{"id":442,"date":"2026-05-10T19:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrobotsim.com\/?page_id=442"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:53:46","slug":"program-ftc-robots-without-the-hardware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vrobotsim.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Program FTC robots without the hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"442\" class=\"elementor elementor-442\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddd7c96 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ddd7c96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48dcaae elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"48dcaae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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