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HISTORY

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​​​2017: FIRST Steamworks
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GAME DESCRIPTION

Robots are built to shoot wiffle balls into goals and pick up and deliver frisbee-sized plastic gears to human players to out-score their opponents. At the end of each match, robots can climb ropes to score even more points.
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​AWARDS WON
2017 Dallas Regional Finalist
2017 Dallas  Regional Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2017 Lone Star Regional Finalist Award
2017 Lone Star Regional Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
2017 Las Vegas Regional Finalist
​2017 Las Vegas Regional Engineering Inspiration Award


2016: FIRST Stronghold

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GAME DESCRIPTION
Robots score points by launching 10-inch foam dodgeballs into opponents’ goals and crossing different on-field obstacles. At the end of each match, robots can hang from a six foot bar to earn even more points.
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​AWARDS WON
2016 Alamo Regional Winners
2016 Alamo Regional Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2016 Dallas Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (Adrienne Emerson)
2016 Dallas Regional Winners
2016 Dallas Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation
2016 Waterloo Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation
2016 Hopper Subdivision Winner 
2016 Hopper Subdivision Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

2015: FIRST Recycle Rush

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​GAME DESCRIPTION
Robots stack storage bins and trash cans on designated sections of the  playing field to earn points and out-score their opponents.. They may also place pool noodles inside the trash cans for extra points.
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​AWARDS WON
2015 Dallas Regional Finalists
2015 Dallas Regional Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi
2015 Las Vegas Regional Winners
2015 Las Vegas Regional Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2015 Curie Subdivision Winner
2015 Curie Subdivision Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

2014: FIRST Aerial Assist 

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​​GAME DESCRIPTION
Robots score points by picking up large inflatable exercise balls, carrying them down the 54-foot field while fighting past defenders, and throwing them into goals 6 feet in the air. Teams can score extra points by throwing the ball over a mid-field barrier and passing the balls to teammates before scoring.
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​AWARDS WON
2015 Alamo Regional Finalist
2015 Alamo Regional Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
2015 Dallas Regional Winner
2015 Dallas Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
2015 Lone Star Regional Winner
2015 Lone Star Regional Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi
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2013: FIRST Ultimate Ascent

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GAME DESCRIPTION
Teams build robots to pick up and launch frisbees into goals mounted 9 feet off the ground. Robots can also try to block other robots from scoring. At the end of each match, robots climb up a pyramid-shaped jungle gym one rung at a time, gaining more points the higher they climb.
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​AWARDS WON
2013 Dallas Regional Winner
2013 Dallas Regional Judges' Award
2013 Silicon Valley Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
​2013 Curie Subdivision Winner

2012: FIRST Rebound Rumble

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GAME DESCRIPTION
Robot basketball! Robots pick up and throw foam basketballs into their team’s basketball hoops.  During the end-game, robots try to balance with their teammates on teeter-totter-like platforms in the middle of the field.
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​AWARDS WON
2012 Alamo Regional Winner
2012 Alamo Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola

2012 Midwest Regional Winner
2012 Midwest Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
​2012 Midwest Regional Website Award
2012 Dallas East Regional Winner
2012 Dallas East Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola

2011: FIRST Logomotion

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GAME DESCRIPTION
In this game, robots can pick up large inflatable tubes shaped like elements of the FIRST logo and place them on pegs, known as the ‘scoring rack’. The tubes are worth extra if they are placed to form the FIRST logo. During the end of the game, robots race miniature pole-climbing robots up towers for extra points.
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​AWARDS WON
2011 Alamo Regional Winner
2011 Alamo Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
2011 Dallas Regional Winner
2011 Dallas Regional 
Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
2011 Newton Division Coopertition Award

2010: FIRST Breakaway

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GAME DESCRIPTION
Robot soccer! In Breakaway, robots launch soccer balls into their team’s goals, located on one end of the field while trying to block their opponents’ shots. During the end of the match, robots can suspend themselves from their team’s tower for bonus points.

​AWARDS WON
2010 Dallas Regional Winner
2010 Dallas Regional Motorola Quality Award
2010 Dallas Regional Coopertition Award
2010 Lone Star Regional Winner
2010 Lone Star Regional Xerox Creativity Award
2010 Lone Star Regional Coopertition Award
2010 Championship Archimedes Division Finalist

2009: FIRST Lunacy

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GAME DESCRIPTION
In Lunacy, robots drive around on a slippery, ice-like surface. Each robot has a trailer attached to them. Teams attempt to score balls into opponents’ trailers while preventing opponents from scoring in theirs. During the endgame, special bonus balls can be thrown into trailers for extra points.
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​AWARDS WON
2009 Dallas Regional Winner
2009 Dallas Regional Motorola Quality Award
2009 Lone Star Regional General Motors Industrial Design Award

2008: FIRST Overdrive

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GAME DESCRIPTION
Robots score points by driving around the field and crossing their team’s finish line as many times as possible during a match. Each team has two large inflatable balls, and they earn extra points for throwing their ball over a bar hung above the finish line.
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​AWARDS WON
2008 St. Louis Regional Winner
2008 St. Louis Regional Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award
2008 Bayou Regional Finalist
2008 Bayou Regional Woodie Flowers Award presented to John V-Neun
2008 Bayou Regional Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award
2008 Championship Galileo Division Winner
2008 Championship Winner

2007: FIRST Rack n' Roll

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GAME DESCRIPTION
Robots can lift and hang inflatable pool tubes on a rack of pegs in the center of the field to score points. Teams earn bonus points by forming rows or columns. At the end of each match, robots may score points by lifting their partners completely off the ground more than 12 inches.
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​AWARDS WON
2007 St. Louis Regional Finalist
2007 St. Louis Regional Xerox Creativity Award
2007 Lone Star Regional GM Industrial Design Award

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