--- title: Something New – Team Avatars description: FIRST Robotics Competition introduces Team Avatars, allowing teams to create unique digital images for representation at competitions and online. Learn how to design and submit your Team Avatar today! --- Written by Danny Diaz, *FIRST* Robotics Competition Systems Engineer. Avatars have been used in arcade video games since the early-mid 1970’s, and have become a way to represent and identify players and personalities. For the first time ever, *FIRST *Robotics Competition teams will be allowed to create a Team Avatar, or digital image, that will be used to represent their teams on the *FIRST *POWER UP Audience Displays at the competitions and on their online [frc-events.firstinspires.org](http://frc-events.firstinspires.org/?__hstc=147686632.552a6455a2ed87e346b5844c93cfa5e1.1759347452451.1763050718677.1763059102225.13&__hssc=147686632.13.1763059102225&__hsfp=4113775001) team pages. In *FIRST *POWER UP, the Team Avatar will be displayed alongside other identifying information for a team to represent the team in the Alliance – the Avatar will be a third means of identifying the team alongside the team’s number and nickname. The Team Avatar is completely optional. There is no element of *FIRST *POWER UP you won’t be able to play if you don’t create a Team Avatar. In fact, teams who do not create and submit a Team Avatar will be assigned a default Team Avatar for use at the event. The default Team Avatar is not custom to each team, it’s the same for all teams who do not submit a Team Avatar. Full Team Avatar specs are provided here. Once the Team Avatar submission portal is ready, we’ll post another Blog entry notifying teams along with instructions on how to submit their Team Avatars. It’s important to note that unlike your team’s nickname, teams will not be allowed unlimited changes to their Team Avatar. Each time a Team Avatar is submitted, it will be reviewed by a team member on the *FIRST *Robotics Competition staff – because of this, teams will only be allowed one (1) submission plus one (1) update. Design a Team Avatar that you will be proud of for the entire season! Please join us in making the 2018 *FIRST *Robotics Competition season the most exciting ever! ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) #### Share it: [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://community.firstinspires.org/2017-something-new-team-avatars) [** ](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://community.firstinspires.org/2017-something-new-team-avatars) [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://community.firstinspires.org/2017-something-new-team-avatars) ![Default Author Image](https://community.firstinspires.org/hubfs/Community%20Blog%20v2/images/FIRST-author-icon.svg) Author [FIRST Robotics Competition Staff](https://community.firstinspires.org/author/first-robotics-competition-staff) ### Related Posts ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) 2026 Team Avatars January 15, 2026 ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) CAM Studio for FIRST Robotics Competition Teams Announcement November 14, 2025 ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) Week 0 & Reminders for Week 1 February 24, 2026 ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1200203950045814&ev=PageView&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&event=PageVisit&noscript=1)