[Mike Betts]

Meghan,

First of all, realize that the differences between a VEX controller and a FIRST controller are so minuscule that, in most cases, they can be ignored by the programmer.

There are two tools used by teams to program a robot: EasyC and MPLAB.

I suggest using MPLAB. It is a little more challenging at the outset but is more flexible once you know what you are doing.

The following links can be found here:

Robot Builder is a great place to start if you have little or no mentor support.

After you have a feel for the system, I'd head here to get more detailed help.

After reading through these resources, you should know enough to tackle 95% of anything you need to do for a FIRST robot.

If you still have questions, post 'em here and I'm sure someone will help you out.

I hope this helps.

Mike