For teams without as much funding, there's also a competition called the "First Tech Challenge". It's a smaller robot, which makes it far easier for a team to s

For teams without as much funding, there's also a competition called the "First Tech Challenge". It's a smaller robot, which makes it far easier for a team to self-fund and get started. I started a team with 4 other friends in high school, and we ended up placing 2nd at the World Finals (sadly, we lost in the finals...) I'm still very proud of this robot we built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYqt-jd0cg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYqt-jd0cg