WPILib supporters

Creating WPILib C++ and Java for the 2015 FRC season is a huge job. The project could not possibly be completed by one person. Our team was comprised of a group of WPI students, volunteers from the FIRST community, and a number of engineers at FIRST and National Instruments that made this software release possible. Without their support this would never have happened.

Project Sponsors

These companies have sponsored internships that enabled us to complete large projects such as the 2015 version of WPILib, and tools such as RobotBuilder, Dashboards, and Robot Simulation. Their support made it possible to complete build libraries for two languages and all the associated tools.

	BAE Systems Electronics Systems Sector is proud to support the WPILib effort. BAE Systems, Inc. and FIRST® have enjoyed more than 17 years of a synergistic partnership. We partnered with FIRST because we believe in what they represent to teams and the community. Even though we are a global company, we believe that the hands-on experience and life skills that students gain through FIRST like collaboration, critical thinking, communication, creativity and confidence are necessary for our country, our communities, and our company’s future workforce.
	Bluefin Robotics has been sponsoring WPILib software development for several years. Their contribution allows us to create many of the new features, support for the new control system, and other tools that are made available to FIRST teams.
	The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), is an independent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. We were excited to start what has become a strong collaboration with WPI when approached to integrate Gazebo, a robot simulation engine, with WPILib. Our passion for robotics and the promotion of a robotics community meshes well with WPI. We look forward to supporting all FIRST teams, and helping create useful tools for use in competition, research, and industry.
	DASSAULT SYTEMES SOLIDWORKS partnership with WPILib brings SOLIDWORKS software design tools to students around the world.  With SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, Simulation, and documentation tools, students develop models for FIRST Robotics competitions and support our FRC Crown Level Supplier sponsorship.  SOLIDWORKS is also working with WPI to integrate Gazebo, a robot simulation engine, to develop a virtual game for robotics competitions.SOLIDWORKS supports WPILib as it develops educational materials in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills required for students to learn communication, problem solving, analytical skills through robotics competitions and academic research.
	WPI is proud to sponsor FIRST Robotics and very happy to be able to help FIRST teams innovate and realize their design aspirations. We have been sponsoring teams since 1992, and were the first university to offer scholarships to FIRST team members. With the help of our sponsors, community volunteers, and many WPI Robotics Engineering students, we produce WPILib, the software library and tools for all teams using the Java and C++ languages.

WPI student project members

There are a number of WPI undergraduate students who contributed code to WPILib in the libraries, software tools, documentation, and more. These students are listed here:

Contributing members from the FRC beta team community

There are almost 100 teams who spent about 6 months beta testing the software, the hardware, and reporting their findings so that improvements could be made, bugs could be fixed, and make this a much better product than it would have been without their help. We thank them for there tireless support. In addition to the testing that teams did, some team members went above and beyond testing by contributing patches, and features that could be incorporated into the libraries to make it more complete. These individuals and their teams are listed below: