FTC Information
- FTC Homepage
- How do I start a team?
- Team Information Management System (TIMS)
- FIRST FTC Forum
- Chief Delphi FTC Forum
- FTC Blog
- 2011 Team Email Blasts archive
- FTC Promotional Information
Game Information
Scholarships
- FIRST scholarship information
- October FIRST Scholarship Newsletter (PDF)
- FIRST scholarship list
- FIRST Scholarships available at Illinois Universities:
- Bradley University (PDF)
- DePaul University (PDF) | Application (PDF)
- Illinois Institute of Technology | Application (PDF)
- Northwestern University (PDF)
- University of Illinois at Chicago (PDF)
Robot Construction and Programming
- Team Preparation Tips
- Important Technical Information
- Samantha Mounting Best Practices
- FTC 2011-2012 Season Kit of Parts
- Purchase spare parts and supplies
- Engineering Notebooks
- Samantha Wireless Module Resources
- Programming Templates — Teams are required to use these programming templates for competition
- Carnegie Mellon FTC Resources
- TETRIX Building System
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- ROBOTC
- Getting Started with TETRIX tutorial
- LabVIEW Basics tutorial
- Getting Started with Pro/ENGINEER
- Programming with Robots (PDF) — An excellent guide to programming the NXT using ROBOTC by Albert W. Schueller
- ROBOTC Curriculum for the NXT and TETRIX
- IR Seeker Vital Information (PDF)
Required Forms
- 2012 FIRST Consent & Release Form (PDF)
A completed copy of this form must be submitted at the Illinois State Championship for each participating student and mentor
Contact Us
For more information on starting an FTC team, please contact Jennifer Griffin at roboticsmentor@gmail.com.
For more information on team marketing and fundraising, please contact Antigone Sharris at asharris@triton.edu.
For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Diane Hickey-Davis at DianeHickey@gmail.com. In your subject line, please include the word Volunteer.
For more information or questions about Illinois FTC and the Illinois State Championship email ftceventinfo@gmail.com.