It’s Spring Break in NYC so get ready for an action-packed week.

Teams from New York City and beyond will compete with 120-pound robots of their own design, combining the excitement of sport with the rigor of science, engineering, and technology at this regional competition.

Welcome to the official New York City Regional information hub. This site will serve as the central resource for all event updates and essential competition details. Please review all tabs carefully and check back frequently, as information will be updated leading up to the event.

We look forward to seeing you in Week Six.

Last Updated: 2/28/2026

COMPETING TEAMS

A NOTE FROM YOUR LEAD ROBOT INSPECTOR

• Please make sure you update your roboRIOs firmware and FRC Driver Station software to the latest versions; this will save a lot of time during inspections if you do it at home/school versus in the pits. You should also update your other devices' firmware too if you haven't yet done so (Spark Maxes, Pneumatics Hubs, etc) just as a best practice. 

• Once load-in is over, you cannot bring in any more fabricated parts and you cannot work on any parts when pits close. This means if you bring in robot parts after load-in, or if you 3D print parts after pits close, your robot will be put into timeout. In addition, during load-in, no work on your robot may be done. Work being done will also cause your robot to be put into timeout.

• Make sure your batteries are well-secured in your robot; if I were to pull up on the battery, your robot should come with it at least a little bit. Don't want any batteries flopping out onto the field!

• Please make sure none of your electrical or pneumatic components are modified past what the rules allow (R710 and R803 respectively).

• For teams where this is your first event of the year, just be sure you have a robot signal light on your robot easily visible, and that your main breaker and pneumatic dump valve are easily accessible!

• The inspection desk is once again at the front of the pits, next to pit admin. That means we won't have a lot of space to queue robots up for inspection, so when you are ready for inspection, please first send someone from your team to let us know you're ready for inspections instead of immediately bringing your robot up.

• New for 2025: You can get weighed during load-in! This means that once your team has loaded in, if you want to get weighed immediately you can send a team representative to the inspection desk. This way you can bypass the weighing queue during normal inspection times.

• New for 2025: As per Team Update 8, R703 has been updated to protect your Rio from the radio's passive POE implementation, so please make sure your robot is in compliance with this rule. I've included the main examples of a legal setup which are:

FRC Mentor Slide Submission! Are you interested in shouting out your mentor?

Deadline: April 1, 2026 for both Gotham & NYC Regionals

Email slides to: frcmentorslides@nycfirst.org 

Be sure to submit a Mentor Slide to thank your mentors for everything they’ve done for your team!

Please use the following guidelines:

• One 16:9 Slide/Image per team - list as many mentors on the slide as you like

• Slide should include the Team Number, Team Name, Name of Mentor(s), and a message to them. Also include mentor photo(s) if available.

• Do not include a background color or background images on your slide

• All slides must be submitted to frcmentorsslides@nycfirst.org 

• Submissions will be reviewed by the NYC FIRST team and you will be contacted with any changes

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JUDGING/AWARD SUPPORT

Teams, if you want support or practice for awards reach out to us at frcawards@nycfirst.org. We offer awards documentation and submission review and practice interviews for Dean's List and FIRST Impact Award.

MECHANICAL/PROGRAMMING SUPPORT

The FRC Committee has established a great team of individuals that are willing to visit your schools in order to offer you support this season. Feel free to reach out to them at frcsupport@nycfirst.org

The Cornell Tech STEM Center is open to FRC teams! The CT STEM Center is located on Roosevelt Island at 11 E Loop Rd #6a, New York, NY 10044. Open hours for teams to stop by are:

Monday: (flexible by request)

Tuesday: 4:00pm-8:00pm

Wednesday: 4:30pm-8:00pm

Thursday: 4:30pm-8:00pm

Friday: 2:00pm-5:00pm

Saturday: 1:00pm-8:00pm

Sunday: 1:00pm-8:00pm

The staff there can help with the following:

• Help teams fabricate parts for their robot using the CNC router (can cut aluminum up to a quarter of an inch, polycarbonate, and VersaFrames)

• Help teams print nylon and carbon fiber reinforcements using the MarkForge printer

• Help teams rapidly prototype parts using the laser cutter (for acrylics and up to a quarter of an inch plywood)

• Help teams with their CAD using Fusion 360 and OnShape. The STEM Center is currently working on installing SolidWorks onto their computers but can open Solidwork files with no problem.

• Connect teams with other teams in the space to collaborate

• If teams want to bring their robots and need help with building, a loading dock entry is available and teams can either park on the street or in the private, paid parking.

FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT RUDIANA AT rudiana@nycfirst.org.