The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF) is continually evaluating how we can improve the competition experience for students, educators, event partners, and volunteers. As our RECF Achieve and RECF Inspire programs continue to grow, we want to ensure that our competition infrastructure supports our mission of making robotics education and competition accessible, affordable, reliable, and sustainable for you.
As part of this ongoing commitment to you, RECF is moving away from requiring field control systems for RECF Achieve and RECF Inspire competitions starting on November 17, 2026.
As RECF moves forward with this transition, the most significant change for teams will be participating in alliance matches with 2 programs: 1 autonomous and 1 driving - or - a student created template that allows for both during a match.
For more details on the rationale for this decision, please visit the RECF Library. Thank you for your continued commitment to robotics education and the students we serve.