FIRST® Robotics Teams for Youth and Global Brands Celebrate Innovation and STEM Inspiration at a Record Event in Detroit

This week, more than 17,000 students (aged 6 to 18) from around the world traveled to Detroit to test their innovation skills at the annual conference. FIRST Championship presented by Qualcomm Incorporated, held at Cobo Center and Ford Field.

The four-day event in Detroit, attended by more than 43,000 people, was a huge success on Saturday night in front of thousands of enthusiastic fans at the Ford Field when the teams clashed for the final of the game. FIRST Robotics competition and FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships. Four teams from Brighton, Mich .; Sterling Heights, Mich .; Eindhoven, the Netherlands; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were the FIRST Winning Robotics Alliance for this year's game, DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE Presented by The Boeing Company. Teams from Vincentown, N.J .; Hollis, N.H .; and Mundelein, Ill., were the FIRST Winning Technology Challenge Alliance for ROVER RUCKUS Presented by Qualcomm.

FIRST The championship, the world's largest science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event for students, kicked off last week in Houston with 33,000 people. In total, a record 76,000 people participated in this two-week event.

Selected quotes:

• Angela Baker, director of corporate responsibility at Qualcomm, said: It is the age when the pbadion for innovation begins with STEM. We are committed to giving students today the basics they need to invent the future and are proud to help them. FIRST.
• Spring Beasley, director of customer engineering at Boeing and mentor of Reign Robotics, an all-girl girl FIRST The team of robotics competition in Seattle said: Mentoring is incredibly rewarding. At the beginning of the season, we have people come and say, "I do not know if I can do that. And after two weeks, they grab tools, find out what they can do and try incredible experiences. This experience is shared by more than 500 Boeing mentors who support FIRST teams this season.

Among the participants, many received awards for excellence in their design, competitive play, research, business plans, website design and team work. A non-profit organization founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST (For inspiration and recognition of science and technology) inspires youth innovation and leadership through engaging and team-based robotic challenges.

In Detroit, more than 700 robotics teams from 37 countries participated in the competition and exhibited in the four FIRST programs including FIRST LEGO League (9 to 16 years, varies by country); FIRST Tech Challenge (12 to 18 years old); and FIRST Robotics competition (14 to 18 years old). In addition to the high-energy robotics games, 60 teams participated in FIRST LEGO League Jr. (grades K-4, 6 to 9 years) World Festival Expo.

FIRST The Detroit Championship has honored important supporters of the FIRST mission:

• FedEx was the recipient of Founders' Awards, presented each year by FIRST Dean Kamen, founder of the company, an organization or an individual for his outstanding service in promoting ideals FIRST. The award was accepted by Rajesh Subramaniam, President and Chief Operating Officer of FedEx.
• the Volunteer Award of the year was awarded to event volunteers for each of the four FIRST programs: James Lockman of Gorham, Maine (FIRST Robotics competition); George Marchant of Goffstown, N.H.FIRST Tech Challenge); Stacey Jones, of Palm City, Florida (FIRST LEGO League); and Pablo Hernandez de Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (FIRST LEGO League Jr.)
• the Woodie Flowers AwardFounded by William P. Murphy Jr. to recognize an exceptional engineer or teacher who best demonstrates the excellence of his teaching in science, mathematics and creative design, has been awarded to Allen Gregory IV, Mentor of FIRST Team of 3847 robotics competition, Spectrum –³- … of Houston, Texas.
• the Compbad Price for excellence in coaching / mentoring FIRST Tech Challenge was awarded to Scott Chase of Team 12835, Pixelated, Granger, Ind.
• Coach / mentor awards for FIRST LEGO League went to Dave Tomko, Sharon, Pa .; Neil Corrigan, Thornhill, Scotland; Scott Chase, of Granger, Ind .; and Bill Lam, of Livingston, N.J.

FIRST unveiled FIRST ASCEND^SM, a unified season theme for all four FIRST programs that is powered by Star Wars: Force for Change, a philanthropic initiative of Lucasfilm and Disney's parent company. This 2019-2020 season, whose theme is building sustainable cities for our future, is to inspire the citizens of the galaxy to work together, strengthening and protecting the Force that binds us together and creating a place where collaboration and collective wisdom can raise new ideas and foster growth. The revelation video was commented by Mark Hamill.

2019 FIRST Championship winners

The 2019 winners of the competitions and awards announced in Detroit are:

List of Deans Award "This price celebrates outstanding student leaders whose pbadion and effectiveness in reaching FIRST the ideals are exemplary.

FIRST Robotics Contest:

• Paige Drob, Team 1718, The Fighting Pi, Armada, Mich.
• Param Upadhyay, Team 4946, Alpha Dogs, Bolton, Ontario, Canada
• Cameron Hallett, Team 1073, Force Team, Hollis, N.H.
• Abigail Holmes, Team 5016, Huntington Robotics, Huntington, N.Y.
• Thomas Franco, Team 5740, Trojanators, Cranberry Township, Penn.

From FIRST Tech Challenge:

• Aja Capel, Team 10146, Invader Bots, Urbana, Ill.
• Jacqueline Kocik, Team 6567, Roboraiders, Red Hook, N.Y.

1. FIRST Robotics competition championship " FIRST The robotics competition combines sports enthusiasm with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources and time limits, teams are invited to raise funds, design a brand, work as a team, and build and program robots to compete in an exciting game. including autonomous and piloted periods. In the challenge of 2019, DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE Presented by The Boeing Company, two competing alliances collect samples on the planet Primus. Two and a half weeks before takeoff, the alliances must gather as much freight as possible and prepare their spacecraft for takeoff before the arrival of the next sandstorm.

More than 94,000 students from 3,800 teams participated in the 2019 season.

• The 1816 team, "The Green Machine", Edina, Minnesota, won the award President's Award, the highest honor awarded to the FIRST Robotics competition championship, recognizing the team that best represents a model to follow for other teams and best embodies the purpose and objectives of FIRST. Team 1629, Garrett Coalition (GaCo), Accident, MD, and Team 5672, First Nations-STEM, in Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada, were The finalists of the President's Award.
• the Winning alliance of FIRST The robotics competition was comprised of Team 3707, Brighton TechnoDogs, Brighton, Mich .; Team 217, ThunderChickens, Sterling Heights, Mich .; Team 4481, Rembrandts team, Eindhoven, Netherlands; and the 1218 team, SCH Vulcan Robotics, Philadelphia, PA.

Other FIRST The awards for the robotics competition include:

Championship finalists "

Archimedes Subdivision

• Team 5406, Celt-X, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
• Team 930, Mukwonago BEARs, Mukwonago, Wis.
• Team 1310, Runnymede Robotics, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Team 4004, M.A.R.S. Rovers, Muskegon, Mich.

Winners of the subdivision "

Archimedes Subdivision

• Team 5406, Celt-X, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
• Team 930, Mukwonago BEARs, Mukwonago, Wis.
• Team 1310, Runnymede Robotics, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Team 4004, M.A.R.S. Rovers, Muskegon, Mich.

Carson Subdivision

• Team 5050, Robot Town Cow, Carleton, Mich.
• Team 111, WildStang, Arlington Heights, Ill.
• Team 4607, C.I.S., Becker, Minn.
• Team 2052, KnightKrawler, New Brighton, Minnesota.

Subdivision Curie

• Team 195, CyberKnights, Southington, Conn.
• Team 3538, RoboJackets, Auburn Hills, Mich.
• Team 1073, The Force Team, Hollis, N.H.
• Team 230, Gaelhawks, Shelton, Conn.

Daly Subdivision

• Team 4003, TriSonics, Allendale, Mich.
• Team 133, B.E.R.T., Standish, Maine
• Team 862, Lightning Robotics, Canton, Mich.
• Team 2614, Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS), Morgantown, W. Virginia.

Darwin Subdivision

• Team 3707, Brighton TechnoDogs, Brighton, Mich.
• Team 217, ThunderChickens, Sterling Heights, Mich.
• Team 4481, Rembrandts team, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Team 1218, SCH Vulcan Robotics, Philadelphia, PA.

Tesla Subdivision

• Team 346, RoboHawks, Chesterfield, Virginia.
• Team 548, Robostangs, Northville, Mich.
• Team 5401, Fightin 'Owls Robots, Bensalem, Pa.
• Team 2534, Lumberjack Robotics, Baltimore, Md.

Finalists of the subdivision "

Archimedes Subdivision

• Team 4776, S.C.O.T.S. Bots, Howell, Mich.
• Team 222, Tigertrons, Tunkhannock, Pa.
• Team 614, Night Hawks, Alexandria, Va.
• Team 1025, IMPI Robotics, Ferndale, Mich.

Carson Subdivision

• Team 5172, Gators, Greenbush, Minn.
• Team 1796, RoboTigers, Queens, N.Y.
• Team 1816, "The Green Machine", Edina, Minnesota.
• Team 3750, Gator Robotics, Badger, Minn.

Subdivision Curie

• Team 2767, Stryke Force, Kalamazoo, Mich.
• Team 987, HIGHROLLERS, Las Vegas, Nev.
• Team 1756, Argos, Peoria, Ill.
• Team 2607, The Combat RoboVikings, Warminster, Pa.

Daly Subdivision

• Team 319, Big Bad Bob, Alton, N.H.
• Team 3641, The Flying Toasters, South Lyon, Mich.
• Team 2611, Jacktown Vectors, Jackson, Mich.
• Team 1574, MisCar, Misgav, Israel

Darwin Subdivision

• Team 3542, S.P.E.E.D, Temperance, Mich.
• Team 1690, Orbit, Binyamina, Israel
• Team 2337, Engineers, Grand Blanc, Mich.
• Team 250, Dynamos, Colony, N.Y.

Tesla Subdivision

• Team 610, Red Crescent Coyotes, North York, Ont. Canada
• Team 1577, Steampunk, Ra'anana, Israel
• Team 3324, The Metrobots, Columbus, Ohio
• Team 4338, Falcons, Even-Yehuda, Israel

Prize of Inspiration in Engineering "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 1325, Inverse Paradox, Mississauga, Ont. Canada
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 2096, RoboActive, Dimona, Israel
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 2834, Bionic Black Hawks, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Autonomous price sponsored by Ford "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: 910 Team, The Foley Freeze, Madison Heights, Mich.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 4362, Gems, Brighton, Mich.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 1241, THEORY6, Mississauga, Ont. Canada

Xerox Sponsored Creativity Award "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 1787, Flight Tracks, Cleveland, Ohio
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 4907, Thunderstamps, St. Thomas, ON, Canada
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 195, CyberKnights, Southington, Conn.

Entrepreneurial Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 2202, BEAST Robotics, Brookfield, Wisconsin.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 27, RUSH Team, Clarkston, Mich.
• Curie-Darwin Division: 1792 Team, Roundtable Robotics, Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

Award for Engineering Excellence sponsored by Delphi "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 319, Big Bad Bob, Alton, N.H.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 548, Robostangs, Northville, Mich.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 2767, Stryke Force, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Kind professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 1403, Cougar Robotics, Skillman, N.J.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 1305, Ice Cubed, North Bay, ON, Canada
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 772, Saber Bytes Robotics, LaSalle, ON, Canada

Jack Kamen's Imaging Award in the honor "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 2638, Rebel Robotics, Great Neck, N.Y.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 1481, The Riveters, Farmington, Mich.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 1024, Kil-A-Bytes, Indianapolis, Ind.

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 176, High Aces, Windsor Locks, Conn.
• Carson-Tesla Division: 610 Team, Crescent Coyotes, North York, ON, Canada
• Curie-Darwin Division: 1923 Team, The MidKnight Inventors, Plainsboro, N.J.

UL sponsored security award "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 2638, Rebel Robotics, Great Neck, N.Y.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 2220, Blue Twilight, Eagan, Minnesota.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 5847, Ironclad, Bradley, Ill.

Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 1574, MisCar, Misgav, Israel
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 1577, Steampunk, Ra'anana, Israel
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 1676, the Pascack PI-oneers, Montvale, N.J.

Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 7605, ASTRO, Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 4607, C.I.S., Becker, Min.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 4481, Rembrandts Team, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Team Spirit Award sponsored by Fiat Chrysler "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 172, Northern Force, Falmouth / Gorham, Maine
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 4342, Demon Robotics, Kennett Square, PA.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 3044, Team 0xBE4, Ballston Spa, N.Y.

Highest Recruit Seed "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 7645, CNM NK, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 7457, SUPPURDUEper Robotics, Indianapolis, Ind.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 7885, EC.exe, Elyria, Ohio

Rookie All-Star Award "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 7617, RoboBlazers, Carmel, Ind.
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 7554, Green Rockets, Jaffa of Nazareth, Israel
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 7539, Elev8, Mumbai, India

Rookie inspiration award "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 7523, SpringBots, Centurion, South Africa
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 7531, Servos Return, Dubuque, Iowa
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 7462, Disruptive Technologies, Danbury, Conn.

Judges' prize "

• Archimedes-Daly Division: Team 4039, MakeShift Robotics, Hamilton, ON, Canada
• Carson-Tesla Division: Team 2723, Rocket Team, Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Curie-Darwin Division: Team 5951, Assemble Makers, Tel Aviv, Israel

2 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship " FIRST Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams build robots from a reusable parts kit, develop strategies, document their progress and compete with each other. ROVER RUCKUS Introduced by Qualcomm, the robots descend from the lander, collect and sort minerals in cargo holds and perform stand-alone tasks that allow them to face the field for two and a half minutes of play.

More than 70,000 students out of 7,000 FIRST Tech Challenge teams participated in the 2018-2019 season. FIRST Tech Challenge sponsors include Qualcomm, main sponsor of the season, Rockwell Collins, official sponsor of the program, and PTC, IoT sponsor, CAD and Collaboration.

• the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Inspire Award, recognizing excellence in robot design and teamwork, was entrusted to Team 8393, robotic Grain Diencephalic GrainSTEM team, Baden, Pa.
• the Winning alliance was the 9971 team, LANbros, Vincentown, N.J .; Team 11115, Gluten-Free, Hollis, N.H .; and the team 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics – These are not your average nerds, Mundelein, Ill.

Other FIRST The Tech Challenge rewards include:

• Division winners "
  • Edison Division: Team 9971, LANbros, Vincentown, N.J .; Team 11115, Gluten-Free, Hollis, N.H .; and the team 10091, N.Y.A.N. Robotics – These are not your average nerds, Mundelein, Ill.
  • Division of Ochoa: Team 8393, BrainSTEM Diencephalic Giant Robotic Team, Baden, Pennsylvania; Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed, Catonsville, MD; and team 7236, Recharged Green, Pella, Iowa
• Division Finalists "
  • Edison Division: Team 8680, Kraken-Pinion, Mequon, Wis .; Team 12231, WarriorTech, Denver, Ind .; and team 11316, Mbad Construction Weapons, Indianola, Iowa
  • Division of Ochoa: Team 8699, League of Extraordinary Robotics, Danbury, Connecticut; Team 8417, "Lectric Legends", Lawrenceburg, Ky .; and Team 9872, Formal Logic, Harrisburg, PA.
• Collins Aerospace Innovate Award "Team 9956, The Knack, Hartland, Wisconsin.
• Design Award "Team 14522, Cogset Robotics, St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Motivation prize "Team 6287, Vertigo, Highland Park, Ill.
• Connect Award "Team 9890, RUBIES, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Think Award "Team 7190, Green Girls Robotics, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
• Price of the control "Team 11115, Gluten-Free, Hollis, N.H.
• Promote price "Team 14607, Robot Uprising, Alexandria, Virginia.
• Judges' prize "STEM Multipurpose Training Award", Team 14607, Robot Lift, Alexandria, Virginia.
• Judges' prize "Cultural Swift Award" Team 11047, Screw it, Taichung, Chinese Taipei
• Judges' prize "STEM Beyond Borders" Award from Team 13906, Epiteugma revved Up, Nicosia, Lefkosia, Cyprus
• Judges' prize Judges' Philanthropic Award, Team 16142, St Chris Snowflakes, Letchworth, England

3 FIRST LEGO World League Festival " FIRST The LEGO League introduces younger students to real-world engineering challenges by inviting them to conduct research projects and build stand-alone LEGO-based robots to perform tasks on a thematic playground. FIRST LEGO League teams, guided by their imagination, discover interesting career opportunities and learn to make a positive contribution to society. This year's challenge, INTO ORBIT, has asked more than 323,000 students from 40,000 teams from over 95 countries to explore how to address the physical and social challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to provide solutions to problems. that they identify.

LEGO Education is a founding partner of FIRST LEGO League Jr. and PREMIER LEGO League. FIRST LEGO League Jr. receives worldwide support from LEGO Education. FIRST The LEGO League is delivered annually with support from LEGO Education Global Sponsors, 3M, NI and Rockwell Automation.

Great honors went to Winner of the Champions Award, Team 44314, PHOENIX, Kaunas, Lithuania; Finalist Champions, Team 44205, FSINGENIUM team, Torres de Elorz, Spain; and Finalist ChampionsTeam 44350, TASASAP, Budapest, Hungary.

Other FIRST LEGO League price included:

• Robot performance price "Team 44304, LEGOtronic Castors, Torres de Elorz, Spain.
• Mechanical design award "Team 44304, LEGOtronic Castors, Torres de Elorz, Spain.
• Programming Award "Team 44087, Roboroos East, of Seacombe Gardens, Australia.
• Strategy and Innovation Award "Team 1461, LEGOnauts, Ashburn, Virginia.
• Research Prize "Team 31191, GEarheads, of Brookfield, Wisc.
• Price of the innovative solution "Team 492, The Shrimp Strike Back, from Mount Prospect, Ill.
• Presentation price "Team 44221, from C.D. Imreoiri, Cork, Ireland.
• Inspiration Award "The 578 team, Tiger Techs Orange, Sharon, Pa.
• Team work award "Team 44303, Invictus LEGO, Pamplona, ​​Spain.
• Kind professionalism Price "Team 44225, MarsMellows, Delft, The Netherlands.
• Judges' prize
  • Team 44334, B. Robots, Graz, Austria.
  • Team 24646, Polar Bear Bots, of Vicksburg, Miss.
  • Team 44222, Egni, St. Asaph, Wales.
  • Team 44310, Musk-a-Teers, DAbadie, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Team 44148, Team Cosmos, Finnsnes, Norway.
  • Team 18845, HNMA, of Lawn, N.L., Canada.

4 FIRST LEGO League Jr. World Festival Expo " FIRST LEGO League Jr. introduces children ages 6 to 9 to the exciting world of science and technology. Teams of up to six children and two adult coaches take on a real-world challenge, exploring through research, critical thinking and imagination. In this year's challenge, MISSION MOON, students discover the Moon of the Earth and what it takes to live there.

FIRST LEGO The Junior League Awards went to:

• Prize of the choice of the team went to Team 16, BeeCoders, Memphis, Mich.
• Innovative poster price "Team 11, Space Platypuses, of Lexington, Ky .; and Team 9, Mercury, Rochester, Mich.
• Discovery and Show Award "Team 33, Macomb Bitty Bots 4-H, Galesburg, Ill .; and the team 39, The Moon Savers, of Camanche, in Iowa.
• Prize of the creative show "Team 48, Blue Pepper, Guri-si, South Korea; and Team 41, Space Minions, of LaSalle, Ont., Canada.
• Design and Show Award "Team 13, Ashton LEGO Moon, Cumberland, R.I .; Team 12, W. MEC, Yokohama, Japan; and Team 60, Dragons Stadium Drive, Lake Orion, Mich.
• Cooperative poster price "Team 28, Milky Ways, from Ann Arbor, Mich.; Team 26, APOLLO 18 TRANSFORMERS, Galati, Romania.
• Innovative Explorers Award "Team 31, Aliens de Queso, San Jose, Costa Rica; Team 6, Smart Starz, Parsippany, N.J .; Team 47, LEGO Builder, Tokyo; and Team 51, The Moon Beams, of Morgantown, W. Virginia.
• Explorer and Discover Awards "Team 10, Moon Muskrats, from Algonac, Mich.; Team 16, BeeCoders, Memphis, Mich .; Team 59, Thunder Strikers Rock, from Ilion, N.Y .; Team 54, Flat Rock 2, Flat Rock, Mich.; Team 35, Diamond Dragons, of Basking Ridge, N.J .; Team 50, HotShot Hotwires Jr., Mohegan Lake, N.Y .; and Team 45, Moonicorns, of Sylvania, Ohio.
• Creative explorers award "Team 1, LEGO Masters, McHenry, Ill .; and team 21, Bulldogs eating lunar rocks, from Oakland, Mich.
• Explore and Design Awards Team 29, Team Prodigy, Eden Prairie, Min .; Team 7, Team Laser, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Team 8, Einstein Kids, from NamYangJu-Si, South Korea; and Team 52, GTM Japan, Tokyo.
• Cooperative Explorers Award "Team 38, MooMerangs, of Port Huron, Mich.; Team 44, Castle on the Moon, Kaohsiung, China; and the team 15, A.P.I.G. "Extraordinary people in a group, from Harbor Springs, Mich.
• Price of innovative models "Team 23, Tech Tigers, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; Team 34, The Ozones, of Morgantown, W. Virginia; The team 36, Haidong Moon Pioneer, Tainan, Taiwan; Team 3, Avengers, Gwangju, South Korea; and Team 27, Spacecraft Angels, of Brunswick, Ohio.
• Construction and Discovery Award "Team 4, Go Moon! from Taichung, Taiwan; and the team 57, Moonbots, of Lexington, Ky.
• Creative Model Award "Team 17, Awe-Sum LEGO Creators, of Almont, Mich.; Team 22, Team Deluxe, Plainview, N.Y .; Team 25, Little Einsteins, Naperville, Ill .; and Team 55, Space Glam, Detroit.
• Model Design Award "Team 49, Ahhhhh Robot !, of Martinsburg, W. Va .; and the team 56, STAR VARSS, of Mason, in Ohio.
• Cooperative model price "Team 40, Andreas Asteroids, of Detroit; Team 14, Stanton Academy Cute Aliens, London, ON, Canada; and Team 30, Bep Beep Robotics, of Detroit.
• Prize for innovative programming "Team 19, Fluffy Pink Unicorns, from Wolcott, Connecticut; Team 18, Astro Aliens, Detroit; and Team 53, St. William Crusadernauts, of Walled Lake, Mich.
• Discovery Prize and Program "Team 20, number one, from Wonju-si, South Korea; Team 32, CBA Robokings, of Midland, Mich.; and Team 42, Robotic Wreckers, of Sterling Heights, Mich.
• Prize for creative programming "Team 5, Dream Team, from Weare, N.H .; and team 46, Ice Dragons, of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
• Programming Design Award "Team 24, RoboSquad, of Lexington, Ky.
• Cooperative Programming Award "Team 43, Flat Rock 1, Flat Rock, Mich.

Watch the highlights of FIRST Detroit Championship on FIRSTtv and download selected photos from the FIRST The Facebook page. Visit firstchampionship.org to learn more.

2019 FIRST Championship Sponsors

Qualcomm is the 2019 FIRST Title sponsor of the championship.

2019 FIRST Major championship sponsors include: Google Inc. and Magna International Inc.

2019 FIRST Sponsors of championship events include: ABB; The Abbott Fund; Bechtel Corporation; Delta Airlines; Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau; The Dow Chemical Company; DTE energy; FCA Foundation; FedEx; Ford Motor Company; Houston CVB; Keysight Technologies; Lockheed Martin Corporation; National instruments; Nokia Bell Labs; Rockwell Automation; TE Connectivity; Toyota USA Foundation; Two Sigma investments; US Air Force; and United Technologies.

2019 FIRST The key sponsors of the championship include: ARMI | BiofabUSA; Autodesk; BAE Systems; BOSCH; Central University of Michigan; Coca-Cola Company; Energy consumers; Gene Haas Foundation; Hilton; Kettering University; Mouser electronics; PwC US; Quicken loans; Southwest Airlines; Texas Instruments; United Therapeutics Corporation; Walt Disney Imagineering; and ZF North America, Inc.

Other 2019 FIRST The championship supporters include: Alta Resources LLC; Arms; H-E-B; J.R. Automation; and Jacobs.

Reserve this date! The 2020 FIRST The championship will be held in Houston on April 15 and 18 and in Detroit from April 29 to May 2.

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