FIRST Lego League Challenge

FIRST LEGO League Challenge
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event SUBMERGED (2024-2025)
SportRobotics-related games
Founded1998
FounderDean Kamen
PresidentLawrence Cohen
Motto"More Than Robots"
No. of teams35,140 (2018-2019)
CountriesInternational
Venue(s)Houston, Texas
Detroit, Michigan
QualificationState or National Competition in respective country/state.
Related
competitions
FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Lego League Explore
Official websitewww.firstlegoleague.org

The FIRST LEGO League Challenge (formerly known as FIRST LEGO League) is an international competition[1] organized by FIRST for elementary and middle school students (ages 9–14 in the United States and Canada, 9-15 elsewhere).[1]

Each year in August,[2] FIRST LEGO League Challenge teams are introduced to a scientific and real-world challenge for teams to focus and research on.[3] The robotics part of the competition involves designing and programming Lego Education robots[4] to complete tasks. The students work out a solution to a problem related to the theme (changes every year) and then meet for regional, national and international tournaments to compete, share their knowledge, compare ideas, and display their robots.

The FIRST LEGO League Challenge is a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO Group. It is the third division of FIRST LEGO League, following FIRST LEGO League Discover for ages 4-6, and FIRST Lego League Explore for ages 6-10.[5]

  1. ^ a b "About FIRST LEGO League". www.firstlegoleague.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Start a Team". FIRST. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "What is FLL?". Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "EV3 to be Retired | First Lego League Challenge". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "FIRST LEGO League". FIRST. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2022.