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.
Starting and Registering a Team
There are several steps to starting and registering an FIRST Tech Challenge etam.
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.
