# FIRST Robotics Competition Control System
Welcome to the FIRST|reg| Robotics Competition Control System Documentation! This site contains everything you need to know for programming a competition robot!
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**Returning Teams**
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If you are a returning team, please check out the overview of changes from 2024 to 2025, known issues, and quick start guide for updating.
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**New Teams**
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The Zero-to-Robot tutorial will guide you through preparation, wiring and programming a basic robot!
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**Hardware Overview**
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An overview of the hardware components available to teams.
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**Software Overview**
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An overview of the software components and tools available to teams.
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**Programming Basics**
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Documentation that is useful throughout a team's programming process.
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**Advanced Programming**
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Documentation that is suited toward veteran teams. This includes content such as Path Planning and Kinematics.
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**Hardware**
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Hardware tutorials and content available for teams.
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**Romi and XRP Robots**
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The Romi and XRP robots are low-cost platforms for practicing WPILib programming.
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**API Documentation**
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Java, C++, and Python class documentation.
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**Software Tools**
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Essential tooling such as FRC Driver Station, Dashboards, roboRIO Imaging Tool and more.
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**Example Projects**
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This section showcases the available example projects that teams can reference in VS Code.
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**Status Light Quick Reference**
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Quick reference guide for the status lights on a variety of FRC hardware.
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**3rd Party libraries**
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Tutorial on adding 3rd party libraries such as CTRE and REV to your robot project.
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