Congratulations to the 37 Teams from California, Nevada, Istanbul and Switzerland PLUS all the Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, Friends and Family members who participated in the Aerospace Valley FIRST Robotics Regional from April 3-6, 2019!
ADVANCING TO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOUSTON!!!
The following teams and individuals earned top honors at the Aerospace Valley Regional and earned their way to compete at the FIRST Championships in Houston in April.
Regional Chairman’s Award
Team 589, Falkon Robotics from La Crescenta, CA
The Chairman’s Award represents the true spirit of FIRST. It honors the team that best serves as a model for other teams to emulate and that embodies the goals of FIRST. It remains FIRST’s most prestigious team award. The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact of its partnerships among its participants, school, and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season or school year. The winner is able to demonstrate progress towards FIRST’s mission of transforming our culture. The recipient will be invited to the FIRST Championship where it will compete for the Chairman’s Award against the winners from all the other qualifying events.
What the judges had to say …
“This team successfully targets the proper resources to achieve their goals for diversity. Their use of effective social media helps these space explorers soar to global heights. Their systematic approach propels their school community forward through partnering with sponsors to lunch and learn. “They don’t just build good robots, they build good people!”
Engineering Inspiration
Team 5857, Walnut Valley Robotics from Walnut, CA
The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community. This team will advance to the Championships and receive a $5000 NASA grant toward registration.
What the judges had to say …
“This team has enthusiastically brought engineering and FIRST into their schools, district, community and beyond. They are nuts about fostering future members and STEM professionals by mentoring FIRST Lego League teams and FIRST Tech Challenge Teams and tournaments. This team does not let a wall stop their spread of FIRST and the opportunities of STEM careers but they have moved their enthusiasm out of the country. They’re “Ghana” change lives with their efforts.”
Regional Winners
Team 1678, Citrus Circuits from Davis, CA Team 3476, Code Orange from Irvine, CA Team 2637, Phantom Catz from Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Rookie All-Star Award
Team 7607, Pass The Wrench from Palmdale, CA
This award celebrates a 1st year team demonstrating an early but strong partnership effort, implementing the mission of FIRST. Its winner understands what FIRST is really trying to accomplish and realizes that technical work is fun and challenging, made better by building a partnership among team, community and school. This is not an easy challenge for a rookie team but the judges want to recognize and reward one team that got it right.
What the judges had to say …
“This team has “stepped up to the plate” by building their robot to bring to compete and support the mission of FIRST to inspire other students to learn more about how fun and exciting science and technology can be. This young but strong team will be one to watch in upcoming Robotics Competitions!”
Regional Finalists
(Advancing to Championships because of a Wild Card) Team 6072, Triton Tech from Newport Beach, CA
Dean’s List Finalist
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist – Piper Hallack from Team 4014, Top Hat Technicians FIRST Dean’s List Finalist – Carter Laws from Team 6957, The A.C.E.S.
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FRC students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected top students known as the FIRST Dean’s List.
This award celebrates a student’s outstanding leadership and effectiveness in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists will compete at the championship for the FIRST Dean’s List.
Woodie Flowers Finalist Award
Robin Dorfman from Team 980, Thunderbots
Awards
Congratulations to the Teams and individuals that earned the remaining awards at the Aerospace Valley Regional! See the list here.
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An immense THANK YOU to all the Sponsors who contributed to this very successful Regional with funding, mentors, volunteers and enthusiasm! Regional Sponsors include NASA, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, City of Lancaster, Antelope Valley Union High School District, Mojave Air and Space Port, BMS Lumber, Destination Lancaster, Primetime Party Rentals and Aerospace Valley Robotics.
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Inventor and FIRST Founder Dean Kamen launched the 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition season on Saturday with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called DESTINATION:DEEP SPACE in New Hampshire, hometown of FIRST Headquarters. Nearly 100,000 high-school students on 3,790 teams at 146 venues around the globe joined the 2019 Kickoff via a live broadcast. DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE finds FIRST Robotics Competition teams collecting samples on Planet Primus.
Two competing alliances will combat unpredictable terrain and weather patterns, making remote robot operation essential to their mission on the planet. With only two minutes and thirty seconds until liftoff, the alliances must gather as many cargo pods as possible and prepare their spaceships for departure before the next sandstorm arrives. OFFICIAL GAME ANIMATION:
At Saturday’s Kickoff, teams were shown the DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE game field and challenge details for the first time and received the Kickoff Kit from the Kit of Parts, which is made up of motors, batteries, control system components, construction materials, and a mix of additional automation components – with limited instructions.
Working with adult mentors, students have limited time to design, build, program, and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge. Once these young inventors build a robot, their teams will participate in one or more of the global 173 Regional and District events that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration, and the determination of students.
The Boeing Company is the presenting sponsor for the 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition season. As a FIRST Strategic Partner, Boeing supports FIRST in many ways including: sponsorship of teams, employee volunteerism and mentorship, scholarships, and financial contributions. In February 2018, the company provided a $1.5 million grant to FIRST – part of a broader $3.5 million commitment – to assist in the development of targeted mentorship programs that increase STEM diversity, proficiency, and interest among K-12 students.
“Through charitable grants which fund STEM programs like FIRST, Boeing ensures students develop the skills they need to succeed in the future,” said John Blazey, vice president of Boeing Global Engagement. “Exposure to STEM subjects and experiences provides students opportunities to hone their critical thinking skills and learn to collaborate with one another — skills critical in today’s marketplace.” California will be the host to 12 Regional FRC events in 2019:
2/27 – 3/2: Orange County Regional
2/28 – 3/3: Del Mar Regional
3/6 – 3/9: Central Valley Regional
3/6 – 3/9: San Diego Regional
3/14 – 3/17: San Francisco Regional
3/14 – 3/17: Los Angeles North Regional
3/20 – 3/23: Sacramento Regional
3/20 – 3/23: Los Angeles Regional
3/21 – 3/24: Monterey Bay Regional
3/27 – 3/30: Ventura Regional
3/28 – 3/31: Silicon Valley Regional
4/3 – 4/6: Aerospace Valley Regional
The 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff event is an opportunity for teams from all over the world to come together as a community to share in the excitement of seeing the new game unveiled. Teams at local Kickoffs in Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Israel, Mexico, Turkey, and the United States watched the proceedings via live broadcast. In California, thousands of students, mentors, sponsors and volunteers gathered at 13 Kickoff locations throughout the state. Now it’s GO TIME! We wish everyone the best of luck over the next 6 weeks as innovative minds and problem solving skills are put to the test!
Congratulations to the 59 Teams from California, Minnesota, Turkey and China PLUS all the Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, Friends and Family members who participated in the Silicon Valley FIRST Robotics Regional from March 28-31, 2019!
ADVANCING TO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOUSTON!!!
The following teams and individuals earned top honors at the Silicon Valley Regional and earned their way to compete at the FIRST Championships in Houston in April.
Regional Chairman’s Award
Team 2220, Blue Twilight from Eagan, Minnesota
The Chairman’s Award represents the true spirit of FIRST. It honors the team that best serves as a model for other teams to emulate and that embodies the goals of FIRST. It remains FIRST’s most prestigious team award. The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact of its partnerships among its participants, school, and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season or school year. The winner is able to demonstrate progress towards FIRST’s mission of transforming our culture. The recipient will be invited to the FIRST Championship where it will compete for the Chairman’s Award against the winners from all the other qualifying events.
What the judges had to say …
“This team truly inspires
By connecting all the WIRES
Changing the world order
This robot team with no border
From establishing a beachhead
On the old farmstead
To making innovations
Even at the United Nations
Inspiring beyond their quota
This team from Minnesota
The RCA Award of FIRST light
Goes to team Blue Twilight“
Engineering Inspiration
Team 649, M-SET Fish from Saratoga, CA
The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community. This team will advance to the Championships and receive a $5000 NASA grant toward registration.
What the judges had to say …
“This team’s sponsorship of FLL teams is a matter of pride, and their partnership with 4 award winning FTC teams shows a commitment to the FIRST mission. They lead a hands-on class at a community youth facility and workshops at their local library, impacting over 700 middle school students led by over 100 students affiliated with this team.
MMMM-agnificent communication skills demonstrated by students describing how they spread their SPLASH to meet the FIRST mission and strong support from their school, like a MANTA from heaven, in the form of an identity-affirming lab, means there is no need to FISH for mechanical, science or engineering team resources.”
Regional Winners
Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs from San Jose, CA Team 5499, The Bay Orangutans from Berkeley, CA Team 6418, The Missfits from San Francisco, CA
Rookie All-Star Award
Team 7667, OtterBots from Napa, CA
This award celebrates a 1st year team demonstrating an early but strong partnership effort, implementing the mission of FIRST. Its winner understands what FIRST is really trying to accomplish and realizes that technical work is fun and challenging, made better by building a partnership among team, community and school. This is not an easy challenge for a rookie team but the judges want to recognize and reward one team that got it right.
What the judges had to say …
“This rookie team built a machine with a BUCKET for their youthful enthusiasm. Their carnivorous robot took good care of its owners, who in turn made sure the bot was well-fed on its favorite foods – cargo balls, fish, and other invertebrates.
This young team contacted dozens of organizations before finding supporters to fund their team. They campaigned to be the most inclusive team they could be, obtaining waivers so middle school students in their community could join. This winning team and their robot “Dozer” have a good home in the back of an autoshop, nestled between the vineyards.”
Regional Finalists
(Advancing to Championships because of 2 Wild Cards) Team 972, Iron Claw from Los Gatos, CA Team 7308, Deep Vision from Los Altos, CA
Dean’s List Finalist
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist – Kevin Wang from Team 199 FIRST Dean’s List Finalist – Kaitlyn Kumar from Team 1967
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FRC students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected top students known as the FIRST Dean’s List.
This award celebrates a student’s outstanding leadership and effectiveness in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists will compete at the championship for the FIRST Dean’s List.
Woodie Flowers Finalist Award
Alvin Cheng from Team 1967, The Janksters.
See scanned 35mm photo below at the 1999 Silicon Valley Regional, where Alvin (on the right in Hawaiian shirt) participated as a student – he’s not aged a day in 20 years!
Awards
Congratulations to the Teams and individuals that earned the remaining awards at the Silicon Valley Regional! See the list here.
An immense THANK YOU to all the Sponsors who contributed to this very successful Regional with funding, mentors, volunteers and enthusiasm! Regional Sponsors include the Brin Wojcicki Foundation, the KLA Foundation, Qualcomm, Oracle, Bosch, Arm and Atlassian.
Thank you to Philip Roan from FIRST’s Strategic Partner Bosch for sharing their broad portfolio and how they support FIRST teams a
round the world.
The Silicon Valley community graciously thanks KLA for their generous support of teams and sponsorship of the Silicon Valley Regional.
Checkout the KLA video and speech by Jijen Vazhaeparambil, Senior VP and General Manager.
We hope you too had a memorable experience at the Silicon Valley Regional Regional. We’d love to hear your stories. Please consider sharing them with us here in the comments below or on our facebook page. Photo and video links welcome!
Congratulations to the 42 Teams from California and Switzerland PLUS all the Mentors, Volunteers, Sponsors, Friends and Family members who participated in the Ventura FIRST Robotics Regional from March 27-30, 2019!
ADVANCING TO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOUSTON!!!
The following teams and individuals earned top honors at the Ventura Regional and earned their way to compete at the FIRST Championships in Houston in April.
Regional Chairman’s Award
Team 4201, Vitruvian Bots from El Segundo, CA
The Chairman’s Award represents the true spirit of FIRST. It honors the team that best serves as a model for other teams to emulate and that embodies the goals of FIRST. It remains FIRST’s most prestigious team award. The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact of its partnerships among its participants, school, and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season or school year. The winner is able to demonstrate progress towards FIRST’s mission of transforming our culture. The recipient will be invited to the FIRST Championship where it will compete for the Chairman’s Award against the winners from all the other qualifying events.
What the judges had to say …
“This team exists to inspire students to become learners and innovators. Using exploration and inclusion in a spacecraft designed to support FIRST crew members. They are launching many to infinity and beyond. Their home is a small galaxy in the universe of FIRST.“
Engineering Inspiration
Team 2486, CocoNuts from Flagstaff, AZ
The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community. This team will advance to the Championships and receive a $5000 NASA grant toward registration.
What the judges had to say …
“Houston-we have a problem. This team has the solution with over 40,000 hours connecting to other teams, producing training programs, spreading enthusiasm, and building a legacy. Their influence lights up the universe. Mars rover, Mars rover-send the CocoNuts right over!”
Regional Winners
Team 5199, Dolphin Robots from Outer Space from San Juan Capistrano, CA Team 4414, HighTide from Ventura, CA Team 6934, Scorps from Camarillo, CA
Rookie All-Star Award
Team 7650, Monte Pacis Robotics from Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
This award celebrates a 1st year team demonstrating an early but strong partnership effort, implementing the mission of FIRST. Its winner understands what FIRST is really trying to accomplish and realizes that technical work is fun and challenging, made better by building a partnership among team, community and school. This is not an easy challenge for a rookie team but the judges want to recognize and reward one team that got it right.
What the judges had to say …
“This team’s inspiration and dedication to each other has outweighed the best. The calculated effort of this team allowed them to build a functionally designed robot. The robotic movement was hands down as precise as a Swiss Watch’s timing.”
Regional Finalists
(Advancing to Championships because of 3 Wild Cards) Team 294, Beach Cities Robotics from Redondo Beach, CA Team 114, Eaglestrike from Los Altos, CA Team 7887, Final Frontier from Camarillo, CA
Dean’s List Finalist
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist – Isabel Guerrero from Team 3512
What the judges had to say …
“This finalist started with a passion for FLL and Robotics. This has grown into her commitment to business and financial acuity for the team with grant writing, fund raising, balance sheets and planning. Her enthusiasms, energy, and attitude values everyone and will be useful in her future goals in medicine. “
FIRST Dean’s List Finalist – Giovanni Giacalone from Team 1138
What the judges had to say …
“This finalist has a great appreciation for all the opportunities and assistance he received. He is humble and believes that his priority should be paying it forward with summer camps, mentoring FLL teams and starting a FTC team. He is an expert in CAD with a Solidworks Certification and teaches freshmen design principles which will be useful to his future in Robotics Bio medicine.”
In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FRC students, the Kamen family sponsors an award for selected top students known as the FIRST Dean’s List.
This award celebrates a student’s outstanding leadership and effectiveness in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists will compete at the championship for the FIRST Dean’s List.
Woodie Flowers Finalist Award
Fazlul Zubair from Team 4201, The Vitruvian Bots. Learn more about Fazlul in this recent post about Raytheon’s support of FIRST.
Additional Awards
Congratulations to the Teams and individuals that earned the remaining awards at the Ventura Regional! See the list here.
An immense THANK YOU to all the Sponsors who contributed to this very successful Regional with funding, mentors, volunteers and enthusiasm! Regional Sponsors include the Gene Haas Foundation and Ventura College.
We hope you too had a memorable experience at the Ventura Regional. We’d love to hear your stories. Please consider sharing them with us here in the comments below or on our facebook page. Photo and video links welcome!
(Cover photo credit: Team 4414, HighTide)
68 teams, from USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Korea, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana and Zimbabwe landed at LEGOLAND California to compete in the FIRST LEGO League International Open from May 17-19, 2019. Helping us celebrate this year’s space theme, Into Orbit, NASA Astronaut Dan Bursch joined us for the fun and was impressed with the teams’ innovative projects, which were similar to things he explored on the International Space Station. It was an action-packed weekend filled with excitement, discoveries, new friendships, FUN and memories of a lifetime …. plus teams were also able to enjoy the LEGOLAND and Water Park attractions in their “down” time. Many thanks go to the 76 volunteers from FIRST Robotics teams, engineers, community members and educators plus the So Cal Robotics League, the local non-profit arm, who provided medals, trophies, meals, polo shirts, photography, VIP escorts, and a Board Dinner to thank our VIPs and leadership team. Without you all, none of this would’ve been possible! We so are proud of all our teams, and grateful to the coaches, volunteers, and sponsors – Qualcomm and Viasat!
Photo Credit for all photos: Sandy Huffaker Photography.
Thank you Sandy Huffaker for helping tell the story of the weekend with your amazing photography! This video created by team Narwhal of Ideas commemorates all of the teams who competed over the weekend.
RESULTS
Champion Award: 8 to Automate from Ohio Champion Award, Runner Up: Tiger Tech Black from Pennsylvania
Robot Performance 1st Place: BWW from Japan Robot Performance 2nd Place: 8 to Automate from Ohio Robot Performance 3rd Place: BlockStars from Australia Robot Performance 4th Place: Scientific Sorcerers from Ohio Robot Performance 5th Place: The Renaissance from India
Robot Design – Mechanical Design 1st Place: Puzzle from Korea Robot Design – Mechanical Design 2nd Place: STAR LAB from Korea
Robot Design – Programming 1st Place: Gear Gang from Missouri Robot Design – Programming 2nd Place: Super Smash Bro Bots from California
Robot Design – Strategy & Innovation 1st Place: C.A.T.S from Washington Robot Design – Strategy & Innovation 2nd Place: The Narwhal Of Ideas from South Carolina
Project – Research 1st Place: HashTag from India Project – Research 2nd Place: Hawkes Bay All Stars from New Zealand
Project – Presentation 1st Place: Guardians of the Galaxsee from Ontario, Canada Project – Presentation 2nd Place: RoboWizz from Massachusetts
Project – Innovative Solution 1st Place: Scientific Sorcerers from Ohio Project – Innovative Solution 2nd Place: Honubots from Hawaii
Core Values – Inspiration 1st Place: E3 Strike from Tennessee Core Values – Inspiration 2nd Place: Salty Circuits from Illinois
Core Values – Teamwork 1st Place: RoboMoose from Texas Core Values – Teamwork 2nd Place: Mega Bots from New Jersey
Core Values – Gracious Professionalism 1st Place: Project Bucephalus from Australia Core Values – Gracious Professionalism 2nd Place: Rock-iT from India
Judge’s Award: Guardians of the LEGO Galaxy from Oregon Judge’s Award: LEGO Leaders from Nevada Judge’s Award: FIRST FUJISAN voyager from Japan
Inventor and FIRST Founder Dean Kamen launched the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition season today with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called FIRST POWER UP in New Hampshire, hometown of FIRST Headquarters. More than 91,000 high-school students on 3,647 teams at 137 venues around the globe joined the 2018 Kickoff via Twitch Live Broadcast. FIRST POWER UP finds FIRST Robotics Competition teams trapped in an 8-bit video game.
Each three-team alliance has three ways to help defeat the boss:
tipping the scale or the alliance’s switch in their favor to earn points
exchanging power cubes for power ups (force, boost, and levitate) to gain a temporary advantage during the match
climbing the scale tower to face the boss.
The alliance with the highest score at the end of the match, which includes autonomous and teleoperated periods, defeats the boss and wins the game. OFFICIAL GAME ANIMATION:
At today’s Kickoff, teams were shown the FIRST POWER UP game field and challenge details for the first time, and received the Kickoff Kit from the Kit of Parts, which is made up of motors, batteries, control system components, construction materials, and a mix of additional automation components – with limited instructions.
Working with adult mentors, students have six weeks to design, build, program, and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge. Once these young inventors build a robot, their teams will participate in one or more of the global 158 Regional and District events that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration, and the determination of students. California will be the host to 9 Regional FRC events in 2018: Mar 7-10 – SAN DIEGO REGIONAL presented by Qualcomm Mar 14-17 – LOS ANGELES REGIONAL Mar 15-18 – SAN FRANCISCO REGIONAL Mar 21-24 – ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL Mar 21-24 – SACRAMENTO REGIONAL Mar 28-31 – SILICON VALLEY REGIONAL Mar 28-31 – VENTURA REGIONAL April 4-7 – AEROSPACE VALLEY REGIONAL April 5-8 – CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL
The 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff event was an opportunity for teams from all over the world to come together as a community to share in the excitement of seeing the new game unveiled. Teams at local Kickoffs in Australia, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Israel, Mexico, Turkey, and the United States watched the proceedings via live broadcast.
In California, thousands of students, mentors, sponsors and volunteers gathered at 11 Kickoff locations throughout the state. Now it’s GO TIME! We wish everyone the best of luck over the next 6 weeks as innovative minds and problem solving skills are put to the test!
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