Links

General Links

Official FIRST Website
http://www.usfirst.org
The Official FIRST Website is the primary resource for all FIRST Teams. It contains information for current Lego, Vex, and FRC Teams as well as information for starting your own team.

FIRST Forums
http://forums.usfirst.org/
The Official FIRST Forum is an excellent source of the latest announcements.

FIRST Wiki
http://www.firstwiki.org
FIRST Wiki is an online, editable encyclopedia that tells the history of FIRST and its founders, as well as manuals and archived information of teams, robots, and past competitions. We encourage all teams to edit FIRST Wiki and add their team's own page to the encyclopedia.

FIRSTr
http://www.FIRSTr.org
FIRSTr is a Web 2.0 style website that presents the coolest and latest articles in FIRST by usung a system where members decide on the popularity and quality of each article.

Chief Delphi
http://www.chiefdelphi.com
The Chief Delphi Forum is the major hangout for all FIRST teams, where members discuss robotics, strategy, or general information.

NEMO
http://www.firstnemo.org/
The Non Engineering Mentor Organization aka NEMO is open to any adult mentor involved partially or fully on the non engineering part of the team.

Mechanical

Innovation FIRST
http://www.innovationfirst.com/
Innovation FIRST is the official supplier of the FIRST Organization and is a prime source for robotics components.

AndyMark
http://www.innovationfirst.com/
Andy Mark is an excellent source for FIRST Robotics Drivetrain components.

Programming

Kevin's Code
http://kevin.org/frc/
Kevin's Code Repository is an excellent resource for programmers that contains default code for gyros, camera, etc. and help with using them.

Inventor, Animation and Website

FIRST CAD Library
http://www.firstcadlibrary.com/
The FIRST CAD Library is a free library consisting of a variety of mechanical models useful in any Autodesk Invedntor or Visualization submission.

Autodesk FIRST Base
http://firstbase.autodesk.com/
FIRST Base is the Autodesk Headquarters of its inventor and visualization sub-competitions in FIRST. It contains useful information for creating and submitting your inventor and visualization projects.

BioRUST
http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/index/
BioRUST is an excellent source of tutorials in Photoshop, Flash, and other graphics applications.

Tutorialized
http://www.tutorialized.com/
Tutorialized contains tutorials in numerous applications including 3dsMax, Fireworks, and AutoCAD.

CG Society
http://forums.cgsociety.org/
CG Society is the place where both professional and amatuer computer artists meet and share the work and techniques.

3dLuvr
http://www.3dluvr.com/content/
3dLuvr is a tutorials website dedicated to 3d applications such as 3dsMax.