Hawaii is well represented at FIRST World Championship in Houston, Texas this week!  9 teams from FLL, FTC, and FRC are competing NOW.  To check out all the streaming opportunities visit the FIRST Championship website: https://www.firstchampionship.org/watch

Get EVERYTHING you need to know about the 2025 Hawaii FRC Regional RIGHT HERE!  Learn about the game, teams, schedule, our sponsors, and much much more.  https://bit.ly/3FxJlkN

Come check out the Hawaii FRC Regional at Saint Louis School (142 Waialae Ave, Honolulu, HI 96816) March 21-23, 2025.  The general public is welcome to watch the robot matches at this FREE event. 

Is your team coming to the Hawaii FRC Regional?  Wanna order lunch? 

Check out all the details on the form:  https://forms.gle/MZm38C4N2FRq1GCX9

Order and payments are due to Hawaii FIRST Robotics by March 16th.  

📣 Calling all Hawaii FLL Explore & Challenge, FTC, and FRC teams.  Booz Allen has teamed up with Hawaii FIRST Robotics Teams to offer up a grant to teams for the 2025-2026 season. Deadline is May 12, 2025.

https://hawaiifirstrobotics.org/2025/03/03/2025-2026-booze-allen-grant/

📣 Calling all FLL Explore & Challenge, FTC, and FRC teams.  Order your HFR season shirts!  Deadline is November 22, 2025. 

Find the form here:  http://bit.ly/4ftEvCk

Sign up through your FIRST account https://www.firstinspires.org/ or email us at info@hawaiifirstrobotics.org for more information.

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Join us for all the robotics fun at the 2025 Hawaii FRC Regional at Saint Louis School.  Set up will begin on March 19th with the main event on March 21st -23rd. 

Sign up through your FIRST account https://www.firstinspires.org/ or email us at info@hawaiifirstrobotics.org for more information.

Read more on Hawaii FIRST Robotics kicks off competition season at https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/09/08/hawaii-first-robotics-kicks-off-competition-season/

Grant applications for BAE Systems team grants for the 2024/2025 season is officially open! Be aware that the application will close for FRC/Rookie FTC teams on September 13, 2024 at 12:00am (midnight) EST. No late applications will be accepted. Important: FTC teams should not check out or pay for your season via FIRST until you have confirmed receipt of a BAE Systems grant. You can learn more about BAE Systems and FIRST on our website at baesystems.com/first. You can find the application at this link: https://survey.vovici.com/se/0C8A91250CA6941F.  We have improved our web application system with the help of team feedback; however, if you find an issue or an area for potential improvement with the application, please send us an email. Additionally, please send us an email with all other questions, comments, or concerns: bae.firstrobotics@baesystems.com.

Good luck and we’ll see you at the competition!

The BAE Systems Grant Team

Requirements:

· Open to Rookie & Veteran teams

· Teams located within 75 miles of a BAE Systems site (see application for a list of locations)

· Teams with BAE Systems mentors

· Teams with an existing relationship with BAE Systems

· Teams demonstrating diversity in STEM (meeting one of the criteria below):

o Teams affiliated with Title 1 schools - Teams with high needs (more than 50% free/reduced lunch rates at affiliated school)

o Teams made up of more than 50% underrepresented populations in STEM fields (women, LGBTQ+ youth, BIPOC and Latin students, youth with disabilities)

o Teams with exemplary community outreach to underrepresented populations

Follow along with the FTC Championship matches at:

• FIRST Inspires: https://www.firstchampionship.org/watch

Follow along with the FRC Championship matches at:

• FIRST Inspires: https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/

• Blue Alliance: https://www.thebluealliance.com/

ATTENTION teams attending the Hawaii FRC Regional!  If you'd like to pre-order lunches, forms are due on April 3rd at 12pm HST.

Fill out one form per day and send it to patrick.baugh@sodexo.com and phi.nguyen@sodexo.com.

Raising Canes is running a fundraiser for HFR!  Help us by getting some of their scrumptious chicken on April 5th.

More information here:  https://raisingcanes.com/fundraiser/hawaii_first_robotics_regional_competition_social

🗣 ANNOUNCING!  The Hawaii FRC Regional Program Book is READY.  Everything you need to know about the event is included such as the schedule, teams participating, and most importantly our amazing sponsors. 

Event website:  https://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search/event?id=68512

Link directly to program book: https://www.flipsnack.com/C7F65DFF8D6/2024-hawaii-regional-program-book/full-view.html

Students from grades 2-8 are invited to participate in STEM Workshops at the Hawaii FRC Regional.  Come learn about wind tunnels, gummy bear tower building, mbot programming, and more! Students will also be given the chance to participate in a scavenger hunt in the pits in search of cool things within the competing team's pits, earning stamps and pictures along the way.

If you are interested, please fill out this form https://tinyurl.com/9uzthzca or scan the QR code.

If you have any questions or concerns please email 3008@imagineworks or leilanip3008@gmail.com for more details.

Are you coming to the Hawaii Regional?  Join us for our MEET THE PROFESSIONALS event.

Deadline to RSVP: March 21st

https://forms.gle/NeNZAchviFVLaoQN7

ANNOUNCING.... The 2024 Hawaii FRC Regional Schedule.

View the most up-to-date schedule:

https://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search/event?id=68512

This year the FIRST with Aloha network has designed this awesome shirt.  Each team has the opportunity to purchase shirts for their team to wear together on Day 1 (Thursday, April 4th, 2024) of the Hawaiʻi Regional.

If your team is interested in purchasing shirts fill out this form. A custom graphic will be created for your team displaying your team number. Instead of "TEAM HAWAIʻI", it will read "TEAM ####" with your own team number. You will then receive a link from the tee-shirt company to place your order.

Shirts will be available for pick up in Honolulu the week of the Hawai‘i Regional. The shirts are estimated to cost approximately $21 USD each. The price is dependent on the number of shirts ordered by each team and could be slightly higher or lower depending on the order quantity.

Orders must be placed by March 17th, 2024.

Should you have any questions, please contact Steffy Lee at slklee@iolani.org.

We NEED volunteers for the Hawaii regional on April 3-6, 2024 at the University of Hawaii Stan Sheriff Arena.

It takes a village full of judges, referees, robot inspectors, field repairers, field resetters, queuers, crowd control, practice field monitors, and safety glasses monitors to put on this awesome event!

Log in to the FIRST dashboard at www.firstinspires.org, and sign up to volunteer at this worthwhile event. 

Calling all Hawaii FIRST robotics teams.

Booz Allen Hamilton has generously put together a Mentor/Protege grant. 

Calling all Hawaii FIRST robotics teams.

Booz Allen Hamilton has generously put together a Mentor/Protege grant. 

Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Rgc1m0YpXcRRYDbPWReuwz-RcEuDem3/view?usp=drive_link

Rubric: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qvmK6a7FMXfah0UHStvT6w6Q8lIcnrum/view?usp=drive_link

Here are the air dates for "Culture Corner: 2023 First Lego League Robotics State Tournament":

DIRECT LINK: https://reflect-vod-naleo.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/10627?site=1

If you are on the Big Island and have cable, tune in via NLTV Channel 53 or online via VIDEO ON DEMAND at: naleo.tv/nltvexclusives:

Tues.,  12/19     1:30pm

Wed.,   12/20     7:00am

Thur.,   12/21     4:45pm

Fri.,      12/22   11:15am

Sat.,     12/23   12:30pm

Sun.,    12/24     8:30am

Know someone who can't attend the Tournament and Championship?  

Matches will be streamed LIVE on Twitch.  Share the link with friends and families.  Twitch.tv/hawaiifirstrobotics

Get ALL the information you need for the FTC Championship right here!

Check out the event program here:

https://hawaiifirstrobotics.org/ftc/Centerstage_Championship_Program.pdf

HOT-OFF-THE-PRESS

Check out the program for the FLL Challenge Championship AND FLL Explore Festival.

https://drive.google.com/.../1iZXVCFN5Dtu25L72KbC.../view...

Join all the action on December 2nd!

Match schedule: https://drive.google.com/.../1bKd4IfkgqhY.../view...

Match scores:   https://docs.google.com/.../1lJn.../edit...

Live match video: https://www.youtube.com/@WaialuaRobotics

Order your season shirts TODAY!

Sign up for the 2023 FLL EXPLORE State Festival here: https://forms.gle/kYMvfYrUSTDpay8M7

Visit the Hawaii FIRST Robotics website for the important details

An awesome write up about the FTC Kickoff in the Central Oahu Voice on page 4.

https://midweek.com/pdf/Central/2023/1004/index.html

If you weren't able to join us for Hawaii FLL kickoff or just really want to rewatch the keynote and mission question and answer it is available on YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLkgas-oTjg

Sign up for FLL Kick-off!

Sat. September 9, 2023 @ 9:00 – 11:30 AM (Registration begins at 8:30)

https://sites.google.com/view/hawaiifirstrobotics-linkinbio/home

Find out more about this grant and MORE!

https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/team-grants

Find out more about this weeks festivities here: https://www.firstchampionship.org/

For all the FRC action check out The Blue Alliance: https://www.thebluealliance.com/

Be sure to jump on over to The Blue Alliance to see a complete list of all the winners as well as video of each match. 

https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2023hiho#awards

Join us online for the FRC Hawaii Regional.  

A list of participating teams, the match schedule, and results can be found on The Blue Alliance. 

https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2023hiho#results

A live stream of the event, going on RIGHT NOW, can be found on Twitch. 

https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires37

FIRST®/DonorsChoose projects(USA) 

FIRST is excited to once again partner with NewsCorp to support FIRST® teams and Class Packs with their DonorsChoose projects. The new campaign opened on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, and will remain open until funding is exhausted. Teachers can use this funding to purchase robot sets, tools, and other items they may need to support their FIRST teams and Class Packs. This crowdsourcing platform is available to public and public charter schools within the United States. Teachers must complete this Google Form in order for their project to be eligible for project funding consideration.  

Since 2016, News Corp and other FIRST Sponsors, such as Disney, Apple, Qualcomm, and BOSCH, have funded over 1 million dollars’ worth of FIRST/DonorsChoose projects! 

Please Note: Funding is not guaranteed as all projects submitted must meet specific donor intent to be eligible for funding.

More great information about the summer camps on the SAME website:  https://www.same.org/camps/

If you have any questions, contact: brian.weinstein@stantec.com

The 2023 FRC Hawaii Regional program book is out! 

• Direct to the PDF:  http://bit.ly/3ZdPQOB

• FIRST event page:  https://bit.ly/3YvkPF9

• QR code to file below

The GOODS are out!  Get your 2023 FRC Hawaii Regional competition schedule.

Click here http://bit.ly/3YvkPF9 for the most UP-TO-DATE information, including any schedule changes.

We need YOU at the 2023 FRC Hawaii Regional at the University of Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center March 22-25th!

These are the roles and dates that we need to fill.

Field Assembly 3/22/23

Judges 3/24/23-3/25/23

referees 3/23/23-3/25/23

scorers 3/23/23-3/25/23

queuers 3/23/23-3/25/23

field repair and reset 3/23/23-3/25/23

robot inspectors 3/23/23-3/25/23

field disassembly 3/25/23

safety glasses monitor 3/23/23-3/25/23

Here is a description of the roles: http://bit.ly/3RgQPKE

Already a FIRST volunteer? Sign up here:  http://bit.ly/3wCr2TT

Need help?  Got questions? Email here: info@hawaiifirstrobotics.org

Event program for the FIRST Tech Challenge - Hawai'i League Tournament.

http://bit.ly/3hgMTMC

Check out the program here http://bit.ly/3P4To1t.

Match scores for the FLL Challenge State Championships will be posted here http://bit.ly/3ixwJyC.

Hawaii FIRST Robotics website.

Click her to view the FLL Kick-Off Recording: bit.ly/2022kick-off

New time for FTC Kick-Off is 1pm!

Click here for the Kick-Off flier

RSVP for FIRST Tech Challenge Kick Off here: https://bit.ly/3RiEswu

RSVP for FLL Challenge and Explore Kick Off here: https://bit.ly/3Kq9bWl

Where all my FTC teams at? Are you ready for the POWER PLAY season?

Links to the GOOD STUFF.

• Game Information

• Registration

Join us for the Hawaii FIRST Robotics Expo! Come on out and learn about all the FIRST robotics programs, how to start a team, and funding opportunities.

• July 23, 2022

• 1:00-3:00

• Kalani High School Cafeteria

Get ALL the details here.

WOOT WOOT!  Join this season's ENERGIZE fun.  Registration is open for FLL Explore and Challenge teams.

https://www.firstinspires.org/.../fll/cost-and-registration

Get Energized!  HFR is excited to share the following assistance for new and veteran teams in Hawaii for the 2022-2023 season.

Get the all the details on the HFR website: https://hawaiifirstrobotics.org/

The DoDSTEM Grant Application is Open! (Deadline is 11:59 PM PDT on June 23 2022)

Here are the steps to apply.

1) Find a mentor that works for DoD.

2) Your mentor will need to contact their DoDSTEM Grant contact person for their office.

For example, If the DoD mentor works at NAVFAC PAC, they would contact NAVFAC PAC FIRST DoD Grant POC or if they work at PHYS they would contact PHYS FIRST DOD Grant POC, etc.

3) Then, your mentor will get the password from that contact person and make an account on this website. https://first.dodstem.us

-This site is where the application will be submitted.

4) Be sure to remind the mentor to fill out the team information correctly because incomplete and/or incorrect information may result in loss of funds.

If you have questions, please contact Clinton Ng at Pearl Harbor #(808) 472-1351 or email him at Clinton.l.ng.civ@us.navy.mil

We want YOU to join us by putting together a team.  Check out this information we put together for schools... actually this stuff is good for ANY group wanting to dig into FIRST robotics.  https://bit.ly/3yT3yfM

Sign up here to get more information for coaches, both returning and brand new!  https://forms.gle/qXsg9u4TrDXzQV4y6

Check out the 2022-2023 season reveal page:  https://bit.ly/3kFn72z

If you want to keep up with Hawaii's FRC teams competing at Worlds RIGHT NOW here are some options.

The Blue Alliance - be sure to click on FIRST Championships -Houston

https://www.thebluealliance.com/events

FIRST Inspires Events

https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2022/CMPTX

FIRST Championship

https://www.firstchampionship.org/watch

From our very own back yard, the O-bots turn passion into purpose to guide Team #51507: Robo-Rangers from the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii to the world stage in robotics through FIRST programs! 👏

Check out this inspiring story:  https://bit.ly/3JxEJYd

Join us on April 22 @ 4:00 PM for a virtual information webinar about DoD STEM Grants for all (FLL Explore, FLL Challenge, FTC, and FRC) FIRST Robotics programs!

Meet link: https://tinyurl.com/2zwbmkcz

Questions? Contact Clinton Ng at clinton.l.ng.civ@us.navy.mil

Here are ALL the award winners from the 2022 Hawaii FRC Regional.

https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2022/HIHO/awards

Check out this awesome piece by KITV 4 featuring Team 2438: 'Iobotics

https://bit.ly/38qWo7j

The Blue Alliance to see alliances, match times, and scores.

https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2022hiho

The First Inspires site has very similar information AND a link to  the live stream.

https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2022/HIHO

The bots are BACK!

Check out this awesome piece by Ryan Ozawa from Hawaii Bulletin.

https://hawaii.bulletin.com/first-robotics

ATTENTION ALL PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND SPECTATORS.

Here are the latest updates to the COVID 19 Policies and Plans for the FRC Hawaii Regional.

https://bit.ly/3iEoHRh

Come join us at the FRC Hawaii Regional. It is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! 

https://hawaiifirstrobotics.org/2022/03/08/hawaii-regional-is-now-a-2-5-day-format/

ATTENTION: FRC Hawaii Regional Teams

Wanna order lunch?  Instructions and order form on the FRC blog.

https://hawaiifirstrobotics.org/2022/03/22/lunch-orders-hawaii-regional/

Check out the FTC awards ceremony here! https://youtu.be/VrSRRsG-jAk

Join us for the FIRST Tech Challenge 2022 Award Ceremony this Saturday, March 12th @ 9:00 am. 

https://bit.ly/3679wgl

Check out the 2022 FRC Hawaii Regional program. 

https://bit.ly/3IcdyBP

The Hawaii FRC Regional has moved to a 2.5 day format. 

Here is the link for the WHOLE schedule: https://www.firstinspires.org/.../2022_HIHO_Agenda.pdf

Here is the link to the link to today's Hawaii FIRST Robotics 2022 FIRST LEGO League Challenge Awards Ceremony

 https://youtu.be/GdhfBkkv77Q

This year the FLL Challenge CARGO CONNECT state tournament was definitely missing a crucial element...  the fans.  The D & L Arakaki team put together this short video of highlights to show you all what you missed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzHRisHtDj4

Be sure to join us for the Cargo Connect Awards ceremony on March 5th, 2022 at 9:00 am 

Hawaii FIRST Robotics 2022 FIRST LEGO League Challenge Awards Ceremony (https://youtu.be/GdhfBkkv77Q)

Thank you to all who joined us for FLL Challenge and Explore Kick Off this past Saturday.  Even though we didn't get to see your smiling faces, it was great to see all those familiar names.  If you weren't able to join us or just want to re-watch this event check out the video on YouTube.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHicryeSks

Join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/3nNy6tG

Couldn't make to Hawaii First Robotic's FTC Kickoff?

Get your questions answered about the format of this season and JOIN-THE-FUN!

Link: to slideshow: https://hawaiifirstrobotics.org/.../freight-frenzy.../

Link to YouTube Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRY6xIAHPtI

We want to find out from our Hawaii FLL Challenge teams what their plans for this season are. Please take a moment and let us know by filling out this survey by August 22, 2021.

We are gearing up for the Hawaii FLL Challenge 2021-2022 season! The planning committee has worked hard to put together tentative dates for this year’s events.

We want to find out from our teams how YOUR plans are going. We know things are still evolving as we navigate state health guidelines but please take a moment and let us know what your current participation plans are by filling out this survey by August 14, 2021.

To help you with your decisions here is what the Hawaii FLL Challenge Cargo Connect season looks like so far.

• 2021 FLL Explore and Challenge - Cargo Connect Game Release

  • August 17, 2021@ 12:00 PM ET

  • Sign up here get a reminder

  • Click here for more information about National cost and registration

• Registration Commitment (Google Form)

  • October 22, 2021

• Kick Off - Virtual (Zoom)

  • October 30, 2021 @ 9:00 am

• National Registration Deadline

  • November 30th, 2021 @ 11:59pm

  • Click here for more information about National cost and registration

• District Tournaments (Virtual or In-Person)

  • Last two weeks of January 2022

• State Tournament (Virtual or In-Person)

  • Last week of February 2022