FIRST LEGO League Challenge Overview

Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-14 or grades 2 through 4 engage in research, problem-solving, coding and engineering – building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. As part of Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem.

FIRST has created a set of getting started videos.

Core Values

Your team will demonstrate FIRST^®Core Values throughout your season and beyond!

• Apply teamwork and discovery to explore the challenge.
• Innovate with new ideas about your robot and project.
• Show how your team and your solutions will have an impact and be inclusive!
• Celebrate by having FUN in everything you do!

Robot Design

Your team will prepare a short presentation on your robot design, programs, and strategy.

• Design and build your robot.
• Program it to solve Robot Game missions.
• Explain how your robot will act based on the codeyou wrote.•Describe your strategies for the Robot Game.

Robot Game

Your team will practice the 2.5-minute matches to complete as many missions as possible.

• Strategize which Robot Game missions to solve.
• Design any attachments your robot will need to complete the missions.
• Test and refine your programs and robot design.
• Compete at an event!

Innovation Project

Your team will prepare a 5-minute presentation to explain your Innovation Project.

• Identify a problem to solve.
• Design a solution to the problem for your community.
• Share your ideas, learn from others, and improve your solution.
• Pitch your solution at an event.