Celebration Coming Up!
May 17, 2021 Written by Frank Merrick, Director FIRST Robotics Competition
This Saturday, May 22 at 12 pm Eastern Time on FIRSTtv, we will be holding an awards show and celebration to announce the 20 Game Design Challenge Finalists and reveal their game design concepts. You will be able to see a little something about each concept and listen to special guests share an overview. If finalist teams submitted videos, you’ll get to see those too! And who knows, a game design from one of these finalists, or something similar, could show up as the FIRST Robotics Competition game in a coming year ;)
These 20 Finalists were selected from the 90 Designer’s Award and Concept Award winners we had from this season’s Game Design Challenge. And I’ll tell you, the submissions were so good we had a VERY hard time deciding!
Here’s the list of teams that made our jobs so hard:
| Team Number | Team Name | Location | Award | Game Name | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Team 4 ELEMENT | Van Nuys, California USA | Concept | Rainforest Revival | Fluorine |
| 8 | Paly Robotics | Palo Alto, California USA | Concept | Mining Mania | Oxygen |
| 33 | Killer Bees | Auburn Hills, Michigan USA | Concept | Rainforest Resupply | Technetium |
| 85 | B.O.B. (Built on Brains) | Zeeland, Michigan USA | Concept | Subterranean Showdown | Arsenic |
| 180 | S.P.A.M. | Stuart, Florida USA | Concept | Rise From Ruins | Lithium |
| 195 | CyberKnights | Southington, Connecticut USA | Designer's | Treasure Quest | Molybdenum |
| 296 | Northern Knights | Montreal, Québec Canada | Concept | Climate Crisis | Titanium |
| 302 | The Dragons | Lake Orion, Michigan USA | Concept | Operation Data Driven - Agents for STEM | Scandium |
| 341 | Miss Daisy | Ambler, Pennsylvania USA | Concept | HyperHive | Sodium |
| 449 | The Blair Robot Project | Silver Spring, Maryland USA | Designer's | PIRATE'S PLUNDER | Krypton |
| 461 | Westside Boiler Invasion | West Lafayette, Indiana USA | Concept | PROJECT: CHAIN REACTION | Selenium |
| 501 | The PowerKnights | Manchester, New Hampshire USA | Designer's | Scarab Scramble | Zinc |
| 503 | Frog Force | Novi, Michigan USA | Designer's | Micro Mayhem | Copper |
| 694 | StuyPulse | New York, New York USA | Designer's | Rhythm Remix | Beryllium |
| 708 | Hatters Robotics | Horsham, Pennsylvania USA | Designer's | Rumble in the Jungle | Technetium |
| 846 | The Funky Monkeys | San Jose, California USA | Designer's | FIRST Carnival | Cobalt |
| 870 | TEAM R. I. C. E. | Southold, New York USA | Designer's | "OPERATION SAFEGUARD" | Argon |
| 900 | The Zebracorns | Durham, North Carolina USA | Designer's | Farming Frenzy | Silicon |
| 1073 | The Force Team | Hollis, New Hampshire USA | Designer's | SHIPWRECKED | Yttrium |
| 1296 | Full Metal Jackets | Rockwall, Texas USA | Concept | Western Rush | Rhodium |
| 1306 | BadgerBOTS | Middleton, Wisconsin USA | Designer's | Cargo Clash | Phosphorus |
| 1318 | Issaquah Robotics Society | Issaquah, Washington USA | Concept | Operation Outpost | Aluminium |
| 1410 | The Kraken | Denver, Colorado USA | Designer's | Pirate Plunder | Zirconium |
| 1501 | Team THRUST | Huntington, Indiana USA | Concept | Hazmat Hustle | Zinc |
| 1511 | Rolling Thunder | Penfield, New York USA | Concept | Chrono Chaos | Cobalt |
| 1619 | Up-A-Creek Robotics | Longmont, Colorado USA | Designer's | Air Affair | Magnesium |
| 1678 | Citrus Circuits | Davis, California USA | Designer's | Storm Surge | Niobium |
| 1868 | Space Cookies | Mountain View, California USA | Designer's | Bio Breakthrough | Oxygen |
| 1885 | ILITE Robotics | Haymarket, Virginia USA | Concept | FIRST®: Legacy of Tomorrow | Carbon |
| 1899 | Saints Robotics | Bellevue, Washington USA | Concept | Firefighting Frenzy | Beryllium |
| 1983 | Skunk Works Robotics | Seattle, Washington USA | Designer's | Monkey Madness | Ruthenium |
| 2096 | RoboActive | Dimona, HaDarom Israel | Concept | RAISE SAILS | Neon |
| 2129 | Ultraviolet | Minneapolis, Minnesota USA | Designer's | Renewable Resilience | Carbon |
| 2168 | Aluminum Falcons | Groton, Connecticut USA | Concept | FIRST Thunderation | Hydrogen |
| 2220 | Blue Twilight | Eagan, Minnesota USA | Concept | Pirate Pandemonium | Germanium |
| 2370 | IBOTS | Rutland, Vermont USA | Designer's | Hive Mind | Chlorine |
| 2410 | Blue Valley CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics | Overland Park, Kansas USA | Designer's | Wild West Wrangle | Sodium |
| 2415 | WiredCats | Atlanta, Georgia USA | Designer's | Linked Together | Fluorine |
| 2473 | Goldstrikers | Cupertino, California USA | Concept | Reef Relief | Molybdenum |
| 2500 | Herobotics | Minneapolis, Minnesota USA | Concept | FIRST RESPONDERS | Ruthenium |
| 2522 | Royal Robotics | Bothell, Washington USA | Designer's | Project Polar | Arsenic |
| 2526 | Crimson Robotics | Osseo, Minnesota USA | Designer's | CATASTROPHE CLEANUP | Germanium |
| 2607 | The Fighting RoboVikings | Warminster , Pennsylvania USA | Designer's | Aftershock | Potassium |
| 2630 | Thunderbolts | Emek hefer, HaMerkaz Israel | Concept | RANGER DANGER | Chlorine |
| 2706 | Merge Robotics | Kanata, Ontario Canada | Concept | Save Our Species | Helium |
| 2767 | Stryke Force | Kalamazoo, Michigan USA | Concept | Shop Til You Drop | Strontium |
| 2791 | Shaker Robotics | Latham, New York USA | Concept | Jungle Harvest | Krypton |
| 2811 | StormBots | Vancouver, Washington USA | Concept | FIRST Mining Mayhem | Bromine |
| 2992 | The S.S. Prometheus | Mandeville, Louisiana USA | Concept | Volcanic Panic | Niobium |
| 3005 | RoboChargers | Dallas, Texas USA | Designer's | Midway Mayhem | Strontium |
| 3042 | Cobalt Catalysts | Apple Valley, Minnesota USA | Concept | Mission: Classified | Nickel |
| 3061 | Huskie Robotics | Naperville, Illinois USA | Concept | Operation Radiation | Manganese |
| 3128 | Aluminum Narwhals | San Diego, California USA | Concept | CYBER CONTROL | Sulfur |
| 3158 | PrepaTec - TECBOT | Toluca, Mexico Mexico | Designer's | Dimension Evasion | Neon |
| 3256 | WarriorBorgs | San Jose, California USA | Concept | FIRST Responders | Gallium |
| 3316 | D-Bug | Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv Israel | Designer's | Pirate Plunder | Scandium |
| 3322 | Eagle Imperium | Ann Arbor, Michigan USA | Concept | Ultimate Pancake | Calcium |
| 3501 | Firebots | Sunnyvale, California USA | Designer's | Fossil Frenzy | Selenium |
| 3794 | Tecmilenio WinT | METEPEC, Mexico Mexico | Designer's | Royal Circus | Nickel |
| 3847 | Spectrum -△◅ | Houston, Texas USA | Designer's | "Roll Up" | Calcium |
| 3928 | Team Neutrino | Ames, Iowa USA | Designer's | CyberSpace | Aluminium |
| 4089 | Stealth Robotics | Duvall, Washington USA | Concept | Underground Extraction | Vanadium |
| 4150 | FRobotics | Murrysville, Pennsylvania USA | Concept | Dungeons & Robots | Silicon |
| 4159 | CardinalBotics | San Francisco, California USA | Concept | DNA Dash | Magnesium |
| 4180 | Iron Riders | Seattle, Washington USA | Concept | Dragon Defense | Nitrogen |
| 4191 | IMC | Kocaeli, Kocaeli Turkey | Designer's | FIRST Cyberaction | Lithium |
| 4201 | The Vitruvian Bots | El Segundo, California USA | Designer's | Set Sail | Hydrogen |
| 4342 | Demon Robotics | Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA | Concept | Harvest | Copper |
| 4403 | PrepaTec - PEÑOLES - ROULT | Torreon, Coahuila Mexico | Designer's | Relic Recovery | Rhodium |
| 4488 | Shockwave | Hillsboro, Oregon USA | Designer's | CHAIN REACTION | Boron |
| 4505 | McDonogh Robotics | Owings Mills, Maryland USA | Designer's | Carnival Chaos | Helium |
| 4541 | CAV-ineers | Severn, Maryland USA | Concept | Cyclone | Yttrium |
| 4616 | Team Pharaohs | San Diego, California USA | Designer's | Treasure Trove | Manganese |
| 4635 | PrepaTec - Botbusters | Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico | Designer's | Ghost Town | Titanium |
| 4915 | Spartronics | Bainbridge Island, Washington USA | Concept | Sprout Bout | Chromium |
| 4967 | That ONE Team-OurNextEngineers | Belmont, Michigan USA | Concept | Tropical Treasure | Phosphorus |
| 5406 | Celt-X | Hamilton, Ontario Canada | Concept | TOMORROWTAG | Rubidium |
| 5414 | Pearadox | Pearland, Texas USA | Designer's | Pollination Panic | Bromine |
| 5457 | Falcobots | Burlington, New Jersey USA | Designer's | The Chain Factory | Chromium |
| 5708 | Zebrotics | Ann Arbor, Michigan USA | Concept | Forest Force | Boron |
| 5857 | Walnut Valley Robotics | Walnut, California USA | Designer's | Operation SubZero | Sulfur |
| 5871 | Chickadees | Boise, Idaho USA | Concept | FIRST: High-Seas Showdown | Argon |
| 6024 | R Factor | Mumbai, Maharashtra India | Concept | FLASH FORWARD | Zirconium |
| 6515 | Unimatics | Calexico, California USA | Concept | Treasures of the Lost City | Potassium |
| 6544 | A-Team Robotics | Amherstburg, Ontario Canada | Designer's | R^3 H2O | Vanadium |
| 6622 | Stan Robotix | Outremont, Québec Canada | Concept | Timeless Temple | Iron |
| 6662 | FalconX | Pleasant Hill, California USA | Designer's | Habitat Restoration | Nitrogen |
| 8027 | Not the Droids You Are Looking For | Sharon, Pennsylvania USA | Designer's | FIRST Responders | Rubidium |
| 8069 | Super Hornets | Saint Charles, Missouri USA | Designer's | Gro-Mars | Gallium |
| 8096 | Cache Money | Chicago, Illinois USA | Designer's | Foliage Frenzy | Iron |
As if this wasn’t enough, during the show, we’ll also celebrate the 20 Finalists for the FIRST Innovation Challenge presented by Qualcomm. These finalists have already been notified, as they have much work to do getting ready for the 2021 FIRST Global Innovation Awards powered by Star Wars: Force for Change, but we wanted to be sure to celebrate them as well. Congratulations to our Finalists, listed below!
| Team Number | Team Name | Region | Group | FIRST Innovation Challenge Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Paly Robotics | Greater San Francisco Bay Region | Cobalt | SightWalk |
| 172 | Northern Force | NE FIRST District | Vanadium | The Seeing Wall |
| 900 | The Zebracorns | FIRST North Carolina District | Scandium | Insoul |
| 971 | Spartan Robotics | Greater San Francisco Bay Region | Iron | T.E.A.R. (Testing and Evaluating ACL Risks) |
| 1374 | Amped Up | FIRST Ontario District | Chromium | Dean’s Arm |
| 2554 | The WarHawks | FIRST Mid-Atlantic District | Manganese | VisualEyes |
| 3616 | Team Phenomena | Southeastern Region | Phosphorus | Pheno-Advance 3616 |
| 3792 | The Army Ants | MoKan Region | Boron | SPOCKS (Sensor Platform for Orthopedic Compliance after Knee Surgery) |
| 4253 | Raid Zero | Pacific Region | Vanadium | NATASHA (Neural-Network Augmented Therapy Assistance Stroke Healing Approach) |
| 4586 | PRIMO | FIRST Israel | Nickel | EasyMotion |
| 5406 | Celt-X | FIRST Ontario District | Hydrogen | LightPad |
| 5553 | Robo'Lyon | Central Asia, Africa, and Europe Region | Phosphorus | Walk Assistant |
| 5940 | B.R.E.A.D. | Greater San Francisco Bay Region | Scandium | Circulatio: Thermal Wear with No Fear |
| 6418 | The Missfits | Greater San Francisco Bay Region | Oxygen | PØP |
| 6479 | AZTECH Robotics | Southwestern Region | Aluminium | Swish! Connect: Master Motor Skills through Adaptive Technology |
| 6652 | Tigres | Mexico Region | Manganese | Therapplay |
| 7480 | Machine Mavericks | FIRST Ontario District | Manganese | AquaCue – A Swim Guide for the Visually Impaired |
| 7504 | Cybearbots | New York & Quebec Region | Nickel | Way-to-Go Cane |
| 7563 | SESI SENAI MEGAZORD | Caribbean + South American Region | Nitrogen | PERSONAL ROBOT |
| 8621 | KITS Angels FRC Akola Team | Central Asia, Africa, and Europe Region | Chromium | MULTI CROP SEED SOWING MACHINE TO POSITIVELY HELP FARMERS MENTAL HEALTH |
And check out the video announcing Finalists from all FIRST programs!
It’s going to be a great show!
Frank
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