Among many outreach events that FIRST Team 1305 has hosted is their annual FIRST Gateway Conference, this year virtual for the second year in a row. This event has been going on since 2017 and is an opportunity for teams to learn about a wide range of topics in FIRST. The FIRST Gateway Conference is a way to bring...
Responses provided by Sienna L., President of Indiana Student Board, Team 1024, Class of 2022
As a member of the Youth Council, what initiative has been your favourite and why?
Our initiative to get more young women gaining confidence and comfort in STEM fields has been my favorite so far with the council. As more female upperclassmen in Indiana First...
Engineering Career Night is an annual event hosted by HNMCS Robotics in collaboration with Orbit Robotics in October. Engineering Career Night is intended primarily for high school students as an education and networking tool. Its goal is to help interested students better understand the career choices available to them in the engineering profession. At this time of the year,...
Karthik Kanagasabapathy is the Operations, Digital Strategy and Analytics Manager at FIRST Robotics Canada. He was one of the founding members of FRC Team 188, the first ever Canadian FIRST Robotics Competition Team. When he’s not busy MCing at FIRST Robotics Competitions, he likes to obsess over sports, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and math!
As an FRC alum, Karthik has...
From a young age, Tai has been an activist for people with disabilities. He uses a wheelchair, but that has never been something that has limited him. From creating short films to wheelchair-tennis to advocating for those with disabilities, Tai does it all. His activism has had an enormous impact on his community, so much so that his activism...
Robotics build season is a busy time for all members of FIRST teams, and the Youth Council would like to remind everyone to put their mental health “FIRST”. FIRST Canada is partnered with Kids Help Phone to help educate the robotics community about all things relating to youth mental health. Our partnership with Kids Help Phone allows us to...
If you were to sum up FIRST in one word, what would it be and why?
If I were to sum up FIRST in one word, it would be opportunity, because as a member of an FRC team for over 3 years, and being part of the FIRST Canada Youth Council I have been given so many amazing opportunities to...
If you were to sum up FIRST in one word, what would it be and why?
Motivation, because you need motivation to go into robotics and compete giving it all you got.
If you were to sum up FIRST in one word, what would it be and why?
NECESSARY! I'd put FIRST in this category because not only does everything you learn and do in robotics look fantastic on resumes, but the hands-on experience is unrivalled by any other club I've seen!