FIRST-Tech-Challenge

    FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController

    FTC Android Studio Workspace for robot programming in Android Studio

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    Java
    BSD-3-Clause-Clear
    1.4K stars
    10.8K forks
    1.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 29, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 47 days ago, with 2 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 368% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an Android Studio workspace and SDK for programming FIRST Tech Challenge competition robots in Java.
    • Offers comprehensive robot control features with sample OpModes, sensor support, and integration with Android Studio and OnBot Java.
    • Use for developing and testing robot control software in a full-featured Android Studio environment.
    • Use for learning robotics programming through provided sample OpModes and Blocks tutorials for beginners.
    • Use for integrating advanced sensors like IMUs, color processors, and vision systems into FTC robots.

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    License

    BSD 3-Clause Clear

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    This repository contains the public FTC SDK for the DECODE (2025-2026) competition season.

    This GitHub repository contains the source code that is used to build an Android app to control a FIRST Tech Challenge competition robot. To use this SDK, download/clone the entire project to your local computer.

    To use this Android Studio project, you will need Android Studio Ladybug (2024.2) or later.

    To program your robot in Blocks or OnBot Java, you do not need Android Studio.

    Excerpt from the FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController README on GitHub (BSD-3-Clause-Clear license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    10.8K+1.4K

    Open issues

    56+2

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