Utah’s 2013 Regional FIRST^® Robotics Competition

In the Media

• “High Schools Students Gather in West Valley for Robotics Competition” – Utah Public Radio (UPR)
• “High school students compete in robotics competition” (+video) – Fox13
• “Students design, build robots for national competition” – Fox13
• “Students build robots to throw, climb for competition” (+video) – KSL
• “Students make final preparations before robotics competition (+photos)” – Deseret News
• “Robot warriors compete in FIRST event in Utah” – Salt Lake Tribune
• “Learning Leadership Through Robotics” – Explore Utah Science
• “Robots are Invading Salt Lake!” – utahpolicy.com

 

Awards

Regional Winners

• #359 – Waialua Robotics, “The Hawaiian Kids”
• #192 – Gunn Robotics
• #3239 – NUAMES Birds of Prey

Regional Finalists

• #1891 – The Bullbots
• #3251 – Salmon Robotics, “Salmon Pride”
• #1569 – Haywire Robotics

Regional Chairman’s Award

• #3364 – The Robobroncs

FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award

• #3374 – Ashley Potzernitz
• #359 – William Blaser

Engineering Inspiration Award

• #812 – Midnight Mechanics

Rookie All-Star

• #4585 – Husky Robotics

Highest Rookie Seed Award

• #4596 – The Hackers

Industrial Safety Award

• #3239 – NUAMES Birds of Prey

Judges’ Award

• #3216 – Missoula Robotics “Mr. T”

Industrial Design Award

• #1891 – The Bullbots

Gracious Professionalism Award

• #2993 – InTech Megabots

Quality Award

• #1569 – Haywire Robotics

Woodie Flowers Finalist Award

• #1566 – Ammoknights

Rookie Inspiration Award

• #4598 – Alta

Entrepreneurship Award

• #359 – Waialua Robotics – “The Hawaiian Kids”

Team Spirit Award

• #4086 – Team Tesla

Excellence in Engineering Award

• #192 – Gunn Robotics

Creativity Award

• #3243 – AMES Amperes

Innovation in Control Award

• #3288 – Big Piney Robotics, “The Punchers”

Imagery Award

• #1410 – GWHS Robotics

Volunteer of the Year

• John Hollerbach, Professor of Computer Science

Important Dates

February 16th, 2013: Potential scrimmage date in Salt Lake City
February 19th, 2013: Robot bagging day. Bag those bots!
March 21st, 2013: Day 1, Robot Inspection and practice rounds
March 22nd, 2013: Day 2, Competition Day 1
March 23rd, 2013: Day 3, Competition Day 2, Finals, Awards Ceremony

 

The Competition

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 (2)-minute and fifteen (15)-second match.

Read more on the official FIRST^® website

 

Season Calendar

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Welcome to the home of FIRST^®-sponsored Robotics Competition for the state of Utah and the surrounding region.