# FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController

FTC Android Studio Workspace for robot programming in Android Studio

Repository: https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ftcrobotcontroller
Language: Java
License: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-31T17:29:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2176, "days_push": 33, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 74.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1267, forks 9520 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:11.347352+00:00)

## What it is
The official FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) SDK for building the Android app that controls a competition robot. It provides the robot controller framework, hardware access, and sample OpModes for programming in Java via Android Studio.

## Use cases
- program an FTC competition robot in Java
- build and deploy the FTC robot controller app with Android Studio
- access motors, sensors, and servos on the FTC control system
- write custom OpModes for the DECODE 2025-2026 season
- learn robot programming with the FTC SDK

## When to choose
- you are on an FTC team programming your robot in Java with Android Studio
- you need the official, season-current robot controller SDK
- you want sample OpModes and hardware APIs for the FTC control system

## When to avoid
- you program only with Blocks or OnBot Java (no Android Studio needed)
- you are competing in a different robotics program like FRC or VEX
- you need a general-purpose robotics framework outside FTC

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: robotics, sdk, embedded
- domain: robotics, education, hardware
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: ftc, first-tech-challenge, robot-controller, android-studio, competition-robotics, op-modes, android

## Member repositories
- FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.347352+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:41.260809+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.347352+00:00, sha 4dde6160a072)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.