The New Hampshire state competition had 46 teams competing, and our team got first place! Since we won, we earned an invitation to the 2024 FIRST Championship, in Houston, April 17-20. For worlds, we are trying to patent our innovation project and upgrade our robot from EV3 to SPIKE to improve the robot. Worlds is in April and it’s in Houston, Texas.
During the competition, each team is assessed in four different categories.
- The Robot Game is where you complete missions on the challenge board. This game seems like the main focus, but we learned that it isn’t the whole competition.
- The Robot Design is a presentation to tell judges about how your robot works, the inspiration, and why it works well.
- For the Innovation project, you find a solution to a problem in your community or even bigger problems.
- Core Values are the most important because it shows if you’re working with your team. Our team got 100% for every category in core values. At the award ceremony, the announcers only said the first, second, and third of each category, and the winner at the end. Our team thought we had lost, so when they announced us as the winners at the end, our team was shocked.
Our Journey to Worlds
December 3, 2022
Last year’s team
Several of us were on a team in 2022. We made it to states and although we didn’t win, it was great practice for this year!
Nov 8, 2023
Team Logo
We designed a logo for our team.
Dec 2, 2023
NH State Competition
At the state competition, we received a perfect score in Core Values (Discovery, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Fun). This was critical to our overall 1st place finish!
Dec 10, 2023
Redesigned Robot
We rebuilt our robot to use Spike Prime instead of EV3, in preparation for Worlds.
Apr 17, 2024
Worlds !!!
2024 FIRST Championship in Houston with ~50,000 attendees
Fundraising
One challenge we are facing is the cost, so we are going to do fundraising to earn money to make sure that our entire team can go to Houston. If you would like to help, please consider donating!
