Earlier this month, nearly 75,000 high school students comprising 3,000 teams at 107 venues around the world joined together to kickoff the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).
A nonprofit organization, FIRST—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology—was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in youths. The organization is based in New Hampshire where it designs accessible and innovative programs to build “self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering.”