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Junior FIRST LEGO League
(JFLL) - 6 - 9 years old

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Junior FIRST LEGO League (JFLL) is an introductory level science program for 6 – 9 year olds using LEGO to build models and explore real world.

FIRST LEGO League (FLL)
9 - 14 year olds
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FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an entry-level robotics program for 9 – 14 year olds using a LEGO Mindstorm NXT robot kit to meet an annual robotic and research challenge based on real world issues.

FIRST Tech Challenge
(FTC)
Middle and
High School Students
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FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics program for middle and high school students. Student teams design, engineer and program a moderate sized Tetrix robot to execute skills challenges adapted from real world robots of similar size.

FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)* is a unique varsity sport of the mind designed to help high-school-aged young people discover how interesting and rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be.

*The FRC program is implemented by Oregon FIRST Committee. Click here to connect to their website. ORTOP does not organize the Autodesk Oregon FIRST Regional Competition.