2016 FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The AdamBots traveled to St. Louis from April 27th to 30th to compete at the 2016 FIRST World Championship! We had an amazing time meeting other teams, competing in the Galileo division, and exploring St. Louis. Read on to learn more about this incredible trip!

Video - Some highlights of our time in St. Louis!

OUR SPONSORS:

General Motors

FCA Foundation

R&G Drummer

TARDEC

Valeo Thermal Systems

BorgWarner

State of Michigan

Rochester Advanced Dentistry

Magna Powertrain

Magna Seating Shelby Foam Systems

Tek Pros Today

Karen Bennett

Family and friends

Thank you all so much!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Robotics Banquet
Addison Oaks Banquet Hall
May 18th, 6:30 pm

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EVENT UPDATE

This past week, April 27th – 30th, the AdamBots traveled to St. Louis for the 2016 FIRST World Championships! This exciting event gave us an incredible opportunity to meet different teams, explore St. Louis, discover scholarships and career opportunities, and have a lot of fun.

After arriving in St. Louis late on Tuesday night, we had a lot of fun checking out the Innovation Fair and the pits on Wednesday! The Innovation Fair was an exhibition of many of FIRST’s sponsor companies and organizations, such as the Air Force, Disney, and Boeing.

Checking out some of the FLL teams in their pits - we met a lot of teams from a variety of countries!

Thursday, April 28th was the first day of qualifications matches. We won 3 of our 4 qualification matches and also scouted other teams on our field. Many AdamBots visited the pits to meet a variety of teams from different countries. In the evening, we attended the opening ceremony, which featured speakers like Megan Smith, the United States Chief Technology Officer, who encouraged us to pursue STEM careers and continue to innovate beyond FIRST. Dean’s List Winners were also announced at this event. Congratulations to all the amazing students recognized on Dean’s List!

The AdamBots' robot, Valencia, lined up for a qualifications match on Galileo.

We had a fantastic second day of matches on ‪Galileo‬ on Friday, April 29th. We won three of six very close matches and continued to scout other teams. After all the qualification matches, we were ranked 20th on our field. We also visited the colleges at Scholarship Row.

On Friday evening, the AdamBots attended the 2016 General Motors Award Ceremony. Our mentors Mr. and Mrs. Drummer were awarded the Tom Stephens Award for mentoring at this ceremony! We also met with our sister team, Team LamBot 3478, at the event. ‬

We had a great time at the playoffs on Saturday, April 30th. We were selected for the 8th alliance with Rogue Robotics (Team 2987), Aces High (Team 176), and the Pitt Pirate Robotics (Team 2642). We competed in the playoffs on Galileo, but we were eliminated during the quarterfinals. We had a great time collaborating with these amazing teams! With 600 FRC teams in attendance, since the Adambots were ranked 20th on one of the 8 fields, the our robot could be considered as one of the top 160 robots in the World Championships!

Lined up with our alliance (in blue) for the beginning of a quarterfinal match on Galileo

After the division playoffs, we watched the final playoffs on Einstein. The matches were really intense, and congratulations to the alliance from Carson on becoming World Champions!

Our team members with Grant Imahara in Hall of Fame pit

Another notable item about this year’s World Championship was the attention and support from all the people working to #makeitLOUD. Grant Imahara, from MythBusters, came by the pits for a couple hours to show his support for STEM and FIRST, and will.i.am expressed his support in between the finals matches on Einstein. It was really incredible to see so many people excited about the future of STEM and FIRST!

The AdamBots are extremely grateful for having the opportunity to compete at Worlds this year. Thanks so much to our amazing sponsors, mentors, and volunteers for making this experience possible!