Breakaway (FIRST)

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Breakaway
FRC Breakaway Logo.svg
Year2010
Season Information
Number of teams1809 [1]
Number of regionals44 (including MI championship) [2]
Number of district events7 [2]
Championship location Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
FIRST Championship Awards
Chairman's Award winnerTeam 341 - "Miss Daisy" [3]
Woodie Flowers Award winnerChris Fultz - Team 234
Founder's Award winner Rockwell Collins
Gracious Professionalism WinnerTeam 1305 - "Ice Cubed"
ChampionsTeam 294 - "Beach Cities Robotics"
Team 67 - "The HOT Team"
Team 177 - "Bobcat Robotics" [4]
Links
Website usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc
← Lunacy

Breakaway is the game for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 9, 2010. [5] Robots direct soccer balls into goals, traverse "bumps" in the field, suspend themselves and each other on towers, and/or go through a tunnel located in the center of the field.

Contents

In 2010, a new driver station was introduced, the Classmate PC, [6] replacing the previous Kwikbyte driver station.

Game overview

Scoring

Balls are kicked or herded into goals located in the corners of the fields. There are two goals for each alliance, adding up to 4 goals total.

At the end of the match, bonus points are awarded for robots that cling onto either of the two towers in the center of the field. More bonus points are awarded if alliance robots can suspend themselves from the robot clinging onto the tower.

Game Play

The field of Breakaway is divided into three zones. Robots can go under the tunnels or over the bumps to reach another zone. FIRST Breakaway field.png
The field of Breakaway is divided into three zones. Robots can go under the tunnels or over the bumps to reach another zone.
At the Valley View Casino Center FIRST Breakaway SDC setup.jpg
At the Valley View Casino Center

Robots play Breakaway on a 27 by 54-foot rectangular field. [7] The field is bordered by a set of guardrails and alliance walls. There are two "bumps" in the field that divide it into three zones. During matches, the robots are controlled from alliance stations located outside the field at both ends. These rectangular zones consist of three-team player stations that provide connectivity between the controls used by the robot operators and the arena. Goals are located at the corners of the field, and extend behind the alliance wall and adjacent to the player stations. After goals are scored, human players must pick up the balls and pass them to the center of the alliance station to be placed on a ball return rack, after which they will re-enter play at midfield. Teams are penalized if balls are not re-entered within a set time limit.

Starting Positions

Each round lasts two minutes and fifteen seconds. In the first fifteen seconds of a round, the robots run in autonomous mode, then there are two minutes of game play during which robots are user-controlled. The game is played by two three-robot alliances with each team starting one robot in each of the three sections of the field. At the beginning of a match, every robot must be touching either one of the bisecting bumps or an alliance wall. Also, at the start of the match each of the 12 balls in play must be placed at one vertex of a six foot by six foot grid. There are two grids marked at either ends of each of the three zones. [8] [9] [10]

Competition schedule

Seven different fields were built and shipped around different events to be played on. [13]

Events

51 events were held in the 2010 Breakaway season over 5 weeks, from March 4th to April 3rd, 2010. There were 44 regional events and 7 district events. [14] District events were held only in Michigan and led up to the Michigan State Championship in Ypsilanti. [2] In the 2010 season, weeks 1-5 were considered the Regular Season, with the Michigan State Championship and the FIRST Championship be considered Post-Season. [14]

Week 1

EventLocationDateChampions
Washington DC Regional Washington, D.C. March 4 – 61727 REX, 3123 Wildcogs, 176 Aces High
Peachtree Regional Duluth, Georgia March 4 – 61466 Webb Robotics, 1771 North Gwinnett Robotics, 1683 Techno Titans
Granite State Regional Manchester, New Hampshire March 4 – 61073 The Force Team, 1519 Mechanical Mayhem, 1058 PVC Pirates
Finger Lakes Regional Rochester, New York March 4 – 61551 The Grapes of Wrath, 217 ThunderChickens, 174 Arctic Warriors
Greater Kansas City Regional Kansas City, Missouri March 4 – 62345 Kearnage, 525 Swartdogs, 931 Perpetual Chaos
Bayou Regional Westwego, Louisiana March 4 – 61421 Team CHAOS, 2992 The S.S. Prometheus, 3364 Panhandle Pirates
Oregon Regional Portland, Oregon March 4 – 6997 Spartan Robotics, 2130 Alpha+, 1515 MorTorq
San Diego Regional San Diego, California March 4 – 6359 Hawaiian Kids, 100 The Wildhats, 294 Beach Cities Robotics
Michigan Kettering University District Competition Flint, Michigan March 5 – 767 The HOT Team, 910 The Foley Freeze, 70 More Martians
Michigan Traverse City District Competition Traverse City, Michigan March 5 – 71918 NC GEARS, 2645 PowerSurge, 1254 Tech Force
New Jersey Regional Trenton, New Jersey March 5 – 725 Raider Robotix, 1676 The Pascack PI-oneers, 3059 Riverside Envirobotics

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Week 2

EventLocationDateChampions
Florida Regional Orlando, Florida March 11 – 1386 Team Resistance, 1612 Robo-Sharks, 1251 TechTigers Robotics
Chesapeake Regional Baltimore, Maryland March 11 – 131517 AMP'D UP, 2377 C Company, 2534 Lumberjack Robotics
WPI Regional Worcester, Massachusetts March 11 – 13230 Gaelhawks, 20 The Rocketeers, 228 GUS
Wisconsin Regional Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 11 – 132574 RoboHuskie, 1732 Hilltopper Robotics, 171 Cheese Curd Herd
Arizona Regional Phoenix, Arizona March 11 – 13359 Hawaiian Kids, 330 The Beach Bots, 2403 Plasma Robotics
Michigan Cass Tech District Competition Detroit, Michigan March 12 – 13217 ThunderChickens, 469 Las Guerrillas, 2960 Automation Nation
Pittsburgh Regional Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 12 – 131114 Simbotics, 63 McDowell Robotics, 117 Steel Dragons Robotics
Michigan Ann Arbor District Competition Ann Arbor, Michigan March 12 – 13573 Mech Warriors, 2337 EngiNERDs, 66 Grizzly Robotics
New York City Regional New York, New York March 12 – 14341 Miss Daisy, 694 StuyPulse, 3204 Steampunk Penguins, 2265 Fe Maidens
Israel Regional Tel Aviv, Israel March 14 – 161657 Hamosad, 2669 KY Bots, 2630 Thunderbolts

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Week 3

EventLocationDateChampions
Boilermaker Regional West Lafayette, Indiana March 18 – 2045 TechnoKats Robotics Team, 868 TechHOUNDS, 2171 RoboDogs
Virginia Regional Richmond, Virginia March 18 – 201676 The Pascack PI-oneers, 1086 Blue Cheese, 1418 Vae Victis
Dallas Regional Dallas, Texas March 18 – 20148 Robowranglers, 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, 1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
Midwest Regional Chicago, Illinois March 18 – 201732 Hilltopper Robotics, 16 Bomb Squad, 3352 Flaming Monkeys 4-H Robotics Club
St. Louis Regional St. Louis, Missouri March 18 – 201208 Metool Brigade, 2775 Jackson Area Robotics, 3284 Camdenton LASER
Utah Regional Salt Lake City, Utah March 18 – 201696 RoboRevolution, 2122 Team Tators, 3405 ALChemists
Silicon Valley Regional San Jose, California March 18 – 20971 Spartan Robotics, 254 The Cheesy Poofs, 649 MSET Fish
Michigan Detroit District CompetitionDetroit, MichiganMarch 19 – 2067 The HOT Team, 51 Wings of Fire, 1023 Bedford Express
Michigan West Michigan District Competition Allendale, Michigan March 19 – 201243 Dragons, 3357 COMETS, 2054 Tech Vikes

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Week 4

EventLocationDateChampions
Long Island Regional Hempstead, New York March 25 – 27271 Mechanical Marauders, 358 Robotic Eagles, 263 Aftershock
Boston Regional Boston, Massachusetts March 25 – 2788 TJ2, 1922 Oz-Ram, 1768 Nashoba Robotics
Buckeye Regional Cleveland, Ohio March 25 – 272252 The Mavericks, 3010 The Red Plague, 2506 Saber Robotics
Philadelphia Regional Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 25 – 27341 Miss Daisy, 365 Miracle Workerz, 486 Positronic Panthers
Palmetto Regional Clemson, South Carolina March 25 – 27343 Metal-In-Motion, 1261 Robo Lions, 1398 Robo-Raiders
Waterloo Regional Waterloo, Ontario, Canada March 25 – 271114 Simbotics, 2056 OP Robotics, 296 Northern Knights
Oklahoma Regional Oklahoma City, Oklahoma March 25 – 272419 Blue Valley CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics, 935 RaileRobotics, 1987 Broncobots
Colorado Regional Denver, Colorado March 25 – 271540 Flaming Chickens, 2036 The Black Knights, 1584 Pirates
Los Angeles Regional Long Beach, California March 25 – 27330 The Beach Bots, 1717 D'Penguineers, 1452 Omnicats
Seattle Regional Seattle, Washington March 25 – 27488 Team XBOT, 2557 SOTAbots, 2990 Hotwire
Hawaii Regional Honolulu, Hawai'i March 25 – 27359 Hawaiian Kids, 368 Team Kika Mana, 2467 Sabertron
Michigan Troy District Competition Troy, Michigan March 26 – 27469 Las Guerrillas, 217 ThunderChickens, 1188 Ravens

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Week 5

EventLocationDateChampions
Sacramento Regional Davis, California March 31 – April 1604 Quixilver, 3256 WarriorBorgs, 2761 IronHorse Robotics
Connecticut Regional Hartford, Connecticut April 1 – 31124 UberBots, 383 Brazilian Machine, 102 The Gearheads
North Carolina Regional Raleigh, North Carolina April 1 – 31086 Blue Cheese, 1902 Exploding Bacon, 48 Team E.L.I.T.E.
Greater Toronto Regional Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 1 – 31114 Simbotics, 2056 OP Robotics, 1547 "Where's Waldo?"
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional Minneapolis, Minnesota April 1 – 31714 MORE Robotics, 2062 CORE, 3038 ICE
Minnesota North Star RegionalMinneapolis, MinnesotaApril 1 – 371 Team Hammond, 1986 Team Titanium, 2667 Knights of the Valley
Lone Star Regional [14] , Texas April 1 – 3148 Robowranglers, 118 Robonauts, 647 CYBERWOLVES
Las Vegas Regional Las Vegas, Nevada April 1 – 325 Raider Robotix, 254 The Cheesy Poofs, 3230 PrototypeX

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District Championships

EventLocationDateChampions
Michigan State ChampionshipYpsilanti, MichiganMarch 31 – April 21918 NC GEARS, 469 Las Guerrillas, 2834 Bionic Black Hawks

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FIRST Championship

The World Championships were held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. [14] Attendance was estimated to be around 20,000 at that all-seater stadium. Each division is named after a prominent historical figure in STEM, with the winners of each division playing each other in a final bracket on the Einstein Field.

EventLocationDate
FIRST ChampionshipAtlanta, GeorgiaApril 15 – 17

FIRST Championship Results

The World Championships were held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. [14] Attendance was estimated to be around 20,000 at that all-seater stadium. Each division is named after a prominent historical figure in STEM, with the winners of each division playing each other in a final bracket on the Einstein Field.

The following tables show the winners of each division and the divisional playoff results.

Division Winners

DivisionCaptain1st Pick2nd Pick
Archimedes 2542333357
Curie 11144692041
Galileo 162520563138
Newton 29467177

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Divisional Playoff

Semifinals Finals
          
Flag of the United States.svg 294 - 67 - 1771414 152W
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 2056 - 1625 - 3138 13 2212 1W
Flag of the United States.svg 294 - 67 - 1771616N/P 2W
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 1114 - 469 - 2041 14 13 N/P 0W
Flag of the United States.svg 254 - 233 - 3357 10 11 N/P 0W
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg 1114 - 469 - 20411619N/P 2W

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