2017: FIRST Steamworks
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. 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 |
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2016: FIRST Stronghold
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. 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 |
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2015: FIRST Recycle Rush
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. 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 |
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2014: FIRST Aerial Assist
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. 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
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. AWARDS WON 2013 Dallas Regional Winner 2013 Dallas Regional Judges' Award 2013 Silicon Valley Regional Quality Award sponsored by Motorola 2013 Curie Subdivision Winner |
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2012: FIRST Rebound Rumble
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. 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 |
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2011: FIRST Logomotion
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. 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 |
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2010: FIRST Breakaway
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 |
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2009: FIRST Lunacy
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. AWARDS WON 2009 Dallas Regional Winner 2009 Dallas Regional Motorola Quality Award 2009 Lone Star Regional General Motors Industrial Design Award |
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2008: FIRST Overdrive
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. 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 |
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2007: FIRST Rack n' Roll
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. 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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