Florida FIRST Tech Challenge

About the Florida FTC Forums

This is the place for official discussions about FIRST Tech Challenge in Florida. Post your comments, questions, answers or observations to the appropriate category heading. Please be respectful of one another at all times, and remember that the forums are used by a wide variety of individuals, young and older, of varying backgrounds, interests, abilities and disabilities. Gracious Professionalism is the guiding principle of these forums, as it is in all our FIRST activities.Everyone can read forum postings, but you must register to be able to post.  * Please remember that advice and recommendations on these forums is intended to be of a generally helpful nature, but that all official FIRST Tech Challenge information about game play, robot construction, and awards can only come from FIRST.

FIRST Announcements

General FIRST announcements are archived here.

Florida FIRST Tech Challenge Announcements

Announcements pertaining to FIRST Tech Challenge in Florida.

Competition Results

We'll post competition results here as we have them.

Florida State Qualifying Competitions

Follow and discuss state qualifying competition news, updates, experiences and results in this forum. Go to the FL FTC website to learn more, or register for a qualifying tournament.

Hillsborough High School Qualifying Tournament, Tampa - Nov. 12, 2011

State qualifying tournament at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, November 12, 2011. Hosted by teams 2425 and 4469

Greyhound Challenge Qualifying Tournament - Longwood, Nov. 19, 2011

Greyhound Challenge state qualifying tournament hosted by Lyman High School. The tournament location is Milwee Middle School in Longwood. November 19, 2011. Hosted by teams 3045 and 4228.

Middleton Madness State Qualifying Tournament, Tampa -Dec. 3, 2011

Middleton Madness state qualifying competition at Middleton High School in Tampa, December 3, 2011. Hosted by teams 1369, 3846, and 4997.

RobotFest State Qualifying Tournament - Port Orange, Dec. 10, 2011

RobotFest state qualifying tournament at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, December 10, 2011. Hosted by teams 128, 132, 531, 532 and 4304.

Miami Coral Park SHS State Qualifying Tournament -Miami, Dec. 10, 2011

State qualifying tournament at Miami Coral Park Senior High School in Miami, Florida, December 10, 2011. Hosted by teams 3967 and 3968.

Great Robot Uprising State Qualifying Tournament -Cape Coral, Jan. 14, 2012

The Great Robot Uprising state qualifying tournament at Mariner High School in Cape Coral, January 14, 2012. Hosted by team 4363.

FTC Tech-Tacular State Qualifying Tournament - Seminole, Jan. 21, 2012

SHS FTC Tech-Tacular Tournament state qualifying tournament at Seminole High School in Seminole, January 21, 2012. Hosted by teams 3123 and 3736.

Hagerty High School State Qualifying Tournament - Oviedo, January 28, 2012

State qualifying tournament at Hagerty High School in Oviedo, January 28, 2012. Hosted by teams 4227 and 4717.

RoboBattle State Qualifying Tournament - Lakeland, Feb. 4, 2012

RoboBattle state qualifying competition hosted by USF Polytechnic in Lakeland, February 4, 2012. Hosted by team 3109.

2011-12 FTC Florida Championship -Feb. 18, 2012

FTC Florida Championship - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, February 18, 2012.

2009-10 Florida State Championship - Feb. 27, 2010

The University of South Florida in Tampa is once again hosting the FTC Florida Championship on Saturday, February 27,2010. You can see photos from last year’s event at Florida FTC: http://www.flfirst.org/Media.shtml

2010-11 Florida State Championship - February 12, 2011

32 teams from around the state will complete in the FL FTC State Championship Saturday February 12, 2011, at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ICI Center in Daytona Beach.

2011-12 FTC World Championship - St. Louis, April 25-28, 2012

The 2011-2012 FTC World Championship is April 25-28 at the Edward Jones Dome, America's Center, St. Louis, MO

2009-10 World Championship - April 14-16

The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship will be held inAtlanta, April 14 - 16, 2010 (dates subject to change), at the GeorgiaDome.  100 FTC teams will be eligible to participate in the FTC WorldChampionship. Eligibility criteria will be announced in September/October 2009.

2010-11 FIRST World Championship - St. Louis, Missouri April 27-30, 2011

2011-12 General Game Discussion

2010-11 General Game Discussion

2009-10 General Game Discussion

Use our Florida FTC Game forum for sharing general discussion, insights and experiences about this season's game, but get your official facts about rules and other game issues from the official FIRST Tech Challenge forums .

2011-12 General Robot Discussion

2010-11 General Robot Discussion

2009-10 General Robot Discussion

Use our Florida FTC Robot forum for sharing general discussion, insightsand experiences about this season's robot development, but get your official factsabout robot construction rules and related issues from the official FIRST Tech Challenge forums .

PTC/ProE

PTC is the official CAD and Collaboration Sponsor to FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Through its sponsorship of FIRST , PTC is providing Pro/ENGINEER, Mathcad, Windchill and ProductView to all FTC and FRC teams.  Visit the PTC and FIRST community for more information and downloads.

LabVIEW

Discuss LabVIEW programming questions and issues here.  Visit the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy for tutorials and official technical guidance.

NXT-G

Discuss NXT-G programming questions and issues here.  Visit the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy for tutorials and official technical guidance.

ROBOTC

Discuss ROBOTC programming questions and issues here.  Visit the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy for tutorials and official technical guidance.

General Programming Q&A

Enjoy general programming discussion in this forum, including comparisons of the different programming choices.

Mentors

Discuss and share ideas about connecting with and incorporating mentors into your program, recommendations for good mentoring sources,  and mentoring experiences here. Additional resources are available at NEMO, the Non-Engineering Mentor Organization.

Fundraising

Talk about aspects of and opportunities for fundraising here.

Team Issues

Use this forum to talk about team related issues, from building a team to team work skills, training tools and opportunities, team dynamics and more.

Help Wanted

Need help with something? Ask here!  Looking for a part, need ideas for promotional material, left something behind at a competition?  Use this forum.

Resources

Share resources here -- websites, documents, parts resources, etc.

Special Events

Discuss and share information about special events and opportunities for FIRST teams here.

Miscellaneous

If you can't figure out where your question, insight or idea goes, put it here!