Welcome to TRCompetition
LEARN THE SKILLS. BUILD THE ROBOT. COMPETE.
The TRCompetition teams at TRC provide our students with engaging and dynamic opportunities to apply what they learn in the classroom within a social setting, fostering lasting friendships. Selection for teams occurs through an exclusive invitation process, prioritizing students who have been involved in our Homeschool, TRClasses, TRCamps, and previous teams during the 2024-2025 period. Any additional openings will be filled afterward. Team meetings will take place on designated days for specific training and practice sessions, with the possibility of extra meetings on Saturdays as necessary.
commitment required to participate
It’s important to note that starting in 2025, all team members will be required to commit to two semesters to ensure they are fully prepared for the spring competitions and can maximize the use of our meeting labs and resources. In addition, team members will be encouraged to secure a $250 sponsor to help alleviate the costs associated with running the program throughout the year. These program sponsors will still be overseen by TRC to manage team registration fees, insurance, lab expenses, and equipment purchases. Should a team qualify for a postseason event, additional fundraising efforts will be necessary for participation.
Our Vision: Dare to Explore
To be Middle Tennessee's premier homeschool engineering program—where students learn from professional instructors, develop real skills through a complete K-12 pathway, and graduate ready to compete.
Our Mission: Dare Mighty Things
To inspire the next generation through comprehensive engineering education in technology, robotics, and computer science—developing confident problem-solvers who will shape tomorrow's world.
2025-2026 Season
Program events calendar
TRC FLL Competition Schedule
Tentative and Subject to change!!!
- FLL East Tennessee State Championship- February 7 (TTU)
TRC FTC Competition Schedule
Tentative and Subject to change!!!
- FTC TechNova Invitational Scrimmage- January 31 (MTSU)
- FTC HiveMind Invitational Scrimmage- February 7th (TBA)
- FTC State Championship- February 20-21 (MTSU)
TRC RDL and ARC Competition Schedule
Tentative and Subject to change!!!
- Robot Drone League Nationals - March 27-28 (ETSU)
- American Rocketry Challenge - qualifying launches due March 30
2025-2026 Season
trcompetition programs
2025-2026 Season
first robotics
Uncover tHE FUTURE
The range of opportunities that an education in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) offers young people is wider than ever. FIRST® helps kids uncover their futures using a winning formula of inspiration, hands-on learning, team-based problem solving, mentorship, and celebration.
More Than Robots®, we are a life-changing global community of mentors, educators, volunteers, sponsors, parents, and alumni who are dedicated to helping all young people develop the skills, confidence, and resilience to succeed.
Exciting, hands-on FIRST programs have a proven and lasting impact on STEM learning and interest in students. FIRST participants work as teams in creative learning environments to solve an annual, themed robotics challenge.
2024-2025 Season
American rocketry challenge
The American Rocketry Challenge
The American Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student rocket competition, has engaged over 100,000 middle and high school students in model rocketry. The challenge provides a yearlong opportunity to gain hands-on engineering experience by designing, building, testing, and launching model rockets to meet rigorous requirements. The program fosters leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills as students deepen their interest and passion for aerospace and STEM.
Rules of the 2025 American Rocketry Challenge:
1. Payload: Design a rocket that cradles two eggs, oriented sideways.
2. Altitude Goal: Reach an impressive 790 feet.
3. Flight Time: Safely return to Earth within 41 to 44 seconds.
2025-2026 season
ROBOT Drone League challenge
Moonbase
Welcome to the 2025 Robot Drone League Challenge: MOONBASE! This year's competition draws inspiration from NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon for a permanent presence, laying the groundwork for future Mars exploration.
Your challenge this season will replicate essential tasks needed to establish and maintain a lunar base. Soon, Artemis astronauts will live and work on the Moon, conducting research, harvesting resources, and testing technologies for deep space travel. Your team will use robots and drones to complete key MOONBASE operations in a simulated environment.
The Artemis program isn’t just about reaching the Moon—it’s about sustaining a presence. Lessons from Artemis will guide future missions to Mars, creating a blueprint for sustainable exploration. The Gateway station will be pivotal for lunar operations, and your tasks connect directly to its functionality.
Your Mission Starts Now!
Test your engineering, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Like NASA's Artemis engineers, you'll design and refine your robotic and drone systems to complete critical tasks. Innovation
FIRST Alumni ScholarshipS
FIRST Alumni and Scholarships
High school-level FIRST participants become FIRST Alumni and gain access to exclusive education funding as part of the FIRST Scholarship Program.
Who are FIRST Alumni?
FIRST Alumni are graduates of high school-level FIRST programs (i.e. FIRST Tech Challenge and/or FIRST Robotics Competition).
FIRST participants automatically become FIRST Alumni after graduating high school.
FIRST Alumni are 2.6 times more likely to enroll in an engineering course freshman year of college.
Over 75% of FIRST Alumni are in a STEM field as a student or professional
Nearly half of the FIRST Alumni are still involved in FIRST as coaches, mentors, volunteers, and donors.
More information about FIRST Alumni, along with internship and networking opportunities, can be found at www.firstinspires.org/alumni.
Who is eligible for a FIRST Scholarship?
High school students who have participated or are participating in high-school-level FIRST Robotics Competition and/or FIRST Tech Challenge teams can apply for FIRST Scholarships.
Most FIRST Scholarship Providers request applications during a student's senior year, but there are a few scholarships available to juniors or college students.
Each scholarship may also have other eligibility requirements as set by the provider. Eligibility requirements are available at www.firstinspires.org/scholarships.
