FIRST Resources:
FIRST Official Website
Information about the FIRST Robotics Competition, Lego Leagues and the FIRST organization.
FIRST Robotics Competition Resource Center
The Resource Center allows remote access to documents useful to recruit sponsors, volunters and educate others about FIRST. Downloadable videos, printable brochures and fact filled pages.
FIRST Merchandise Online Store
Official supplier of FIRST Apparel and accessories.
FIRST Wiki
A wiki for the FIRST community.
Team Run or Mentor Resources:
Chief Delphi
A very popular site run by Team 47. Open to all teams, here you will find online forums for questions and white papers on “how to”.
NEMO Resources
NEMO's white papers on all the non-engineering things FIRST teams need to know and do.
Engineering Related Sites:
TryEngineering Web Site
All the information you might want on engineering careers, and some fun interactive activities. Put together by a partnership of IEEE, IBM and the New York Hall of Science,it's geared to inform students ages 8 to 18, teachers, school counselors, and parents about what engineering is all about.
Olin College Demonstration Board
This is an animation of the demonstration board Olin College created of the FIRST kit of parts. Learn the basics of suggested assembly of controls, motors, pneumatics and sensors.
Fluid Power Educational Foundation
The Fluid Power website provides many valuable resources including kickoff presentations.
Pneumatic Ideas for FIRST Robots
New site with lots of pneumatics info of interest to students, teachers and mantors; includes interactive training.
All About Circuits
A resource for learning about electrical circuits and electronics.
Just For Fun:
Timeline of Robot Origins
A brief history of robots and their development.
Robots!
The place to read the latest news on personal and industrial robotics, robot competitions, and other cool stuff.
The Place for VEX Kits & Parts
MARS uses VEX to learn about how to build our much larger FRC robots. In 2006 students used VEX to create a 1/3rd scale model of that year's robot.
Boe-Bot Robot
A fun, affordable, educational robot. (This is the one Carl has!) Check out the link on the page to see Boe-Bot videos.
Of Interest to MARS Team:
"The Geek Syndrome"
This Dec. 2001 article from Wired Magazine helps explain autism and particularly Asperger's sydrome. MARS has a personal interest in the topic.
Jupiter Courier Newspaper
Palm Beach Post Newspaper
Largest newspaper for Palm Beach County.
