Outreach Initiatives

The Compass Alliance Website The Compass Alliance was founded in the fall of 2017 by FRC 3132 in partnership with 9 teams from around the world. Th...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people and FIRST teams were not able to get much engagement due to stay-at-home policies enforced by the governm...

Many Australian teams struggle with paying high registration fees and shipping of robotics parts overseas,Some robotics teams in America have easy ...

DDU or Duel Down Under is Australia's largest unofficial off-season event, founded by Team 3132 in 2012.

FIRST Ladies is a program that was created in collaboration with the Patronum Bots, an American FTC team. It promotes and supports women in STEM te...

We have worked tirelessly to create a growing FIRST program in Australia with incredible success. From the regional to Robots in the Outback and so...

We have seen time and time again how FIRST breaks down barriers and cuts across demographic groups, whether it is geographic, economic, or otherwis...

Lightning lessons are a way to allow mentors across Australia to collaborate and present a weekly 1-hour online lesson to students keen on expanding knowledge in FRC, varying from robot design to outreach to strategy.

Lightning Service is a service provided by TDU for other teams at various competitions and events. It involves helping more junior teams with their...

Mentors Without Borders Facebook Mentors Without Borders is an annual conference, which started in 2016, hosted across two days, aimed at educating...

We used the surplus from our team budget, along with funding from the New South Wales Government to create the Microbank. Using this funding, we gi...

Inspired by our existing Robo Camps model, we were challenged by Macquarie Alumni to transplant this model to poorer rural regions with the intenti...

FIRST Australia's Page RoboCamps are an innovative way to engage children in STEM and robotics through introducing them to LEGO Mindstorm robotics ...

Robots Around the World Robots Around the World is a program designed to bring FIRST to students from disadvantaged communities. Through Robots aro...

Partnered with ‘Smile Like Drake’, a not-for-profit organisation designed to promote water safety, the team will be developing an underwater robot ...

When Team 5593's lab was flooded during the 2018 off season, we knew we wanted to do something to help them through the difficult time. We decided ...