Fluid Power Journal

Aqua Adventure<span style="font-size:50%;vertical-align:super;">SM</span> Registration is Open!

Get pumped for the FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. 2017/2018 season. In the AQUA ADVENTURESM Challenge, more than 40,000 children will navigate the uncharted waters …

<i>FIRST</i> Celebrates Next Generation of World-Class Problem Solvers at Class Festival of Champions

FIRST celebrated middle and high school students from around the world who have received the highest honors during its most recent FIRST season at the 2017 …

<i>FIRST</i> Announces John Deere as Strategic Partner

FIRST announced John Deere is now a strategic partner that has significantly expanded its support of the organization over the last five years, and joins more …

The 2017 FIRST Championship Brings Double the Fun

More than 60,000 people attended the 2017 FIRST Championship presented by Qualcomm Inc., held for the first time across two cities. Combined, FIRST …

FIRST Student Innovator Presents TED Talk on Success and Failure

When Ashton Cofer, 14, stood on the TED stage at TED-Ed Weekend in December 2016 and delivered a TED Talk to a live audience, with cameras rolling, the …

Details of <i>FIRST</i> STEAMWORKS<span style="font-size:50%; vertical-align:super;">SM</span> 2017 Robotics Game Revealed

Inventor and FIRST® Founder Dean Kamen launched the 2017 FIRST® Robotics Competition season on January 7 with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called FIRST …

<i>FIRST</i> Celebrates Championship Event’s 2018 Arrival in Detroit

FIRST rallied support for STEM education in Detroit on January 12 through an event at the 2017 North American International Auto Show. Gov. Rick Snyder and Ken …

<i>FIRST</i> Students Offer Helping Hands – Literally – to Those in Need

Most eighth grade students spend their lunch breaks eating a sandwich or snacking on a burrito. However, FIRST Tech Challenge Team 6914 “Charging Chaos” …

<i>FIRST</i> STRONGHOLD Revealed Amid Much Fanfare

The 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition game FIRST STRONGHOLDSM was launched on January 9 to a crowd of more than 1,000 people at Southern New Hampshire University …

New Strategic Alliances

FIRST announced new alliance collaborations with three organizations: Alpha Omega Epsilon, Electronics Component Industry (ECIA) Association, and Sigma Phi …