The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Bayou Regional is home to FIRST Robotics Competition teams competing in Louisiana. These high-school level teams, with the guidance of adult mentors, have limited time to design, build, and program their competitive robot to perform a series of sport-like tasks using offense, defense and scouting techniques. To build a successful robot, teams must use programming, CAD, mechanical and electrical engineering, automation, and robotics. Teams bring their robot to the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, Louisiana, where they compete with other LA teams as well as with visiting teams from around the world, for a spot at the World Championship. FIRST is more than just robots. Teams learn project management, leadership skills, public speaking skills, deductive reasoning, business planning, fundraising, marketing, safety management, community service and the importance of working as a team. They leave this program with greater self-confidence, an awareness of their community and the environment surrounding it, and with transferrable skills that can bring to any college or career path they choose. FIRST Louisiana Mississippi