FTC Launchpad

Middle school FIRST Tech Challenge Free Print-friendly

Short guides for build, code, CAD, and how teams work.
Use your coach’s Google Classroom first.

Three things to know

New game each season; judges care how you learn, document, and work with people—not only scores.
Control Hub runs your code. Autonomous = timed code only; tele-op = drivers + gamepads.
Game Manual + FTC Docs = official rules and robot truth. GM0 = community design help—if something disagrees, FIRST wins.

Choose your path

Same umbrella — FTC Launchpad. Pick reading, interactive practice, or both.

Guides (read)

Topic pages

Print-friendly references, official links, and mentor handouts. Jump in any order.

Launchpad Labs

Interactive modules

Five modules — slides, checkpoints, credits, match & order games, and a shop. Mixed rookie & veteran teams.

Guides

Jump to what matches practice—no required order. Each page stands on its own.

Section 1 — Welcome to FTC

Section 2 — Engineering Portfolio, Presentation & Awards

Section 3 — Hardware & Mechanics

Section 4 — Software & Programming

Families

Official links

FIRST Tech Challenge — program home
FTC overview — big-picture docs

Coach materials come first.
Tryouts & rubrics = your school.
This site is extra, not official.