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FIRST Championship is a four day robotics championship held annually in April. For several years, the event was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to the Edward Jones Dome, in St Louis, Missouri in 2011, where it will stay through 2017. The event comprises three competitions, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship, and FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival.〔(FIRST Championship ), ''FIRST'' - accessed May 23, 2009〕 FIRST Championship is normally held in conjunction with FIRST Robotics Conference which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields.〔(2009 FIRST Robotics Conference ), ''FIRST'' - accessed May 23, 2009〕 FRC is a six-week competition program for high-school students to build 120 pound (54 kg) robots that can complete a task that changes every year using standard set of parts, plus any additional off-the-shelf or custom parts. FTC is a mid-level competition program for high-school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FLL is a competition program for elementary and middle school students. Teams for each program compete in tournaments at state and regional level. The winning teams from those tournaments join the global competition at FIRST Championship. The 2011 championship was also host to the Collegiate Aerial Robotics Demonstration, a pilot collegiate FIRST program. In 2015, to expand, it was announced that the FIRST Championship would be divided into multiple venues. The new Innovation Faire featuring displays and demonstrations from FIRST Sponsors, Partners and Suppliers will take place at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship and the Junior FIRST Lego League (Jr. FLL) World Festival will take place at Union Station (St. Louis), and the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival as well as the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship will continue to take place at the Edward Jones Dome and America's Center. The new arrangement is designed to give an "Olympic Village" feel and allow for more space to expand each individual program.〔http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/first-championship〕 ==Host cities== *''1992'': Manchester, NH *''1993–1994'': Nashua, NH *''1995–2002'': Orlando, FL, at Epcot Center, Walt Disney World *''2003'': Houston, at Reliant Park *''2004–2010'': Atlanta, at Georgia Dome *''2011–2017'': St. Louis, at Edward Jones Dome, America's Center, Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel (2015-2017), Union Station (St. Louis) (2015-2017) *''2017-2020'': Houston, at George R. Brown Convention Center, Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park *''2018-2020'': Detroit, at Cobo Center and Ford Field 1992 was the first year of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Just over 20 teams competed at one event, which was held at Memorial High School in Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1993, the sole competition was held at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire. In 1994, the competition was held at Nashua High School. In 1995, FIRST had grown to the point to which they had outgrown the one competition, so they moved to a regional qualifier system, and thus the FIRST championship was born. From 1995 through 2002, the championship was held at Epcot Center in Orlando. Reliant Park in Houston was the venue for 2003. Atlanta served as host city from 2004 through 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.atlanta.net/pressroom/pressReleases/Atlanta%20to%20Host%202007%20FIRST%20Championship.pdf )〕 In 2005, the contract with Atlanta was extended through 2007 with options for 2008 and 2009.〔 In 2009, St. Louis was selected, from three finalists, to serve as host city for 2011 through 2013. In 2012, the tenure at St. Louis was extended until 2014. In 2013, the tenure in St. Louis was once again extended for three additional years through 2017.〔http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/nloct13/first-selects-st.louis-as-site-of-annual-first-championship-2015-to-2017〕 On April 9, 2015, it was announced that the 2017 through 2020 championships will consist of two championship events, located in two different cities on back to back weekends. The 2017 championships will be held in St. Louis, centered at the Edward Jones Dome, and in Houston, Texas, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park. 2017 will mark St. Louis's final hosting of the event for the foreseeable future, ending it's seven years hosting the event, as well as FIRST Championships's return to Houston, following the 2003 Championships at Reliant Park. From 2018 to 2020, Houston will continue to host the championships, with Detroit, Michigan taking St. Louis's place. The Detroit championships will take place at Cobo Center and Ford Field. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FIRST Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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