Tutorials

Tutorials for FTC Beginners

Beginner's Guide on FTC Programming

We program FTC robots with Java using Android Studio, which lets us interface easily with the Android phones, the brains of the robot. Make sure that the Java JDK is installed

Beginner’s Guide on Java

Java is the backbone of programming the robot, but an advanced knowledge of Java is not necessary to begin coding the robot.

Official Website of Git

Git is a version control system that does a great job at organizing code collaboration. Download GitHub Desktop and set it up with the repository that we will be using.

Guide on how OpenCV works

OpenCV (Open Computer Vision Library) is something we are trying to work on next season because of its flexibility in detecting objects. The version we will be using is called DogeCV and it is configured to work with FTC game objects.

YouTube Playlist about Vuforia

Vuforia is the official image recognition software used by FTC for competitions. Ideally, we will phase out Vuforia in favor for OpenCV/DogeCV but knowledge on how Vuforia works will be needed as our fallback. Keep in mind videos 1-3 are somewhat outdated but whose insight is still useful.

FTC's Control System Overview

This article provides an introduction to the FIRST Tech Challenge control system, which makes it possible for the drivers and your code to control the robot.

All download links:

Java SDK (built into Android Studio)

Android Studio