi Forum - unofficial
• FIRST Tech Challenge - high school
• FIRST Robotics Competition - high school
• FIRST LEGO League - elementary and middle school
• FIRST and PTC - ProE, MathCad and more
• FIRST Team Information Management System
• FIRST Volunteer Information and Matching System
• FTC Engineering Notebook Guidelines
• FTC Wiki
• Non-Engineering Mentor Organization (NEMO)
• Official FIRST Tech Challenge Forum
• Resources for the FTC 2008-09 Challenge: Face Off
• The Effect of the FIRST Robotics Competition on High School Students – PDF
• Sharing FIRST
• TETRIX Robotics

FIRST approved materials suppliers (selected on basis of quality and affordability)

• Advantage Hobby - Servo gear replacements
• Rplastics - Lexan, ABS sheeting
• Walmart - interlocking foam mats (sometimes online, often in stores, in fitness dept)

General Robotics and Engineering Links of Interest

• American Society for Engineering Education
• ASEE Engineering K-12 Resource Center
• Cogito - Connecting Young Thinkers Around the World
• Connect a Million Minds
• Congressional Robotics Caucus
•  Education for Innovation
• eGFI - American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) k-12 resources
• Engineer Girl
• Engineering Notebook Guidelines (Professional)
• Everything Robotic
• Go Robotics
• Ideas for Teaching Computer Technology to Kids
• Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
• Lab View Wiki Tutorial
• Labview Tutorial from National Instruments
• Microsoft Robotics
• MindSensors - advanced electronics and accessories for robotics
• Museum of Robots
• NASA’s Robotics Education Project
•  National Academy of Engineering “Grand Challenges for Engineering”
• NXT G Tutorial
• NXT STEP Forum
• RoboEducators Robotics Curriculum
• Robot Events
• Robotherapy - NEW!
• Robot Magazine
• RobotC.net
• RobotC.net Forums
• Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
• Robotics Resources
• Robotics Resources Using LEGO
• Robotics Trends
• Robots.net - news & robotics competitions information
• Society of Robots
• S.P.A.R.K. -Starter Programs for Advanced Robotics Knowledge
• Take Me to Your Robot - A place for roboticists to share, learn, and innovate
• Teaching with Robots
• TechBridge for Girls
•  TechCrunch
• The Robot Report - Tracking the Business of Robots
• The Tech Museum - History of Robots
• Try Engineering
• Tutorials for NXT G (and Robolab)
• Willow Garage