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FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) challenges high school students to create and build industrial-sized robots to play a sport-like game against other teams. Students are given a month-long window to make a functioning and competitive robot.
What is FIRST Robotics Competition?
No, students with any level of experience are welcome. Our team provides training in all areas including CAD, fabcrication, coding, and more!
Do I need experience to join?
Meeting frequency varies from off-season to on-season. During the off-season, this is where the majority of training will take place and meeting times will vary based on what you're interested in. During on-season, our team meets regularly Tuesday and Thursday after school and will extend the number of days/time when it's needed.
What is the time commitment?
What you do at competitions depend on what team you're on. Drive team will be the ones manning and driving the bot for matches, while those not on drive team will be focused on scouting and/or imagery.
What happens at competitions?
Joining a robotics team builds technical and soft skills by tackling challenges that can easily be translated to the real-world. This makes you competitive for STEM careers, opens pathways to innovation, and fosters a mindset of continuous learning valuable in any field.
How can being on a robotics team help me in the future?
Student FAQ
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) challenges high school students to create and build industrial-sized robots to play a sport-like game against other teams. Students are given a month-long window to make a functioning and competitive robot.
No, students with any level of experience are welcome. Our team provides training in all areas including CAD, fabrication, coding, and more!
Meeting frequency varies from off-season to on-season. During the off-season, this is where the majority of training will take place and meeting times will vary based on what you're interested in. During on-season, our team meets regularly Tuesday and Thursday after school and will extend the number of days/time when it's needed.
What you do at competitions depend on what team you're on. Drive team will be the ones manning and driving the bot for matches, while those not on drive team will be focused on scouting and/or imagery.
Joining a robotics team builds technical and soft skills by tackling challenges that can easily be translated to the real-world. This makes you competitive for STEM careers, opens pathways to innovation, and fosters a mindset of continuous learning valuable in any field.
Parent FAQ
Robotics equips children with vital STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) skills, boosts problem solving and critical thinking, fosters creativity, builds teamwork, and teaches programming and logic.
No, robotics isn't only for students interested STEM. it's a highly interdisciplinary field fostering creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving for diverse roles beyond core engineering such as: business, art, graphic design, and more. FIRST is MORE THAN ROBOTS.
There are no membership dues or financial obligations required to participate in The Wirewolves robotics team!
Robotics equips children with vital STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) skills, boosts problem solving and critical thinking, fosters creativity, builds teamwork, and teaches programming and logic.
What skills will my child gain from robotics?
No, robotics isn't only for students interested STEM. it's a highly interdisciplinary field fostering creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving for diverse roles beyond core engineering such as: business, art, graphic design, and more. FIRST is MORE THAN ROBOTS.
Is robotics only for students interested in engineering or technology?
There are no membership dues or financial obligations required to participate in The Wirewolves robotics team!