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Originally Posted by CJmango
Especially if you are hoping to transfer skills to FRC, why wouldn't you be considering FTC? There is much more to FIRST than the engineering skills and FTC encourages those additional skill-sets. It is also much more well integrated with the community and more supportive of the student-mentor relationship. FTC does support RobotC as well as LabView, which is an extremely common tool in academia and research. As the other reply indicated, the mechanical and likely electrical concepts will otherwise be remain very similar.
If you're only looking for a platform it probably doesn't matter, there are actually plenty of more cost effective options than either, but if you're hoping to educate students, FTC is the way to go. They also do have curriculum developed and it would not be difficult to obtain a copy.
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Vex is a superior choice all around when compared to FTC. The cost is far lower, the components are of higher quality, it's easier and more intuitive to setup, and there are more competitions and curriculum.