BEST Robotics
BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) is another competition that ULTIMATE pursues. It was founded in 1995 by Ted Mahler and Steve Marum of Texas Instruments Engineers. BEST provides an exciting ride for high school students. Their dynamic includes a strict list of expandable parts for robot construction. Table displays, interviews, notebooks, and team spirit are also considered in ranking the ultimate example of a BEST team. This is definitely a one lifelong experience. BEST is very inspiring and is growing at a prominent pace!

FIRST Robotics
FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science and Technology) is a world renowned organization founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen. Their goal is to motivate, prepare, and gear high school students to get on their way to a successful career. For 6 weeks, teams worldwide design, prototype, program and construct one fully functional robot for a challenge. However, fundraisers, sponsorships, community outreach, team spirit, web design, and innovation also play a leading role in building a winning team. People from the community work together intensively until competition.

LEGO League
FLL (FIRST Lego League) is a competition for kids between 9-14 years of age. The "little league," resulting from a partnership between LEGO® MINDSTORMSTM and FIRST Robotics Inc, not only promotes technology and creativity, but also incorporates a real-world problem. Because of FLL, children worldwide create hands-on solutions by implementing both their skills with LEGO® bricks and engineering processes. Students learn basics of computer programming and the engineering behind motors, servos, gears, and etc. This program is a great way of introducing kids into engineering and promotes the importance of use in technology in the near future.

FIRST Tech Challenge
FVC (FIRST Tech Challenge) is a new program developed by the FIRST Robotics Competition. It targets smaller teams without resources to join the more complex FIRST competition. The goal of FVC is to reach younger people with a lower-cost more approachable opportunity in discovering excitement and rewards of science, engineering, and technology. This competition is similar to that of the FRC, however the size of the field and the robots is significantly smaller. Each year teams are briefed on that year's challenge during the national kickoff event.