Team Resources

FTC information

• FTC Homepage
• How Do I Start a Team?
• Team Information Management System (TIMS)
• FIRST FTC Forum
• Chief Delphi FTC Forum
• FTC Blog
• 2012-2013 Team Email Blasts Archive
• FTC Promotional Information

Game Information

Kick-off for the 2012-2013 FTC season is Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 3 PM (EST)!

Kick-off is the official start to the FTC season and is when the season's game is unveiled. Visit http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/game for the online Kick-off.

Robot Construction and Programming

• Purchase Spare Parts and Supplies
• Engineering Notebooks (sample)
• 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
• Programming with Robots (PDF) (A guide to programming the NXT using ROBOTC by Albert W. Schueller.)
• ROBOTC Curriculum for the NXT and TETRIX

Required Forms

• FTC Consent and Release Form (PDF): A completed copy of this form must be submitted at the Wisconsin State Championship for each participating student and mentor

Contact Us

For teams who would like more information or have questions about the Wisconsin State Championship email Jennie Klumpp (klumpp@uwm.edu)

To find out about volunteering at the Wisconsin State Championship, email Juli Pickering (jlpicker@uwm.edu).

Accommodations

Milwaukee River Hilton
4700 North Port Washington Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Please mention that you are attending an event at UWM to receive the preferred rate of $80/single room and $90/double room.