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title: Mark Rober Shares Excitement for 2024 FIRST Robotics Competition Season Kickoff
description: Mark Rober from CrunchLabs shares his excitement for the 2024 FIRST Robotics Competition season.
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NASA engineer-turned-YouTube creator, Mark Rober from [CrunchLabs](https://www.crunchlabs.com/), shares his excitement for *FIRST*®* *and the upcoming 2024 [*FIRST*®* *Robotics Competition](https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc) CRESCENDOSM presented by Haas season. Tune in to *FIRST*tv on January 6 at 12PM ET to join the [season kickoff celebration](https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/kickoff?utm_source=blog-community&utm_medium=mark-rober&utm_campaign=frc-kickoff-024)!

 

 

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