FIRST Robotics Competition teams from across the state of North Carolina gathering together in Dorton Arena can only mean one thing (well, two things actually, but excluding the North Carolina Regional, one thing): it is time for kickoff.

Kickoff is the start of a six week journey where FRC teams design, build, and program a robot to compete in that year’s game. This time around, we will be shooting discs and climbing pyramids in the 2013 FRC game, Ultimate Ascent.