FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students and mentors work during a six-week period to build game-playing robots that weigh up to 120 pounds (54 kg). Robots complete tasks such as scoring balls and Frisbees into goals, inner tubes onto racks, hanging on bars, and balancing robots on balance beams.The game changes yearly, keeping the excitement fresh and giving each team a fair learning experience. While teams are given a standard set of parts, they are also allowed a budget and encouraged to buy or make specialized parts. FRC is one of four robotics competition programs organized by FIRST.

     FRC has a unique culture, built around two values. Gracious Professionalism embraces the competition inherent in the program, but embraces empathy and respect for other teams. Cooperation between teams proves that teams can cooperate and compete at the same time. The goal of the program is to inspire students to be science and technology leaders in a changing and developing world. In addition to on-field competition, teams compete for awards that recognize entrepreneurship, creativity, engineering, industrial design, safety, programming, media, quality, and demonstrating the core values of the program. Most teams are based in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Mexico, but there are plenty of other countries that participate in this program.

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      In December 2009, FRC team 3389 was formed under the nickname of Strikeforce by the Eastern Shore Robotics (now called TecHub) company members and the Parkside High School electronics instructor, David Lee Miles.  At the first competitions, the newly established team from Wicomico County won the Highest Ranking Rookie Seed Award and the Rookie All-Star prize, which secured a spot at the 2010 FRC Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The team continues to compete in FIRST competitions and has made vast improvements.