FIRST is the world's leading youth robotics community that delivers competitions capable of inspiring innovation, building confidence and preparing young persons for life. Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, it is a non-profit organization that prepares the younger generation for a successful and creative feature by welcoming them into several team-based robotics programs including FRC, FTC & VEX. FIRST aims to transform our culture to create a world where science and celebrated and where the youth dream to be leaders in those fields. More than robots, FIRST instills its Core Values to ignite the spark dormant in the young innovators and give them the skills, confidence and resilience to build a better world.