About
FIRST
FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,
is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to
develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields.
The organization is the foundation for the FIRST Robotics
Competition, FIRST LEGO League, Junior FIRST Lego League, and FIRST Tech
Challenge competitions. FIRST seeks to promote a philosophy of
teamwork and collaboration among engineers and encourages competing
teams to remain friendly, helping each other out when necessary. The
term frequently applied to this ethos is "gracious professionalism," a
term coined by Woodie Flowers which supports respect towards one's
competitors and integrity in one's actions. As Dean Kamen is so fond of
saying, FIRST is not about building robots. At every level of
competition FIRST is about getting people involved in Engineering in a
fun and interesting way.
The first program developed through FIRST was
the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), which is designed to inspire high
school students to become engineers by giving them real world experience
working with professional engineers to develop a robot.
Lunacy
Lunacy is this year's FIRST Robotics Competition theme.
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Our Team
We are a FIRST Robotics Team based in Oklahoma City. Our team number is 2395 and our name is The OK County 4-H Ninja Munkees
4-H
4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the mission of
"engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the
field of youth development." The four "H"s stand for Head, Heart, Hands,
and Health. The organization serves over 6.5 million members in the
United States from ages 5 to 19 in approximately 90,000 clubs. 4-H clubs
and related organizations now exist in many other countries as well; the
organization and administration varies from country to country.
The goal of 4-H is to develop citizenship, leadership, and life skills
of youth through mostly experiential learning programs. Though typically
thought of as an agriculturally focused organization as a result of its
history, 4-H today focuses on citizenship, healthy living, and science,
engineering and technology programs.