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### About the _FIRST_ Tech Challenge ### About the _FIRST_ Tech Challenge
The _FIRST_ Tech Challenge seeks to inspire youth to become the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators through participation in mentor-guided robotics competition. Teams who participate in the _FIRST_ Tech Challenge must build a robot that performs a variety of tasks. The tasks vary from season to season, and are based on a set of game rules that are published at the start of each season. The more tasks that a robot can complete, the more points a team will earn. The _FIRST_ Tech Challenge seeks to inspire youth to become the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators through participation in mentor-guided robotics competition. Teams who participate in the _FIRST_ Tech Challenge must build a robot that performs a variety of tasks. The tasks vary from season to season, and are based on a set of game rules that are published at the start of each season. The more tasks that a robot can complete, the more points a team will earn.
<p align="center"><img src="https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/WikiSupport/blob/master/ftc_app/images/HoustonMatchPlay.jpg" width="500"><br/>(Photo courtesy of Dan Donovan, ©2017 Dan Donovan / www.dandonovan.com)<p> <p align="center">[[/images/The-FTC-Control-System/HoustonMatchPlay.jpg]]<br/>(Photo courtesy of Dan Donovan, ©2017 Dan Donovan / www.dandonovan.com)<p>
### Autonomous vs. Driver-Controlled ### Autonomous vs. Driver-Controlled
A _FIRST_ Tech Challenge match has an _autonomous_ phase and a _driver-controlled_ or _"tele-operated"_ phase. In the autonomous phase of a match the robot operates without any human input or control. In the driver-controlled phase, the robot can receive input from up to two human drivers. A _FIRST_ Tech Challenge match has an _autonomous_ phase and a _driver-controlled_ or _"tele-operated"_ phase. In the autonomous phase of a match the robot operates without any human input or control. In the driver-controlled phase, the robot can receive input from up to two human drivers.
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### Point-to-Point Control System ### Point-to-Point Control System
The _FIRST_ Tech Challenge uses Android devices to control its robots. During a competition, each team has two Android devices. The _FIRST_ Tech Challenge uses Android devices to control its robots. During a competition, each team has two Android devices.
<p align="center"><img src="https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/WikiSupport/blob/master/ftc_app/images/PointToPointControl.jpg" width="500"><p> <p align="center">[[/images/The-FTC-Control-System/PointToPointControl.jpg]]<p>
One Android device is mounted onto the robot and is called the _Robot Controller_. The Robot Controller acts as the “brains” of the robot. It does all of the thinking for the robot and tells the robot what to do. It consists of an Android device running an FTC Robot Controller app. There are two hardware options currently being used: REV Robotics Expansion Hub or the REV Robotics Control Hub. One Android device is mounted onto the robot and is called the _Robot Controller_. The Robot Controller acts as the “brains” of the robot. It does all of the thinking for the robot and tells the robot what to do. It consists of an Android device running an FTC Robot Controller app. There are two hardware options currently being used: REV Robotics Expansion Hub or the REV Robotics Control Hub.