FIRST Championship
FIRST Championship Event | |
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Venue | Dome at America's Center |
Location | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Start date | April 27, 2016 |
End date | April 30, 2016 |
Nations |
~60 nations Large presence by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Israel, United Kingdom and Brazil |
Website |
www |
FIRST Championship is a four-day robotics championship held annually in April. For several years, the event was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to the Edward Jones Dome, in St Louis, Missouri in 2011, where it will stay through 2017. The event comprises three competitions, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship, and FIRST Lego League (FLL) World Festival.[1] FIRST Championship is normally held in conjunction with FIRST Robotics Conference which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields.[2]
FRC is a six-week competition program for high-school students to build 120 pound (54 kg) robots that can complete a task that changes every year using standard set of parts, plus any additional off-the-shelf or custom parts. FTC is a mid-level competition program for high-school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FLL is a competition program for elementary and middle school students. Teams for each program compete in tournaments at state and regional level. The winning teams from those tournaments join the global competition at FIRST Championship.
The 2011 championship was also host to the Collegiate Aerial Robotics Demonstration, a pilot collegiate FIRST program.
In 2015, to expand, it was announced that the FIRST Championship would be divided into multiple venues. The new Innovation Faire featuring displays and demonstrations from FIRST Sponsors, Partners and Suppliers will take place at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship and the Junior FIRST Lego League (Jr. FLL) World Festival will take place at Union Station (St. Louis), and the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival as well as the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship will continue to take place at the Edward Jones Dome and America's Center. The new arrangement is designed to give an "Olympic Village" feel and allow for more space to expand each individual program.[3] In 2017, the Championship will be split into 2 championships, one occurring in Houston and the other a week later in St. Louis.
Host cities
- 1992: Manchester, NH
- 1993–1994: Nashua, NH
- 1995–2002: Orlando, FL, at Epcot Center, Walt Disney World
- 2003: Houston, at Reliant Park (now known as NRG Park)
- 2004–2010: Atlanta, at Georgia Dome
- 2011–2017: St. Louis, at Dome at America's Center, America's Center, Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel (2015-2017), Union Station (St. Louis) (2015-2017)
- 2017-2020: Houston, at George R. Brown Convention Center, Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park
- 2018-2020: Detroit, at Cobo Center and Ford Field
1992 was the first year of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Just over 20 teams competed at one event, which was held at Memorial High School in Manchester, New Hampshire.[4] In 1993, the sole competition was held at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire.[5] In 1994, the competition was held at Nashua High School.[6] In 1995, FIRST had grown to the point to which they had outgrown the one competition, so they moved to a regional qualifier system, and thus the FIRST championship was born. From 1995 through 2002, the championship was held at Epcot Center in Orlando.[7] Reliant Park in Houston was the venue for 2003.[8] Atlanta served as host city from 2004 through 2010.[9][10] In 2005, the contract with Atlanta was extended through 2007 with options for 2008 and 2009.[9] In 2009, St. Louis was selected, from three finalists, to serve as host city for 2011 through 2013. In 2012, the tenure at St. Louis was extended until 2014.[11] In 2013, the tenure in St. Louis was once again extended for three additional years through 2017.[12]
On April 9, 2015, it was announced that the 2017 through 2020 championships will consist of two championship events, located in two different cities on back to back weekends. The 2017 championships will be held in St. Louis, centered at the Edward Jones Dome, and in Houston, Texas, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park. 2017 will mark St. Louis's final hosting of the event for the foreseeable future, ending its seven years hosting the event, as well as FIRST Championships's return to Houston, following the 2003 Championships at Reliant Park. From 2018 to 2020, Houston will continue to host the championships, with Detroit, Michigan taking St. Louis's place. The Detroit championships will take place at Cobo Center and Ford Field.[13]
FRC Championship
FRC Championship is the final and largest event of the FRC Season. In 2015, there were 600 teams globally attending the Championship, making it the largest in FIRST history. The 2015 FRC Game is Recycle Rush, a recycling themed game with the goal of stacking grey totes and green recycling containers as well as throwing away litter (pool noodles) to score points.
The way it works is that the winners of each regional competition arrive at the championship to compete to be the world champion. They are placed into one of the 8 divisions to compete. The winning alliance from each division (a set of 3 teams) moves on to compete in the final playing field: Einstein Field. The winning alliance at Einstein Field (the set of 3 teams) is declared as the World Champion.
The FRC Championship was divided into 4 Divisions:
- Newton
- Galileo
- Archimedes
- Curie
In 2015, The 4 Divisions were further divided into 8 Divisions (not including the final Einstein Field):
- Newton
- Galileo
- Archimedes
- Curie
- Tesla
- Hopper
- Carver
- Carson
There are many awards in the Championship including Championship Finalists, Engineering Inspiration Award, Division Champions, Autodesk Visualization Award, Autodesk Inventor Award, Chrysler Team Spirit Award, Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award, General Motors Industrial Design Award, Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism Award, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award, Motorola Quality Award, Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award, Underwriters Laboratories Industrial Safety Award, Xerox Creativity Award, Imagery Award, Rookie All-star Award, Rookie Inspiration Award, Website Award and Judges` Awards. The most notable awards are Championship Award, and Chairman's Award – the highest honor that recognizes the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate.[14]
Recent winners
Year / Theme | Award name | Team name | Team number | City, State/Country |
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2016 / FIRST Stronghold | Championship Winner #1 | The Beach Bots | 330 | Hermosa Beach, CA, USA |
2016 / FIRST Stronghold | Championship Winner #2 | Roboteers | 2481 | Tremont, IL, USA |
2016 / FIRST Stronghold | Championship Winner #3 | Cleveland's Team | 120 | Cleveland, OH, USA |
2016 / FIRST Stronghold | Championship Winner #4 | Blue Cheese | 1086 | Glen Allen, VA, USA |
2016 / FIRST Stronghold | Chairman's Award | HIGHROLLERS | 987 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
2015 / Recycle Rush[15] | Championship Winner #1 | Robonauts | 118 | League City, TX, USA |
2015 / Recycle Rush | Championship Winner #2 | Citrus Circuits | 1678 | Davis, CA, USA |
2015 / Recycle Rush | Championship Winner #3 | Buchanan Bird Brains | 1671 | Clovis, CA, USA |
2015 / Recycle Rush | Championship Winner #4 | Gryffingear | 5012 | Palmdale, CA, USA |
2015 / Recycle Rush | Chairman's Award | Wolverines | 597 | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2014 / Aerial Assist[16] | Championship Winner #1 | The Cheesy Poofs | 254 | San Jose, California, USA |
2014 / Aerial Assist | Championship Winner #2 | Las Guerrillas | 469 | Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA |
2014 / Aerial Assist | Championship Winner #3 | The All Sparks | 2848 | Dallas, TX, USA |
2014 / Aerial Assist | Championship Winner #4 | Team C.H.A.O.S | 74 | Holland, MI, USA |
2014 / Aerial Assist | Chairman's Award | Team RUSH | 27 | Clarkston, MI, USA |
2013 / Ultimate Ascent[17] | Championship Winner #1 | Theory6 | 1241 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
2013 / Ultimate Ascent | Championship Winner #2 | Texas Torque | 1477 | The Woodlands, Texas, USA |
2013 / Ultimate Ascent | Championship Winner #3 | The Coyotes | 610 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
2013 / Ultimate Ascent | Chairman's Award | The Holy Cows | 1538 | San Diego, California, USA |
2012 / Rebound Rumble[18] | Championship Winner #1 | S.P.A.M. (Martin County School District & Clark Advanced Learning Center) | 180 | Stuart, FL, USA |
2012 / Rebound Rumble | Championship Winner #2 | Raider Robotix (North Brunswick Township High School) | 25 | North Brunswick, NJ, USA |
2012 / Rebound Rumble | Championship Winner #3 | Bomb Squad (Mountain Home Public Schools) | 16 | Mountain Home, AR, USA |
2012 / Rebound Rumble | Chairman's Award | Simbotics (Governor Simcoe Secondary School) | 1114 | St. Catharines, ON, Canada |
2011 / Logomotion | Championship Winner #1 | The Cheesy Poofs (Bellarmine College Preparatory) | 254 | San Jose, CA, USA |
2011 / Logomotion | Championship Winner #2 | WildStang (Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School) | 111 | Schaumburg, IL, USA |
2011 / Logomotion | Championship Winner #3 | Greybots (Atascadero High School) | 973 | Atascadero, CA, USA |
2011 / Logomotion | Chairman's Award | The Hawaiian Kids (Waialua High School) | 359 | Waialua, HI, USA |
2010 / Breakaway | Championship Winner #1 | Beach Cities Robotics (Mira Costa High School & Redondo Union High School) | 294 | Redondo Beach, CA, USA |
2010 / Breakaway | Championship Winner #2 | The HOT Team (Huron Valley Schools) | 67 | Milford, MI, USA |
2010 / Breakaway | Championship Winner #3 | Bobcat Robotics | 177 | South Windsor, CT, USA |
2010 / Breakaway | Chairman's Award | Miss Daisy (Wissahickon High School) | 341 | Ambler, PA, USA |
2009 / Lunacy[14][19] | Championship Winner #1 | WildStang (Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School) | 111 | Schaumburg, IL, USA |
2009 / Lunacy | Championship Winner #2 | The HOT Team (Huron Valley Schools) | 67 | Milford, MI, USA |
2009 / Lunacy | Championship Winner #3 | Spartan Robotics (Mountain View High School) | 971 | Mountain View, CA, USA |
2009 / Lunacy | Chairman's Award | Techno Ticks (Lyme-Old Lyme High School) | 236 | Old Lyme, CT, USA |
FTC World Championship
Before 2014, after all FTC teams have competed in state / regional championship tournaments, the winning teams move on to the FTC World Championship. The Inspire Award winning teams and the captain teams of the Winning Alliance in the regional tournaments are automatically eligible for the world championship. If there are still spots available, additional teams may be picked by a lottery system.
From 2014 and on, teams compete in their state / regional Championships to qualify for a spot at one of 4 Super Regionals. North, South, East, and West. Depending on the presence/amount of teams in each state, determines the amount of teams that move on to a Super Regional. Teams then advance from a Super Regional by either winning one of the awards, First and Second Place, etc. For a complete list, visit www.USFIRST.org/FTC.
In 2009, the theme for the championship was Face Off!. It combined many real-world challenges, such as navigating uneven surfaces, manipulating odd-shaped objects, using sensors to determine the environment, and withstanding physical stress. The awards include World Championship Finalists, FTC Design Award, FTC Connect Award, FTC Innovate Award, FTC Motivate Award, FTC Think Award and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are FTC Winning Alliance and FTC World Championship Inspire Award.[14]
The FTC World Competition is currently held in St. Louis, Mo, at the Union Station, on the same weekend as the FRC and FLL are at the Edwards Dome.
FTC has two divisions that teams are randomly split into. - Franklin - Edison
Unlike FRC, there is not a third "division" or set of fields (Einstein) that is created for teams that make it to the Elimination Rounds/finals.
Recent winners
Year / Theme | Award name | Team name | Team number | City, State/Country |
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2016 / Res-Q[20] | Winning Alliance Team | BoBots | 5916 | Earleville, MD, USA |
2016 / Res-Q[20] | Winning Alliance Team | Cubix^3 | 8221 | Hampstead, MD, USA |
2016 / Res-Q[20] | Winning Alliance Team | TBD-To Be Determined | 6022 | Aurora, OH, USA |
2016 / Res-Q[20] | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Hot Wired Robotics | 7013 | Portland, Oregon, USA |
2015 / Cascade Effect[21] | Winning Alliance Team | Neutrinos | 6433 | Lakeland, FL, USA |
2015 / Cascade Effect | Winning Alliance Team | RedNek Robotics Wun | 724 | Sun River, Montana, USA |
2015 / Cascade Effect | Winning Alliance Team | Valley X Robotics | 2844 | Chandler, Arizona, USA |
2015 / Cascade Effect | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Schrödinger’s Hat | 3595 | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA |
2014 / Block Party![17] | Winning Alliance Team | Hot Wired Robotics | 7013 | Portland, Oregon, USA |
2014 / Block Party! | Winning Alliance Team | Eagles Robotics Xperience | 5257 | Delray Beach, Florida, USA |
2014 / Block Party! | Winning Alliance Team | 4-H Techno Clovers | 4240 | Accident, Maryland, USA |
2014 / Block Party! | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Bears | 3141 | Mexico City, Mexico |
2013 / Ring It Up![17] | Winning Alliance Team | Cougar Robotics Team | 4251 | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
2013 / Ring It Up! | Winning Alliance Team | Fish in the Boat | 4140 | Lakeville, Minnesota, USA |
2013 / Ring It Up! | Winning Alliance Team | Monkey Madness | 5096 | Huntsville, Alabama, USA |
2013 / Ring It Up! | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Beta | 3550 | West Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
2012 / Bowled Over![18] | Winning Alliance Team | Robocats | 4444 | Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
2012 / Bowled Over! | Winning Alliance Team | Masquerade | 4997 | Tampa, Florida, USA |
2012 / Bowled Over! | Winning Alliance Team | ILITE Robotics | 354 | Haymarket, Virginia, USA |
2012 / Bowled Over! | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Landroids | 4220 | Livingston, New Jersey, USA |
2011 / Get Over It![22] | Winning Alliance Team | SD30 Robotics | 178 | Ronan, Montana, USA |
2011 / Get Over It! | Winning Alliance Team | Wreckers | 577 | Westport, Connecticut, USA |
2011 / Get Over It! | Winning Alliance Team | MITibot | 2875 | Lexington, Massachusetts, USA |
2011 / Get Over It! | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Robots and Brain Bots Inc. | 4466 | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
2010 / Hot Shot![23] | Winning Alliance Team | Smoke and Mirrors | 2868 | Lakeland, Florida, USA |
2010 / Hot Shot! | Winning Alliance Team | Under the Son | 2843 | Hollywood, Maryland, USA |
2010 / Hot Shot! | Winning Alliance Team | Global-Force | 3864 | Aiken, South Carolina, USA |
2010 / Hot Shot! | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Rock 'n Roll Robots | 25 | Pasadena, California, USA |
2009 / Face Off![24] | Winning Alliance Team | Jr. Bomb Squad | 92 | Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA |
2009 / Face Off! | Winning Alliance Team | RoboRaiders | 679 | Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA |
2009 / Face Off! | Winning Alliance Team | Alberta Longhorns | 2820 | Calgary, Alberta |
2009 / Face Off![14] | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Einstein's Daughters | 32 | San Diego, CA, USA |
2008 / Quad Quandary[19] | Winning Alliance Team | Mr. T | 30 | Montville, New Jersey, USA |
2008 / Quad Quandary | Winning Alliance Team | Team Overdrive | 74 | Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA |
2008 / Quad Quandary | Winning Alliance Team | Beach Cities Robotics | 23 | Redondo Beach, California, USA |
2008 / Quad Quandary | FTC World Championship Inspire Award | Panteras | 801 | Mexico City, Mexico |
FLL World Festival
The top competitions in FLL program are FLL Open Championships and FLL World Festival. The Open Championships are managed by FLL Partners with a goal to bring teams from different regions to complete and showcase their achievements. Currently, there are two Open Championships, FLL Open European Championship and FLL US Open Championship. FLL Open Asian Championship was held for 2008 season in Tokyo, Japan. However, it was not active for 2009.[25]
FLL World Festival is hosted and managed by FIRST. The teams are often the Champion’s Award team at the regional level with some other criteria including special nomination from FLL Operational Partners globally. In 2009, there were 84 teams from 27 countries that joined the festival with the theme Climate Connections. The award categories include Innovative Design Award, Quality Design Award, Programming Award, Research Quality Award, Innovative Solution Award, Creative Presentation Award, Teamwork Award, Team Spirit Awards, Against All Odds Awards, Outstanding Volunteer Awards, Adult Coach/Mentor Awards, Young Adult Mentor Awards, and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are Champion's Award and Robot Performance Award.[14]
Recent winners
Year / Theme | Award name | Team name | Team number | City, State/Country |
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2015 / World Class | Championship Winner - 1st Place | Fast and Curious | 23850 | Aley, Lebanon |
2015 / World Class | Championship Winner - Finalist | Mechatronic Ants | 23750 | Pamplona, Spain |
2015 / World Class | Championship Winner - Finalist | HIPPIES | 2936 | Peoria, Illinois, USA |
2014 / Nature's Fury | Championship Winner - 1st Place | INVICTA | N/A | Canterbury, UK |
2014 / Nature's Fury | Championship Winner - 2nd Place | Fast and Curious | N/A | Aley, Lebanon |
2014 / Nature's Fury | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | Strategic Headquarters of Innovative Engineering & Limitless Design (S.H.I.E.L.D.) | 737 | New Berlin, WI |
2013 / Senior Solutions | Championship Winner - 1st Place | Untitled 1 | 16100 | Bath, England |
2013 / Senior Solutions | Championship Winner - 2nd Place | SESI São Paulo Robotics School | 16850 | São Paulo, Brazil |
2013 / Senior Solutions | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | Robo Raiders | 742 | Lebanon USA |
2012 / Food Factor[18] | Championship Winner - 1st Place | Falcons Japan | 15650 | Tokyo, Japan |
2012 / Food Factor | Championship Winner - 2nd Place | Blue Gear Ticks | 252 | Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA |
2012 / Food Factor | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | NXTremers | 15200 | Bengaluru, India |
2011 / Body Forward[22] | Championship Winner - 1st Place | The Sentinels | 3663 | Oakville, ON, Canada |
2011 / Body Forward | Championship Winner - 2nd Place | SAP g33k$ | 13300 | Mpumalanga, South Africa |
2011 / Body Forward | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | Hammerheads | 4129 | Umatilla, Florida, USA |
2011 / Body Forward | Robot Performance Award | Hammerheads | 4129 | Umatilla, Florida, USA |
2010 / Smart Move | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | Cougar Robotics Team | 437 | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
2009 / Climate Connections[26] | Championship Winner - 1st Place | Da Peeps | 55 | Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA |
2009 / Climate Connections | Championship Winner - 2nd Place | STEELE | 1232 | Illinois, USA |
2009 / Climate Connections | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | NXT Generation | 9201 | Nordborg, Denmark |
2009 / Climate Connections | Robot Performance Award - 1st Place | Emerotecos | 8004 | Brazil |
2009 / Climate Connections | Robot Performance Award - 2nd Place | Team Singapore | 8254 | Singapore |
2009 / Climate Connections | Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place | Giant Panda | 8060 | China |
2008 / Power Puzzle[27] | Championship Winner - 1st Place | External Fusion | 8095 | Singapore |
2008 / Power Puzzle | Championship Winner - 2nd Place | Pixelation | 2560 | North Branch, Minnesota, USA |
2008 / Power Puzzle | Championship Winner - 3rd Place | Power Peeps | 334 | Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA |
2008 / Power Puzzle | Robot Performance Award - 1st Place | BLACK OCEAN CURRENT | 8110 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
2008 / Power Puzzle | Robot Performance Award - 1st Place | Green Man Group | 1 | Windham, New Hampshire, USA |
2008 / Power Puzzle | Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place | Landroids | 2254 | Livingston, New Jersey, USA |
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