About Us

Sri Lanka Robotics & FIRST are the world’s leading youth robotics community, delivering hands-on STEM learning that inspires innovation, builds confidence, and prepares kids for life. Across the globe, students thrive in our programs — powered by mentorship, teamwork, creativity, and engineering challenges.

Purpose, Vision and Mission

Our organisational statements are more than words on a page; they encapsulate our promise to build a thriving global robotics community and to remain at the very forefront of STEM education.

Vision
To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.

Mission
The mission of Sri Lanka Robotics FIRST is to provide life-changing robotics programs that give young people the skills, confidence, and resilience to build a better world.

Our Core Values

The FIRST Core Values are fundamental to FIRST and unique to its programs. They emphasise friendly sportsmanship, respect for the contributions of others, teamwork, learning, and community involvement and are part of our commitment to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of unity.

FIRST® robotics programs deliver hands-on STEM education to schools, afterschool programs, and community learning spaces. Each program offers fun, age-appropriate challenges tied to a yearly theme to help build STEM interest and adaptable skills, preparing students for STEM careers and leadership in a tech-driven world.

Children can join any of our three programs based on age or grade level. Ages may vary by region.

Why FIRST® Works

FIRST robotics programs are more than STEM afterschool programs — and they are way More Than Robots®FIRST ignites confidence, curiosity, and long-term success. See how hands-on learning today builds tomorrow’s leaders.