It promotes STEM education and careers for youth and was created by Dean Kamen in 2016 as an expansion of FIRST, an organization with similar objectives.

FIRST Global is a trade name for the International First Committee Association,[1] a nonprofit corporation based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with a 501(c)(3) designation from the IRS.

[2] The nonprofit was founded by the co-founder of FIRST, Dean Kamen, with the objective of promoting STEM education and careers in the developing world through Olympics-style robotics competitions.

The event was opened by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

At the end of a match, robots "docked" on the storage tower's base or climbed the bars with their alliance indicator ball.

[22] The event was opened by Dr. Martina Hirayama, Switzerland State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).

It was established as a means for the student community to stay current with cutting-edge technology and is integrated with each year's theme.