FIRST in Alabama

🌿🚀 The future of FIRST is growing…

The 2026–2027 FIRST season theme has officially been revealed: FIRST CANOPY!

Inspired by biodiversity, ecosystems, and the connections that help our planet thrive, this upcoming season will challenge students to innovate, problem-solve, and engineer solutions inspired by the natural world.

🌱 FIRST LEGO League: BIOGLOW™
⚡ FIRST Tech Challenge: BIOBUZZ™ presented by RTX
🌎 FIRST Robotics Competition: BIOCORE™ presented by Haas

What are YOUR predictions for this season’s games and challenges? 👀

Drop your ideas in the comments! ⬇️

A huge thank you to National Space Club Huntsville for supporting the 2026 Rocket City Regional! 🚀🤖

Support from organizations like National Space Club Huntsville helps make it possible for students from across the country to come together in Huntsville to compete, collaborate, and showcase their skills in engineering, programming, innovation, and teamwork through FIRST Robotics Competition.

The Rocket City Regional provides students with hands-on STEM experiences that help prepare them for future careers while connecting them with industry, higher education, and opportunities right here in Alabama’s strong aerospace and technology community.

Thank you for investing in students and helping inspire the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators!

Congratulations to the Alabama teams who represented our state at the FIRST Championship in Houston last week! 🚀🤖

We are proud of the students, mentors, coaches, and families who worked throughout the season to earn the opportunity to compete on the world stage and showcase the impact of FIRST in Alabama.

Special congratulations to:
🏆 FRC Team 10101 Critical Hit for winning the Imagery Award for the Milstein Division
🏆 FLL Challenge Team 70861 Where's Chicken? for winning the Breakthrough Award

Congratulations as well to:
🤖 FTC Team 21480 Blue Bananas
🤖 FTC Team 24331 Caesar Circuitry
🚀 FLL Explore Team 31579 Astro-ologists
🚀 FLL Explore Team 33096 Astro-ologists 2

Thank you all for representing Alabama with excellence, innovation, teamwork, and gracious professionalism. We are excited to see what these teams accomplish next!

A huge thank you to the PPG Foundation for supporting FIRST in Alabama!

Through their generous support, FIRST in Alabama is able to help provide opportunities for FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition teams and events across the state.

Funding like this helps expand access to hands-on STEM learning experiences where students develop technical skills, confidence, teamwork, leadership, and real-world problem-solving abilities through robotics.

We are grateful for partners like the PPG Foundation who believe in investing in students and the future of STEM education in Alabama. 🎨⚙️🤖

We are proud to recognize Arcfield as a sponsor of the 2026 Rocket City Regional!

Support from partners like Arcfield helped make it possible for 48 FIRST Robotics Competition teams to come together in Huntsville for an unforgettable experience centered around innovation, teamwork, and STEM education.

Through the Rocket City Regional, students gain hands-on experience in engineering, programming, problem-solving, communication, and leadership while competing with industrial-size robots designed and built by students.

Thank you, Arcfield, for investing in students and helping inspire the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators across Alabama and beyond! 🚀🤖

Want to hear some great Rocket City Regional playoff match commentary? Check out our FLL Explore Sportdesk livestream!

FLL Sportdesk. Live from the 2026 FRC Rocket City Regional Join us for play-by-play commentary by FLL students at the 2026 FRC Rocket City Regional. The official FIRST FRC stream can be found here: https://www.youtu...

Thank you to our volunteers who helped set up the FLL tables and FTC field!

Make sure to go check it out - located directly behind the stands ‼️