History

Rapid React is played by two alliances of three teams each, with each team controlling a robot and completing specific actions to score points. The game revolves around both alliances shooting inflatable balls known as Cargo into a central Hub and climbing within their Hangars at the end of the match. The overall objective of each match is to score more points than the opposing alliance before the match ends.

Waterloo District

• District Semi-finalist
• Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

St. Mary District

• District Event Winner
• Creativity Award

Ontario District

• District Championship Winner
• Quality Award

FIRST Championship 

• Turing Semi-finalist

Destination Deep Space is played on a 27 ft  by 54 ft  field that is covered in grey carpet. There are two alliances and each is trying to load cargo ship and their habitat in anticipation for a sandstorm. During the first 15 seconds of the match, a sandstorm is passing through the field that blocks vision to anyone in the driver station. During this time, the teams can either driver their robot using cameras to see, or use autonomous coding to have their robots complete tasks. The next 2 mins and 15 secs are Tele-Operated in which teams must drive their robot to score hatches and cargo into their rocket ships and cargo ships. During the last 30 seconds of the round, teams must return to the hab zone, and can climb for extra points.

Waterloo District

• District Event Winners
• Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford

McMaster District

• District Event Winners
• District Chairman’s Winners

Ontario District

• District Event Finalists
• Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

FIRST Championship 

• Curie Semi-finalist

FIRST Power Up is played on a 27 ft  by 54 ft  field that is covered in grey carpet, called the “Arcade”. There are two alliances and each is trying to defeat the boss, and escape the arcade. During the first 15 seconds of the match, robots must run an autonomous mode and attempts to get all 3 robots to cross the auto line, and have control of their switch. The next 2 mins and 15 secs are Tele-Operated in which teams must drive their robot to gain control of the switch and scale. During the last 30 seconds of the round,  teams must climb the scale, and defeat the boss!

Waterloo District

• District Finalist
• Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

McMaster District

• District Winners
• Chairman’s Winners

Ontario District

• District Winners
• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation

FIRST Championship 

• Tesla Subdivision Winners
• Einstein Division

FIRST STEAMWOKRS is played on a 27 ft. by 54 ft. 4 in. field. There are two alliances and each is getting ready for a airship race and must fill up their airships with KPA or kilopascels and collect gears to turn the rosters in the airship. During the last 40 seconds of each match, robots must also climb to the top of the air ship for bonus points. Each match begins with a 15 second automatons period where robots try and cross a auto line to get bonus points, followed by a 2 minute Tele-operated period where teams try and shoot Fuel cells into boilers and prepare their airships by placing gears on them.

Ontario Regional

• Regional Winners
• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation

Waterloo District

• District Winners
• Excellence in Engineering Award

McMaster District

• Chairman’s Winners
• District Finalists

FIRST Championship 

• Curie Subdivision Winners
• Einstein Division

FIRST STRONGHOLD is played on a 27 ft. by 54 ft. field. Each alliance commands one tower, five defenses, and a ‘secret passage’ which allows their robots to restock on ammunition, called boulders. One defense in each alliance’s set of five, the low bar, is a permanent part of the field. Three defenses are selected strategically by the alliance prior to the start of their match. The final defense changes periodically by audience selection. Each FIRST STRONGHOLD match begins with a 15-second autonomous period in which robots operate independently of human control. During this period, robots attempt to cross opposing defenses and score in the opposing tower

Greater Toronto East Regional

• Regional Winners
• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation

Waterloo Regional

• Regional Chairman’s Award
• Regional Finalists

Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional

• Regional Winners
• Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

FIRST Championship 

• Tesla Subdivision Winners
• Einstein Finalists

RECYCLE RUSH is a recycling-themed game that is played by two Alliances of three Teams each. Alliances compete simultaneously to score points by stacking Totes on Scoring Platforms, capping those stacks with Recycling Containers, and properly disposing of Litter, represented by pool noodles, in designated locations.

Greater Toronto East Regional

• FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award (Nipun Chheda)
• Regional Winners
• Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi

Waterloo Regional

• Regional Chairman’s Award
• Regional Winners

Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional

• Regional Winners
• Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi

FIRST Championship – Galileo Division

• Championship Subdivision Winner
• Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

AERIAL ASSIST is played by two competing Alliances of three Robots each on a flat 25’ x 54’ foot field, straddled by a lighting truss suspended just over five feet above the floor. The objective is to score as many balls in goals as possible during a 2 minute and 30 second match. The more Alliances score their ball in their goals, and the more they work together to do it, the more points their alliance receives.

Waterloo Regional

• Regional Winner
• Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi
• Volunteer of the Year – Tarjote Chaggar (2010)

Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional

• Regional Winner
• Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi

ULTIMATE ASCENT is played by two competing alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 foot field. Each Alliance consists of three robots, and they compete to score as many discs into their goals as they can during a two minute and fifteen second match. The higher the goal in which the disc is scored, the more points the Alliance receives. The match ends with robots attempting to climb up pyramids located near the middle of the field. Each robot earns points based on how high it climbs.

Greater Toronto East Regional

• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
• Regional Winners

Waterloo Regional

• Engineering Inspiration Award
• Volunteer of the Year – Grant Durfey (2010)
• Regional Winners

Greater Toronto West Regional

• Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi
• Regional Winners

FIRST Championship

• Divisional Semi-finalist

REBOUND RUMBLE is played by two competing Alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 foot field. Each Alliance consists of three robots. They compete to score as many basketballs into their hoops as they can during a 2 minute and 15 second match. The higher the hoop in which the basketball is scored, the more points the Alliance receives.  The match ends with robots attempting to balance on bridges located at the middle of the field.

Greater Toronto East Regional

• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
• Regional Winners

Waterloo Regional

• Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi
• Regional Chairman’s Award
• Regional Winners

Greater Toronto West Regional

• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
• Regional Winners

FIRST Championship

• Championship Division Winners – Archimedes
• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola

The 2011 FRC game is called LOGO MOTION. Two alliances containing three teams each will compete on a 27-by-54-foot field with poles, to earn points by hanging as many triangle, circle and square pieces as possible. Bonus points will be earned for each robot that can hang and assemble logo pieces for the FIRST logo. As Robots are trying to score points, opposing robots can try and stop them, the opposing robot can not go into their zone when robots are placing game pieces. Robots can also deploy Mini-Bots to climb vertical poles for a chance to earn additional points.

Waterloo Regional

• Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi
• Regional Winners

Greater Toronto Regional

• Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
• Regional Winners
• Woodie Flowers Finalist Award

Finger Lakes Regional

• Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi
• Regional Winners

FIRST Championship

• Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
• Division Semi-finalist

BREAKAWAY is played on a 27’ by 54’ field, which is separated into three zones by one foot tall, 45 degree bumps placed 18 feet apart. Two alliances of three robots each compete to kick soccer balls into their own goals to score points. Each goal is worth 1 point, and the scored ball is then returned to the middle zone of the field by a series of overhead bars. In the middle of each bump is a seven foot tall tower. If a robot can finish the match hanging off of one of the towers at least 20” in the air, the alliance gains an extra two points. If a robot is able to hang off of another robot which is hanging from the tower, the alliance gains two points for the robot hanging from the tower, and three points for the robot hanging from the other robot.

Waterloo Regional

• Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
• Regional Winners

Greater Toronto Regional

• FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award
• Quality Award sponsored by Motorola
• Regional Winners
• Woodie Flowers Finalist Award

FIRST Championship

• Championship Division Winners – Galileo
• Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi

Lunacy was played on a low friction surface with specified hard plastic wheels to simulate the low gravity on the lunar surface. The game was a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the manned mission to the lunar surface. Each robot towed a trailer into which opponents placed the game pieces, 9 inch webbed balls, to score points. “Special” balls could be collected throughout the match and used to score bonus points during the final 20 seconds. Teams could not remove balls from their trailer and no traction devices other than the specified wheels could be used.

Waterloo Regional:

• Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award
• General Motors Industrial Design Award
• Regional Winners

Greater Toronto Regional:

• Motorola Quality Award
• Regional Winners

FIRST Championship:

• Divisional Semi-finalist

Overdrive was played on a circuit track with teams moving 40 inch balls around the track. Across the middle of the field was an overpass, 6.5 feet above the arena floor, upon which the balls were located at the start of the match. Points were scored by doing laps in a counter-clockwise direction with the robot and the ball, passing the ball over the overpass at the end of each lap. At the end of the match, bonus points were scored for every ball returned to the overpass before time expired.

Waterloo Regional

• Motorola Quality Award
• Regional Winners

Greater Toronto Regional

• Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award
• Regional Winners

FIRST Championship

• Divisional Semi-finalist

Rack and Roll was a game of strategy and team coordination to score rows of inner tubes on a rack. The rack, located in the center of the field, had three levels of eight arms arranged in an octagon shape. Points were scored by placing your team’s tubes on the rack, with the score increasing exponentially for each tube added beside another of your team’s tubes. Black “spoiler” tubes could also be placed on the rack to cancel out an opposing tube. At the end of the game, robots that were elevated more than six inches above the floor on a team member’s robot, scored bonus points.

Waterloo Regional

• Highest Rookie Seed
• Regional Winners
• Rookie All Star Award

Greater Toronto Regional

• Highest Rookie Seed
• Regional Winners

FIRST Championship

• Divisional Semi-finalist