FIRST Championship
| FIRST Championship Event | |
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| Venue |
Dome at America's Center George R. Brown Convention Center |
| Location |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States Houston, Texas, United States |
| Start date | April 27, 2016 |
| End date | April 30, 2016 |
| Nations | ~60 nations Large presence by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Israel, United Kingdom and Brazil |
| Website | www |
FIRST Championship is a four-day robotics championship held annually in April. For several years, the event was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to the Edward Jones Dome, in St Louis, Missouri in 2011, where it will stay through 2017. The event comprises three competitions, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship, and FIRST Lego League (FLL) World Festival. FIRST Championship is normally held in conjunction with FIRST Robotics Conference which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields.
FRC is a six-week competition program for high-school students to build 120 pound (54 kg) robots that can complete a task that changes every year using standard set of parts, plus any additional off-the-shelf or custom parts. FTC is a mid-level competition program for high-school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FLL is a competition program for elementary and middle school students using LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits. Teams for each program compete in tournaments at state and regional level. The winning teams from each of these tournaments join the global competition at FIRST Championship.
The 2011 championship was also host to the Collegiate Aerial Robotics Demonstration, a pilot collegiate FIRST program.
In 2015, to expand, it was announced that the FIRST Championship would be divided into multiple venues. The new Innovation Faire featuring displays and demonstrations from FIRST Sponsors, Partners and Suppliers will take place at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship and the Junior FIRST Lego League (Jr. FLL) World Festival will take place at Union Station (St. Louis), and the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival as well as the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship will continue to take place at the Edward Jones Dome and America's Center. The new arrangement is designed to give an "Olympic Village" feel and allow for more space to expand each individual program. In 2017, the Championship will be split into 2 championships, one occurring in Houston and the other a week later in St. Louis.
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