FIRST Championship

The FIRST Championship is a four-day robotics championship held annually in April at which FIRST student robotics teams compete. 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 remained through 2017. In 2017, the Championship was split into two events, being additionally held at the George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. In 2018 and 2019, the Championship was held in Houston and Detroit, Michigan at the TCF Center and Ford Field. The event comprises four competitions; the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, the FIRST Lego League World Festival, and the FIRST Lego League Junior World Expo.[3]

FIRST Championship Event
FrequencyAnnual
VenueHouston
George R. Brown Convention Center
Discovery Green
Detroit
TCF Center
Ford Field
Location(s)Houston, Texas, United States
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Inaugurated1992 (1992)
FounderDean Kamen
Participants~30 nations
Large presence by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, Australia, and China[1]
Organised byFIRST
Websitewww.firstchampionship.org
Both 2020 championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The FIRST LEGO League World Championship was held as a virtual competition on April 18,19 2020 and hosted by FLL Share and Learn.

The FIRST Robotics Competition is a six-week program in which high-school students build 125-pound (54 kg) robots designed to compete in a game that changes each year. Students are given sets of parts to use, but they can also use off-the-shelf or custom-made parts. The FIRST Tech Challenge is a mid-level competition program for middle school and high school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FIRST LEGO League is a competition program for elementary and middle school students using LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits. Teams for each program compete in tournaments at a state and regional level. The winning teams from each of these tournaments join the global competition at the FIRST Championship.

The FIRST Championship was formally held in conjunction with the FIRST Robotics Conference, which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields.[4]

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 took place at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship and the Junior FIRST Lego League World Festival took place at Union Station (St. Louis), and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival as well as the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship took place at the Edward Jones Dome and America's Center. The new arrangement was designed to give an "Olympic Village" feel and allow for more space to expand each individual program.[5] In 2017, the Championship was split into 2 championships, one occurring in Houston and the other a week later in St. Louis. The second Championship was moved to Detroit for 2018 and 2019. In 2020, FIRST decided to move the closing ceremonies for all programs from Minute Maid Park and Ford Field to the convention centers in Houston and Detroit respectively.[6]

The 2020 FIRST season was suspended on March 12, 2020, resulting in the cancellation of the Championship events Houston and Detroit, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The FIRST LEGO League World Championship was held as a virtual competition on April 18,19 2020 and hosted by FLL Share and Learn.

Host cities

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.[7] In 1993, the sole competition was held at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire.[8] In 1994, the competition was held at Nashua High School.[9] 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.[10] Reliant Park in Houston was the venue for 2003.[11] Atlanta served as host city from 2004 through 2010.[12][13] In 2005, the contract with Atlanta was extended through 2007 with options for 2008 and 2009.[12] 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.[14] In 2013, the tenure in St. Louis was once again extended for three additional years through 2017.[15]

The 2017 through 2019 championships consisted of two championship events, located in two different cities on back to back weekends. The 2017 championships was 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 marked 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 NRG Park. In 2018 and 2019, Houston continued to host a championship, with Detroit, Michigan taking St. Louis's place. The Detroit championships took place at Cobo Center and Ford Field.[16]

FIRST Robotics Competition
Main article: FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition Championship is the final and largest event of the season. The winners of each regional competition as well as the top teams from each district advance to the FIRST Championship. They are placed into one of the 8 divisions to compete. The winning alliance from each division (a set of 4 teams) moves on to compete on the Einstein Field. The winning alliance on the Einstein Field is declared the FIRST Champion.

The FIRST Robotics Competition Championship was initially 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

In 2017, the first year of the split championship, there were 12 divisions (not including the final Einstein Field in each city), with six divisions in each city. The six division winning alliances played a round-robin tournament to determine their location's champion, who then played the other city's champion in July at the FIRST Festival of Champions in New Hampshire.[17][18] On February 6, 2018, FIRST announced that the Festival of Champions would not happen from the 2018 season onward. Due to this, the winners of both championships will now be considered world champions.[19] Houston:

  • Carver
  • Galileo
  • Hopper
  • Newton
  • Roebling
  • Turing

St. Louis/Detroit:

  • Archimedes
  • Carson
  • Curie
  • Daly
  • Darwin
  • Tesla

There are many awards that are presented to FRC teams at the Championship. These awards include the Engineering Inspiration Award, the Industrial Design Award, the Gracious Professionalism Award, the Entrepreneurship Award, the Industrial Safety Award, the Rookie All-Star Award, the Rookie Inspiration Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, and the Dean's List Award. The most prestigious award is the Chairman's Award, which recognizes the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate both on and off the field.[20]

Recent winners
2019 / Destination Deep Space Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #1 Brighton TechnoDogs 3707 Brighton, Michigan, USA
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #2 ThunderChickens 217 Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #3 Team Rembrandts 4481 Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #4 SCH Vulcan Robotics 1218 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Detroit Chairman's The Green Machine 1816 Edina, Minnesota, USA
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #1 Greybots 973 Atascadero, CA, U.S.
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #2 MadTown Robotics 1323 Madera, CA, U.S.
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #3 Iron Panthers 5026 Burlingame, CA, U.S.
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #4 The Vitruvian Bots 4201 El Segundo, CA, U.S.
2019 / Destination: Deep Space Houston Chairman's Exploding Bacon 1902 Orlando, FL, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2018 / FIRST Power Up Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #1 Stryke Force 2767 Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #2 Team RUSH 27 Clarkston, MI, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #3 Lake Effect Robotics 2708 Kingston, ON, Canada
2018 / FIRST Power Up Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #4 Centre County 4-H Robotics 4027 State College, PA, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Detroit Chairman's Bionic Black Hawks 2834 Bloomfield Hills, MI, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #1 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, CA, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #2 The Robowranglers 148 Greenville, TX, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #3 Spartabots 2976 Sammamish, WA, U.S.
2018 / FIRST Power Up Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #4 Ha-Dream Team 3075 Hod-Ha'Sharon, HaMerkaz, Israel
2018 / FIRST Power Up Houston Chairman's Kell Robotics 1311 Kennesaw, GA, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2017 / FIRST Steamworks St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #1 Stryke Force 2767 Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #2 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, CA, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #3 Lightning Robotics 862 Canton, MI, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #4 The Pascack PI-oneers 1676 Montvale, NJ, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks St Louis Chairman's Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS) 2614 Morgantown, WV, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Houston Festival of Champions Representative Columbus Space Program 4188 Columbus, GA, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Houston Winner #1 Greybots 973 Atascadero, CA, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Houston Winner #2 CRUSH 1011 Tucson, AZ, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Houston Winner #3 Viking Robotics 2928 Seattle/Ballard, WA, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Houston Winner #4 Bay Orangutans 5499 Berkeley, CA, U.S.
2017 / FIRST Steamworks Houston Chairman's Thunder Down Under 3132 Sydney, Australia
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Championship Winner #1 The Beach Bots 330 Hermosa Beach, CA, U.S.
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Championship Winner #2 Roboteers 2481 Tremont, IL, U.S.
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Championship Winner #3 Cleveland's Team 120 Cleveland, OH, U.S.
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Championship Winner #4 Blue Cheese 1086 Glen Allen, VA, U.S.
2016 / FIRST Stronghold Chairman's Award HIGHROLLERS 987 Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
2015 / Recycle Rush Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2015 / Recycle Rush[21] Championship Winner #1 Robonauts 118 League City, TX, U.S.
2015 / Recycle Rush Championship Winner #2 Citrus Circuits 1678 Davis, CA, U.S.
2015 / Recycle Rush Championship Winner #3 Buchanan Bird Brains 1671 Clovis, CA, U.S.
2015 / Recycle Rush Championship Winner #4 Gryffingear 5012 Palmdale, CA, U.S.
2015 / Recycle Rush Chairman's Award Wolverines 597 Los Angeles, U.S.
2014 / Aerial Assist Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2014 / Aerial Assist[22] Championship Winner #1 The Cheesy Poofs 254 San Jose, CA, U.S.
2014 / Aerial Assist Championship Winner #2 Las Guerrillas 469 Bloomfield Hills, MI, U.S.
2014 / Aerial Assist Championship Winner #3 The All Sparks 2848 Dallas, TX, U.S.
2014 / Aerial Assist Championship Winner #4 Team C.H.A.O.S 74 Holland, MI, U.S.
2014 / Aerial Assist Chairman's Award Team RUSH 27 Clarkston, MI, U.S.
2013 / Ultimate Ascent Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2013 / Ultimate Ascent[23] Championship Winner #1 Theory6 1241 Mississauga, ON, Canada
2013 / Ultimate Ascent Championship Winner #2 Texas Torque 1477 The Woodlands, TX, U.S.
2013 / Ultimate Ascent Championship Winner #3 The Coyotes 610 Toronto, ON, Canada
2013 / Ultimate Ascent Chairman's Award The Holy Cows 1538 San Diego, CA, U.S.
2012 / Rebound Rumble Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2012 / Rebound Rumble[24] Championship Winner #1 S.P.A.M. (Martin County School District & Clark Advanced Learning Center) 180 Stuart, FL, U.S.
2012 / Rebound Rumble Championship Winner #2 Raider Robotix (North Brunswick Township High School) 25 North Brunswick, NJ, U.S.
2012 / Rebound Rumble Championship Winner #3 Bomb Squad (Mountain Home Public Schools) 16 Mountain Home, AR, U.S.
2012 / Rebound Rumble Chairman's Award Simbotics (Governor Simcoe Secondary School) 1114 St. Catharines, ON, Canada
2011 / Logomotion Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2011 / Logomotion Championship Winner #1 The Cheesy Poofs (Bellarmine College Preparatory) 254 San Jose, CA, U.S.
2011 / Logomotion Championship Winner #2 WildStang (Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School) 111 Schaumburg, IL, U.S.
2011 / Logomotion Championship Winner #3 Greybots (Atascadero High School) 973 Atascadero, CA, U.S.
2011 / Logomotion Chairman's Award The Hawaiian Kids (Waialua High School) 359 Waialua, HI, U.S.
2010 / Breakaway Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2010 / Breakaway Championship Winner #1 Beach Cities Robotics (Mira Costa High School & Redondo Union High School) 294 Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.
2010 / Breakaway Championship Winner #2 The HOT Team (Huron Valley Schools) 67 Milford, MI, U.S.
2010 / Breakaway Championship Winner #3 Bobcat Robotics (South Windsor High School) 177 South Windsor, CT, U.S.
2010 / Breakaway Chairman's Award Miss Daisy (Wissahickon High School) 341 Ambler, PA, U.S.
2009 / Lunacy Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2009 / Lunacy[25][26] Championship Winner #1 WildStang (Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School) 111 Schaumburg, IL, U.S.
2009 / Lunacy Championship Winner #2 The HOT Team (Huron Valley Schools) 67 Milford, MI, U.S.
2009 / Lunacy Championship Winner #3 Spartan Robotics (Mountain View High School) 971 Mountain View, CA, U.S.
2009 / Lunacy Chairman's Award Techno Ticks (Lyme-Old Lyme High School) 236 Old Lyme, CT, U.S.

FTC World Championship
Main article: FIRST Tech Challenge

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 Qualifying Tournaments in order to qualify for their state/regional Championship. At that Championship, teams compete for a spot at one of 4 Super-Regionals. Depending on the presence/number of teams in each state, determines the number of teams that move on to a Super-Regional. Teams then advance from their Super-Regional to the World Championship. Starting in the 2018–2019 season, Super-Regionals will be abolished and FTC teams will advance to the World Championship directly from their state/regional Championship.[27]

At each championship, awards are presented to recognize teams for their performance in the competition, their robot's design, and their efforts to spread the message of FIRST. These awards include World Championship Finalist and Winner, the Design Award, the Connect Award, the Innovate Award, the Motivate Award, the Think Award and the Judges' Award. The most notable awards are the World Championship Inspire Award and the award given to the winning alliance.[28]

The FTC World Championship is currently held in Houston and Detroit, an arrangement that will continue until at least 2021.

FTC has four divisions that teams are randomly divided into. There are two divisions per Championship.

Houston:

  • Franklin
  • Jemison

Detroit:

  • Edison
  • Ochoa

Up until the end of the 2016 season, winning alliances from Franklin and Edison went on to compete in the finals on the DaVinci Field. In 2017, FTC teams joined FRC teams to play their finals matches on the Einstein Field.

Recent winners
Year / Theme Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2019 / Rover Ruckus Detroit Winning Alliance Team LANbros 9971 Vincentown, NJ, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Detroit Winning Alliance Team Gluten Free 11115 Hollis, NH, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Detroit Winning Alliance Team N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds 10091 Mundelein, IL, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Detroit Inspire Award The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 8393 Baden, PA, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Houston Winning Alliance Team Boom Bots 3101 Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Houston Winning Alliance Team Aperture Science 5064 Elon, NC, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Houston Winning Alliance Team Cobalt Colts 6547 Overland Park, KS, U.S.
2019 / Rover Ruckus Houston Inspire Award Root Negative One 9879 Springdale, AR, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Detroit Winning Alliance Team The Brainstormers 8644 Lexington, MA, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Detroit Winning Alliance Team The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 8393 Baden, PA, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Detroit Winning Alliance Team 2 Bits and a Byte 4029 Lexington, MA, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Detroit Inspire Award Wizards.exe 9794 Rockville, MD, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Houston Winning Alliance Team Mechanical Maniacs 7750 Sutherlin, OR, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Houston Winning Alliance Team RedNek Robotics Wun 724 Sun River, MT, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Houston Winning Alliance Team TechNova 12611 Bellevue, WA, U.S.
2018 / Relic Recovery Houston Inspire Award Super 7 7477 Oviedo, FL, U.S.
2017 / Velocity Vortex Houston Winning Alliance Team RedNek Robotics Wun 724 Sun River, MT, U.S.
2017 / Velocity Vortex Houston Winning Alliance Team Rise Of Hephaestus 4216 San Diego, CA, U.S.
2017 / Velocity Vortex Houston Winning Alliance Team Wait For It... 8651 Pearl, MS, U.S.
2017 / Velocity Vortex Houston Inspire Award FIX IT 3491 Victoria, BC, Canada
2017 / Velocity Vortex St. Louis Winning Alliance Team Height Differential 8686 Littleton, CO, U.S.
2017 / Velocity Vortex St. Louis Winning Alliance Team Data Force 6929 Rockville, MD, U.S.
2017 / Velocity Vortex St. Louis Winning Alliance Team BoBots 5916 Earleville, MD, US
2017 / Velocity Vortex St. Louis Inspire Award Winner Combustible Lemons 5466 Davenport, IA, U.S.
2016 / Res-Q[29] Winning Alliance Team BoBots 5916 Earleville, MD, U.S.
2016 / Res-Q[29] Winning Alliance Team Cubix^3 8221 Hampstead, MD, U.S.
2016 / Res-Q[29] Winning Alliance Team TBD-To Be Determined 6022 Aurora, OH, U.S.
2016 / Res-Q[29] FTC World Championship Inspire Award Hot Wired Robotics 7013 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
2015 / Cascade Effect[30] Winning Alliance Team Neutrinos 6433 Lakeland, FL, U.S.
2015 / Cascade Effect Winning Alliance Team RedNek Robotics Wun 724 Sun River, Montana, U.S.
2015 / Cascade Effect Winning Alliance Team Valley X Robotics 2844 Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
2015 / Cascade Effect FTC World Championship Inspire Award Schrödinger's Hat 3595 Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
2014 / Block Party![23] Winning Alliance Team Hot Wired Robotics 7013 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
2014 / Block Party! Winning Alliance Team Eagles Robotics Xperience 5257 Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
2014 / Block Party! Winning Alliance Team 4-H Techno Clovers 4240 Accident, Maryland, U.S.
2014 / Block Party! FTC World Championship Inspire Award Bears 3141 Mexico City, Mexico
2013 / Ring It Up![23] Winning Alliance Team Cougar Robotics Team 4251 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
2013 / Ring It Up! Winning Alliance Team Fish in the Boat 4140 Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S.
2013 / Ring It Up! Winning Alliance Team Monkey Madness 5096 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
2013 / Ring It Up! FTC World Championship Inspire Award Beta 3550 West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
2012 / Bowled Over![24] Winning Alliance Team Robocats 4444 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
2012 / Bowled Over! Winning Alliance Team Masquerade 4997 Tampa, Florida, U.S.
2012 / Bowled Over! Winning Alliance Team ILITE Robotics 354 Haymarket, Virginia, U.S.
2012 / Bowled Over! FTC World Championship Inspire Award Landroids 4220 Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
2011 / Get Over It![31] Winning Alliance Team SD30 Robotics 178 Ronan, Montana, U.S.
2011 / Get Over It! Winning Alliance Team Wreckers 577 Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
2011 / Get Over It! Winning Alliance Team MITibot 2875 Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
2011 / Get Over It! FTC World Championship Inspire Award Robots and Brain Bots Inc. 4466 Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
2010 / Hot Shot![32] Winning Alliance Team Smoke and Mirrors 2868 Lakeland, Florida, U.S.
2010 / Hot Shot! Winning Alliance Team Under the Son 2843 Hollywood, Maryland, U.S.
2010 / Hot Shot! Winning Alliance Team Global-Force 3864 Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.
2010 / Hot Shot! FTC World Championship Inspire Award Rock 'n Roll Robots 25 Pasadena, California, U.S.
2009 / Face Off![33] Winning Alliance Team Jr. Bomb Squad 92 Mountain Home, Arkansas, U.S.
2009 / Face Off! Winning Alliance Team RoboRaiders 679 Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S.
2009 / Face Off! Winning Alliance Team Alberta Longhorns 2820 Calgary, Alberta
2009 / Face Off![25] FTC World Championship Inspire Award Einstein's Daughters 32 San Diego, CA, U.S.
2008 / Quad Quandary[26] Winning Alliance Team Mr. T 30 Montville, New Jersey, U.S.
2008 / Quad Quandary Winning Alliance Team Team Overdrive 74 Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S.
2008 / Quad Quandary Winning Alliance Team Beach Cities Robotics 23 Redondo Beach, California, U.S.
2008 / Quad Quandary FTC World Championship Inspire Award Panteras 801 Mexico City, Mexico

FLL World Festival
Main article: FIRST Lego League

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 in 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. However, it did not return in 2009.[34]

FLL World Festival is hosted and managed by FIRST. The teams are often the Champion's Award team at the state or national 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.[25]

Recent winners
Year / Theme Award name Team name Team number City, State/Country
2020/ City Shaper Virtual World Championship International Invitational Champions Award - 1st Place Snow White and the Critter Crew 492 Mount Prospect, Illinois
2019/ Into Orbit Detroit Championship Champions Award - 1st Place PHOENIX 44314 Kaunas, Lithuania
2019/ Into Orbit Houston Championship Champions Award - 1st Place iDB Tech-No-Logic 44264 Verona, Italy
2018/ Hydro Dynamics Houston Championship Winner - 1st Place SESI Red Rabbit 37402 Americana, Brazil
2018/ Hydro Dynamics Houston Championship Winner - Finalist Water Works 23359 La Jolla, California
2018/ Hydro Dynamics Houston Championship Winner - Finalist SESI Jedi's 37401 Jundiai, Brazil
2018/ Hydro Dynamics Detroit Championship Winner - 1st Place Not the Droids You Are Looking For 51 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2018/ Hydro Dynamics Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist FIRST FUJISAN 37289 Kofu, Japan
2018/ Hydro Dynamics Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist the Hydro HAULks 3436 Oakville, Ontario
2017/ Animal Allies Houston Championship Winner - 1st Place Robo Stars 30362[35] Irbid, Jordan
2017/ Animal Allies Houston Championship Winner - Finalist SESI THUNDERBÓTICOS 30352[36] Rio Claro, Brazil
2017/ Animal Allies Houston Championship Winner - Finalist High Voltage Couch Bananas 20687[37] Eagle, Idaho
2017/ Animal Allies St. Louis Championship Winner - 1st Place Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen 5831[38] Toronto, Canada
2017/ Animal Allies St. Louis Championship Winner - Finalist Flufflepuff 1920 Granger, Indiana
2017/ Animal Allies St. Louis Championship Winner - Finalist St Peters Brickbusters 8631 East Troy, Wisconsin
2016 / Trash Trek Championship Winner - 1st Place The Incredibots 00000 Ohio, U.S.
2016 / Trash Trek Championship Winner - Finalist Mechatronic Ants 00000 Pamplona, Spain
2016 / Trash Trek Championship Winner - Finalist Tic Tac Toe 00000 Beirut, Lebanon
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, U.S.
2014 / Nature's Fury Championship Winner - 1st Place INVICTA N/A Canterbury, England
2014 / Nature's Fury Championship Winner - 2nd Place Fast and Curious 23850 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 Robotics School 16850 Ourinhos, Brazil
2013 / Senior Solutions Championship Winner - 3rd Place Robo Raiders 742 Lebanon
2012 / Food Factor[24] Championship Winner - 1st Place Falcons Japan 15650 Tokyo, Japan
2012 / Food Factor Championship Winner - 2nd Place Blue Gear Ticks 252 Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S.
2012 / Food Factor Championship Winner - 3rd Place NXTremers 15200 Bengaluru, India
2011 / Body Forward[31] 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, U.S.
2011 / Body Forward Robot Performance Award Hammerheads 4129 Umatilla, Florida, U.S.
2010 / Smart Move Championship Winner - 3rd Place Cougar Robotics Team 437 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
2009 / Climate Connections[39] Championship Winner - 1st Place Da Peeps 55 Swartz Creek, Michigan, U.S.
2009 / Climate Connections Championship Winner - 2nd Place STEELE 1232 Illinois, U.S.
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[40] Championship Winner - 1st Place External Fusion 8095 Singapore
2008 / Power Puzzle Championship Winner - 2nd Place Pixelation 2560 North Branch, Minnesota, U.S.
2008 / Power Puzzle Championship Winner - 3rd Place Power Peeps 334 Swartz Creek, Michigan, U.S.
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, U.S.
2008 / Power Puzzle Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place Landroids 2254 Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.

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