February 2020
FTC Wildcard Qualifier at Hedrick Middle School
This is a North Texas FTC Wildcard Qualifying Tournament scheduled for Hedrick Middle School in Lewisville, Texas. To volunteer at this event, see the FTC volunteer page. Teams cannot register directly for this event -- teams are invited to this…
Find out more »North Texas FTC Regional Championship
Thank you to our event sponsors! The Regional FTC Championship for North Texas will be held on February 15, 2020, at Wylie East High School in Wylie, Texas. Forty-eight teams will be competing for awards and a chance to…
Find out more »May 2020
STEMpump Online
Hi everyone, hope you and your family are doing well during this tough time. While the FTC season is over, we can use this time to sharpen and learn new skills. Last September, we started a program called STEMpump, you…
Find out more »September 2020
FTC 2020 Season Kickoff and Game Review
North Texas FTC will be holding our 2020-2021 "Ultimate Goal" Season Kickoff online on Saturday, September 12 starting at 1:00pm CDT. The purpose of the kickoff is to give teams more information about the game field elements and rules, and…
Find out more »FTC 2020 Season Kickoff and Game Review, Session 2
Thank you to everyone who attended our kickoff webinar yesterday -- we really enjoyed sharing the kickoff with all of you and having an opportunity to answer your initial game-related questions. We've posted the video of yesterday's kickoff event online,…
Find out more »FTC Zoom Chat/Clinic 0917 – Hardware and tools
This is part of our weekly NTX FTC Zoom Chat/Clinic sessions, where we gather to discuss FTC news and provide tips and suggestions for the FIRST Tech Challenge competition. For this September 17 meeting, we'll review some of the hardware…
Find out more »FTC Zoom Clinic 0919 – Onshape CAD demonstration
This will be a 2-hour clinic with a demonstration of Onshape CAD, an online computer aided design platform that is becoming popular among many FIRST teams. In this demonstration, we'll look at the FTC parts library, and reprise the creation…
Find out more »November 2020
FTC Zoom Clinic 1107a – Introduction to OnBot Java
This clinic will be an "Introduction to OnBot Java", starting at 10:00am. In this clinic will will look at methods to access OnBot Java, the basics of OpMode programming and steps needed to get a basic driving robot working. If…
Find out more »FTC Zoom Clinic 1107b – Using the IMU with OnBot Java
This clinic will cover "Using the IMU with OnBot Java", and take a look at the IMU (Inertial Motion Unit) sensor built-in to REV Expansion and Control Hubs and how it can be used in FTC. The IMU contains a…
Find out more »September 2021
FTC 2021 Season Kickoff and Workshop (Plano)
Please pre-register to attend this event Teams 7172 Technical Difficulties and the Marcus Robotics Institute will be holding a Kickoff and Workshop event on September 18th from 9:30am to 12:30pm at Marcus High School in Flower Mound. The purpose of…
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