FIRST® in Texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation and delivery partner of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM through robotics. Each year, FIRST in Texas engages more than 30,000 Texas students and 3,300 teams through hands-on robotics programs, professional development, and world-class events.

FIRST® Robotics Competition (grades 9-12) gives teams of 10 or more high school students and their adult mentors the opportunity to work and create together to solve a common problem. Challenged to design and build a robot using a standard “kit of parts” and within a common set of rules to play a sophisticated field game − with limited time − brings out the best in students and adults alike. The robot “game” changes every season and is always exciting!