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679,000+ youth. 320,000+ volunteers. 110+ countries. It's #morethanrobots. It's a movement. 2024-25: #FIRSTDIVE presented by @qualcomm
Headquartered in Manchester NH
Joined March 2009
FIRST is thrilled to announce the launch of #GetAnywhere, a campaign to grow awareness of how FIRST prepares young people for anything they choose to do after high school. While students figure out their tomorrows, help them build their skills today:
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We’re thrilled to announce a new initiative with @DisneyCSR and @Lucasfilm: introducing #BuildTheFuture powered by @StarWars: Force for Change:
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We're heartbroken by the death of Kendrick Castillo, a victim of the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting in Littleton, CO. Kendrick was a member of @Frc4418, of which his father is Lead Mentor. Our hearts go out to Kendrick’s family, friends, & all affected by the shooting.
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With heavy hearts, we share the sad news that Dr. Woodie Flowers has passed away. He will be greatly missed by the entire FIRST community. A message about Woodie can be found on the Inspire Blog: #WoodieFlowers
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Throughout history, great civilizations have risen, then fallen. Now it's our turn to rise - building and bolstering our own planetary metropolis. Proud to reveal the 2020 season: #FIRSTRISE powered by @starwars: #ForceForChange.
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In honor of #StarWarsDay, we encourage you to share your excitement for #FIRSTRISE powered by @starwars #ForceForChange! This season will inspire the next gen of heroes to build and bolster our own planetary metropolis. #maythe4thbewithyou. Learn more:
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It is with deep disappointment that we share an update on the immediate suspension of the current FIRST season and the cancellation of both Championship events. The health and safety of our community is our top priority. For full details, please visit:
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#stemsquad & @starwars fans ages 16+: there is still time to design a Star Wars droid & win a trip to #TheRiseOfSkywalker premiere! Submit your design by November 13, and #MayTheForceBeWithYou.
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We stand against racism and hatred, and we stand together in solidarity with the Black community and with all those feeling hurt right now. We're pausing to make room for other voices to be heard. Together, let's keep building a better future. blacklivesmatter.
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All we can say is: wow! And, thank you so much! Honored to receive this generous donation alongside @BlackGirlsCode!
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The LUKE Arm, developed by our very own Dean Kamen. The future is here, and it looks like @starwars! #robotics @HamillHimself
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Hey, Detroit! We & our 35,000 attendees who will flock to your great city for our FIRST Championship event promise to make it worth your time. You can even join us; the event is free and open to the public! Robotics: The only sport where everyone can go pro! #FIRSTChamp ✌️💙🤖
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On this day in 1989, inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST. His simple vision for the organization remains the same today as it was 30 years ago: change the culture by getting kids excited about science & technology, and inspiring them to be leaders in STEM. #FIRST30 🤖🎈
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Happy birthday to FIRST founder, inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless STEM advocate - Dean Kamen! 🎈🎉🤖🎁
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Today (April 5) is Dean Kamen's birthday! As a brilliant inventor, entrepreneur, and founder of FIRST, Dean has inspired countless people to pursue careers in STEM and use their skills to improve the lives of others, their communities, and the world. Happy birthday, Dean! 🎈
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Look who’s here to #makeitloud! 👀 @EmmaDumont, Dean Kamen, and Laurence Fishburne checking out the @FRCTeams fields. #FIRSTChamp
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Four @firstlegoleague teams will be representing FIRST at this exciting @NASA event today at 2 PM ET! Tune-in details below. ⬇️.
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In response to the outpouring of support & desire to help, this fundraising campaign was created in support of @Frc4418 & Kendrick Castillo's family as they mourn & recover as a community. All fundraising proceeds will be distributed to Team 4418 by FIRST.
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“It’s crazy that I’m the only celeb w/ a FIRST Robotics Competition team. It shouldn’t be that way. Imagine if @Beyonce had one in Houston! Imagine if @KingJames had one in Ohio!” - @iamwill calling on his celeb friends to join our #stemsquad. Beyoncé, we’re ready when you are.
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We’re overjoyed to announce “More Than Robots,” an original documentary, streaming exclusively on @DisneyPlus on March 18!
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A school shooting Friday in Torreón, Mexico, has injured students from @FTCTeams #17755. It is also home to @FRCTeams @Cerbotics4400. When violence touches our community, we all feel that pain & come together in solidarity. FIRST sends sympathy, comfort & support to all affected.
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Over the last few days, we’ve seen an incredible outpouring of support and Gracious Professionalism. Our community truly proves that the FIRST experience is #morethanrobots, and we are thankful for all the ways you’ve shown your strength in this unprecedented situation.
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"We have love in our hearts that he chopped, riveted, and welded together. You all know his name: Kendrick Castillo." -@Frc4418 mentor Dakotah Mann during today's service. Read more about the memorial for #KendrickCastillo:
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“I don’t use kids to build robots. I use robots to build kids.” - Dean Kamen explaining FIRST to the crowd at his #SXSW featured session. #morethanrobots #IEEEKamen #IEEESXSW #SXSW2018 @sxsw.
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“It’s never been about the robots. We don’t use kids to build robots. We use robots to build kids.” -Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder #FIRSTChamp.
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"Almost every robot is gonna lose. But every student could WIN.". Some simple advice from the man himself, Dean Kamen. 💯
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Now that's we've finally announced our partnership with @starwars #ForceForChange AND the exciting #FIRSTRISE season, we're even more psyched than usual for #StarWarsDay! 🤓 How will you be celebrating tomorrow? Show us with #FIRSTRISE and #MayTheFourthBeWithYou!
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It's our birthday! 🎈 Thanks to you, we have grown tremendously over the past 29 years: 515,000 students on 59,000 teams, in nearly 90 countries!. If you'd like to give us a birthday gift in support of the FIRST mission, please click here:
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What do we call this maneuver? #hab4? #rampception? Spotted at a @NEFIRST District over the weekend: two #rampbots are better than one! Nice moves @wwrobotics1757, @team3597, and @FRCTeam5962! 😎 @FRCTeams #DESTINATIONDEEPSPACE #omgrobots
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Are you ready to discover what's possible when we reach for the stars together? Get excited. #FIRSTinSpace2019
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And it's a wrap! 😭 What an amazing week, thank you for celebrating with us! Until next year. #FIRSTChamp
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Here’s your @FRCTeams Winning Alliance! @FRC3707, @TC_217, @Teamrembrandts, @VulcanRobotics - congratulations! 🎉 #makeitloud #FIRSTChamp
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Fierce competition. Packed stands. A roaring crowd. This is our sport, and it's the only one where every kid can go pro! #FIRSTChamp #FIRSTinspires
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We are deeply saddened to learn of Grant Imahara's passing. Beloved as a ‘Mythbusters’ host, we are grateful for his support as a mentor for FIRST Robotics Competition @Team841BioMechs as well as his inspiration to the entire FIRST community. Our thoughts go out to his family.
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It’s time for us to revolutionize the way we play and move. It’s time to be #FIRSTGAMECHANGERS! We are proud to team up once again with @DisneyCSR and @Lucasfilm_Ltd to present the 2021 season, FIRST GAME CHANGERS powered by @starwars: #ForceForChange.
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FIRST is proud to partner with @Disney and Lucasfilm to inspire the next generation of heroes and innovators! Together we are encouraging youth to be a #ForceForChange.
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What a way to start the final day of #FIRSTChamp Houston! Thank you @GMA for recognizing FIRST as the only sport where EVERY kid can go pro. #morethanrobots #FIRSTinspires.
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On October 11, 2019, Dr. Woodie Flowers passed away. While the FIRST community will always mourn his loss, we are looking towards the future to honor his legacy as one game changing community.
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In a galaxy far, far away FIRST challenges students to reach for the 💫. In honor of #StarWarsDay & our 30th anniversary, we’re giving away FIRST Launch t-shirts! Tweet a gif showing your hype w/ #FIRSTLaunch2019. The first 30 to tweet win. #MayTheFourth be with you this season!
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@starwars’ Kelly Marie Tran gave a shout out to @FRC5653 of Babbitt, MN for being a #ForceForChange during the COVID-19 pandemic with their grocery shopping robot! Check out her special message. #FIRSTFFC
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Today, we honor #StephenHawking (1942-2018), one of the brightest stars in STEM: "Not since Albert Einstein has a scientist so captured the public imagination and endeared himself to tens of millions of people around the world.”
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So, that happened. 😎. #FIRSTChamp Houston was a wild, inspiring ride. 15,000 students competed, 30,000+ fans cheered them on, we hung out with R2D2, & announced #FIRSTRISE powered by @starwars: #ForceforChange. (TY @Disney & Lucasfilm!). On to round two. Detroit, here we come!
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Coming soon: A theme so expansive you can see it from outer space. Don't miss a drop of the 2024-2025 season excitement 💧
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That's a wrap on 2017 #FIRSTChamp! To the city of St. Louis, our hosts since 2011, thank you for everything! #stemsquad
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Bridgette Powell has been inspired by many Black #STEM individuals. Using their impact to fuel her work as a Software Engineer at @ILMVFX, she now encourages future innovators to ask questions & to combine their interests with technology! #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Robotics Engineer Barbie' aims to encourage more girls to pursue STEM careers - ABC News - via @ABC.
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We've come a long way, #stemsquad. Tomorrow (March 20) marks our 30th anniversary as an organization, and we have a lot to celebrate. Follow along as we share special birthday messages from FIRST friends, rarely-seen photos from our early days, and more. #FIRST30 🤖🎈
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Beyond proud to honor President @BarackObama tonight at #FIRSTInspireGala for his cont. commitment to #STEMEducation & FIRST. #stemsquad
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Exciting news! FIRST will be featured in a key storyline during next week’s episode of @blackishabc! Tune in to @ABCNetwork on 2/25 at 9:30pm ET to see Jack join a FIRST robotics team. #blackish #FIRSTonblackish
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Saddened to hear of the passing of tireless FIRST volunteer and STEM advocate, Mark Leon. #DoTheMathSaveTheWorld
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"If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it." - Dean Kamen #TuesdayThoughts
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We are forever grateful for FIRST Founder Dean Kamen's lifelong impact on the world of STEM and our global youth, and are so excited to wish him a happy 70th birthday today! Join us in celebrating @deankamen by sending him your birthday wishes and let's #makeitloud!
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FIRST Founder & inventor Dean Kamen and his team at DEKA are doing everything they can to help in response to the #coronavirus pandemic. Kamen shares FIRST students, too, are off doing all kinds of great things. Read more:
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Let's #makeitloud for FIRST students. Not only the young people who competed at #FIRSTChamp Houston & Detroit, but all 515,000 students in grades K-12 who participated on 59,000 teams in nearly 90 countries this season. The future is bright because of YOU. ✌️💙🤖 #stemsquad.
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#FIRSTLAUNCH2019: what a season! Congrats to every student (all 615,000 of you!) who participated in 90+ countries & thx to all FIRST supporters who #fuelthemission. Next. we RISE. Looking forward to #FIRSTRISE powered by @starwars: #ForceForChange!.
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Magic? Physics? Invisible strings? Probably magic. 🧙♀️ (From the Week Zero Scrimmage on Feb 16. 📽: @NEFIRST) . @FRCTeams competition season is upon us. Nearly 4,000 teams in 33 countries will compete at 173 events worldwide. Come out & cheer them on! #DESTINATIONDEEPSPACE
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Join us on May 2 for the FIRST Virtual Showcase Presented by @Qualcomm, recognizing the achievements of FIRST teams, mentors & volunteers around the world during the #FIRSTRISE powered by @starwars: Force for Change season. Stay tuned for more information! #FIRSTFFC
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We are honored to present @FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden with the first 2021 Christa McAuliffe Silver Dollar Coin for her lifelong dedication to teaching. Learn more about this commemorative coin:
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Today is I Am a Mentor Day. The impact FIRST makes is possible because of the time & dedication of our mentors, coaches, and adult supporters. If you're a FIRST mentor, tell us which team you're with. If a FIRST mentor inspired you, show them some 💙! #NationalMentoringMonth
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The FIRST Robotics Competition 2018-19 Season Teaser is here! #omgrobots 🤖 What challenges might await in #DESTINATIONDEEPSPACE Presented by @Boeing? 🚀 @FRCTeams #FIRSTLAUNCH2019
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Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙 💜.Ensuring that all members of the FIRST community feel a sense of belonging has long been a part of our equity, diversity and inclusion mission.
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FIRST® RECYCLE RUSH 2015 Robotics Game Unveiled | Business Wire http://t.co/9Gk25oR0fR
#omgrobots #kickoff.
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You did it! 🎉 On Sept. 19, the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act passed the House & headed to the President's desk to be signed into law. The coin will honor Christa's legacy & designate funds to FIRST. TY to all who helped pass this legislation!.
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Record Crowd Inspired by World’s Largest Celebration of Young Innovators and Changemakers at FIRST Championship in Detroit: #FIRSTChamp
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FIRST alumna, mentor, volunteer, and star of @TheGiftedonFOX, @EmmaDumont, shares how FIRST teaches students to be gracious professionals: #FIRSTAlumni #fuelthemission
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today, we celebrate women of all ages who strive to change the world through their bright innovation, strong leadership, and courageous determination to break down STEM barriers. #FIRSTLikeAGirl
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RT if you think @jimmyfallon should have a FIRST team on his show and learn how to drive a robot! #omgrobots #youhavebeenchallenged.
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Lights, camera, STEAM! The future is a place YOU will create. Join our 2023-2024 arts-inspired robotics season, #FIRSTINSHOW presented by @Qualcomm. Learn more: @qualcommforgood @cristianoamon
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We extend our most sincere gratitude to the FIRST heroes who teach in the classroom by day, and mentor in the workshop by night (and on weekends). #ThankATeacher #TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Dr. Woodie Flowers was an incredible champion of our mission, a friend to everyone he met, and an inspiration to all. As the anniversary of his passing approaches, we invite the entire FIRST Community to celebrate his legacy by participating in #WalkLikeWoodie Day.
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"The nice thing is we have a big universe here. It's filled with new ideas. All you have to do is grab them." - Stan Lee, 1922-2018 #excelsior
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Transportation drives us forward. But as the world changes, it’s up to YOU to build sustainable paths forward, ensuring a brighter future for all. We are thrilled to reveal our 2021/22 season, #FIRSTFORWARD presented by @Qualcomm. Watch the full video:
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In 1989, “STEM” wasn’t even a term. The World Wide Web was just invented. Robotics wasn’t an afterschool activity, let alone a sport for the mind. But that year, inventor Dean Kamen had his greatest game-changing idea: FIRST.
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Dean's Homework 📚: Go back to your community and find influencers like @iamwill who can help #makeitloud! #FIRSTChamp.
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So proud of the FIRST students on @rogue_robotics who have opened up a whole new world for 2-year-old Cillian Jackson. The look on his face as he is cruising around with his new wheels. 💙💙💙 #stemsquad #morethanrobots.
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Happy birthday to FIRST founder, @DeanKamen! Drop a birthday wish for Dean in the comments 🎂
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.@ladygaga since you're into robotics, we'd love for you to check out OUR version of the #SuperBowl, FIRST Championship! DM us! #omgrobots.
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What an amazing two weeks. We had a blast celebrating STEM learning, innovation, and these amazing students! #FIRSTChamp #stemsquad
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#CountdownToKickoff = one sleep! Describe your hype level for #FIRSTPOWERUP with a GIF. #playforreal
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Jack joins a FIRST robotics team on a new episode of #blackish! Tune in to @blackishabc tonight at 9:30|8:30c on @ABCNetwork. 🤖 #FIRSTonblackish @MilesBrown
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