Charged Up (FIRST)

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Charged Up
Charged Up Logo.svg
Year2023
Season Information
Number of teams3,324 [1]
Number of regionals61 [2]
Number of district events105
Championship location Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
FIRST Championship Awards
Impact Award winner321 - "RoboLancers" [lower-alpha 1]
Woodie Flowers Award winnerMark Buckner - Team 4265
Founder's Award winnerDonald Bossi - former President of FIRST
Champions1323 - "MadTown Robotics"
4414 - "HighTide"
4096 - "Ctrl-Z"
2609 - "BeaverworX"

Charged Up, stylized as CHARGED UP and officially known as Charged Up presented by Haas for sponsorship reasons, was the FIRST Robotics Competition game for the 2023 season. [3] The game is part of the FIRST-wide FIRST Energize theme for the 2022-2023 season, which focuses on energy and sustainable development. The season's kickoff event occurred on January 7, 2023, and was streamed live on Twitch. [4]

Contents

As in the 2022 season, the 2023 season featured only one championship event as opposed to the two events that took place from 2017 to 2019 (and that were planned for 2020). [5] In an effort to increase the number of teams that can attend the championship, there were no Week 7 events during the season to allow late-qualifying teams more time to prepare for the event and travel to Houston. Additionally, on October 20, 2022, FIRST announced that the championship will be expanded to at least 600 teams in 8 divisions, making it the largest event in FRC history. [6]

Field and Scoring

The Blue Alliance side of the field following a match. NAVWAR 2023 San Diego Regional.jpg
The Blue Alliance side of the field following a match.

Charged Up is played on a 27 feet (8.2 m) by 54 feet (16 m) field covered in grey carpet. The field is surrounded by low polycarbonate walls on the long sides and taller alliance station walls on the short sides. The Single Substations (part of the human player stations) on the long sides also feature a taller wall made of wire mesh panels. [7]

The field is divided in half by a white line, and each half includes one alliance's Community and the other alliance's Loading Zone. The primary scoring areas are the two Communities (one per alliance), which are located near the two alliance station walls. Robots begin the match fully contained within their alliance's Community. Each Community includes a Grid where game pieces can be scored and a Charging Station that robots can drive onto and balance on during the autonomous period and towards the end of the match. [7]

Game Pieces

There are two game pieces in Charged Up: Cones and Cubes. Cones are yellow rubber cones, approximately 1 foot (30 cm) tall with an approximately 8 inches (20 cm) square base. Cubes are cube-like objects made of purple fabric that are inflated to approximately 9.5 inches (24 cm) when measured from face to face. Cubes have rounded corners and may not have flat surfaces. [7]

Player Areas

Alliance Stations

There are two alliance stations on the short sides of the field, one for each alliance. Each station is divided into three smaller stations where the teams that make up the alliance control their robots. The opposing alliance's Loading Zone is located on the far side of each alliance's station when viewed from the scoring table. [7]

Loading Zones

The Loading Zones, or human player stations, are used to introduce game pieces onto the field and form a right angle around the two far corners of the field. Each Zone consists of a Single Substation and a Double Substation, with the former located on a long side of the field and the latter located on a short side next to the opposing alliance's station. Each substation includes a portal that human players can place game pieces into. [7] The Single Substation's portal is a ramp that drops the game piece onto the field, while the Double Substation's portal can either be used to drop a piece onto the field or place the piece on a sliding shelf for one of the alliance's robots to pick up.

Scoring Areas

Grids

The six Grids (three for each alliance) are located in front of their respective alliance station wall. Each set of grids consists of two outer grids and a coopertition (co-op) grid, each of which are divided into three rows (top, middle, and bottom). Within each grid, game pieces can be placed on nine Nodes, with two Nodes reserved for Cubes and four Nodes reserved for Cones. The remaining three Nodes, known as hybrid nodes, can accept either game piece. Alliances earn points for placing game pieces on the Nodes, with more points awarded for pieces scored on Nodes in the top and middle rows of each grid. [7]

Alliances can also earn points by placing game pieces on three adjacent Nodes in the same row, which is known as a Link. Prior to the FIRST Championship, an alliance could earn the Sustainability Bonus ranking point (RP) by creating five links. This threshold could be lowered to four for both alliances if both of the co-op grids had at least three game pieces placed in them. [7] After Week 6, the bonus threshold was increased to six links and can be lowered to five through the co-op grids.

The post-Week 6 modifications also added rules to allow alliances to earn Supercharge points after filling their set of Grids. Once this is accomplished, 3 Supercharge points are earned if an additional game piece is scored on a Node regardless of the Node's row. [7]

Charging Stations

The two Charging Stations (one for each alliance) are 8 feet (2.4 m) by 6.5 feet (2.0 m) rectangular structures located approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) from the edge of their respective alliance's Grids and centered on the width of their alliance's Community. Similar to the bridges in Rebound Rumble, the Charging Stations can be driven onto and balanced by robots in order to earn points in both the autonomous and teleoperated periods. While the stations are large enough to fit all three of an alliance's robots, only one robot can score points on their alliance's station during the autonomous period. [7]

In both periods, points can be earned if a robot Docks or Engages with their alliance's station. A robot is Docked if they are only contacting their Charging Station and/or other objects (ex. other robots) that are directly or transitively supported by the station. A Docked robot is also Engaged if their Charging Station is level and all other robots from their alliance that are contacting the station are Docked. Additionally, alliances can earn the Activation Bonus RP by scoring at least 26 Charging Station points during the match. [7]

Scoring Summary

ActionAutonomousTeleoperatedRanking Points

(in Qualification)

Robot exits Community3 points
Game piece on bottom row3 points2 points
Game piece on middle row4 points3 points
Game piece on top row6 points5 points
Supercharge bonus3 points
Link5 points
Docked8 points (Max one robot)6 points
Docked and Engaged12 points (Max one robot)10 points
Park2 points
Sustainability Bonus1 RP
Coopertition BonusSustainability Bonus threshold reduced to 5 for both alliances
Activation Bonus1 RP
Win2 RP
Tie1 RP
Foul5 points to opposing alliance5 points to opposing alliance
Tech Foul12 points to opposing alliance12 points to opposing alliance

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Events

The Blue Alliance's robots after winning the PNW District Championship Dodo Cheney.jpg
The Blue Alliance's robots after winning the PNW District Championship

The 2023 regular season is divided into six weeks, with many events occurring simultaneously during each week. After the end of the regular season, teams that have qualified compete in the FIRST Championship in Houston. [8]

Week 1

EventLocationDateChampions
FIRST Israel (ISR) District Event #1 Ra'anana, Central District, Israel February 26 – 281576 Voltrix, 1577 Steampunk, 1690 Orbit
Canadian Pacific Regional Victoria, British Columbia, Canada February 28 – March 34613 Barker Redbacks, 359 Hawaiian Kids, 244 RoboDawgs 3D
ISR District Event #2Ra'anana, Central District, IsraelMarch 1 – 37112 EverGreen, 7039 XO, 3339 BumbleB
South Florida Regional West Palm Beach, Florida March 1 – 43653 Botcats, 695 Bison Robotics, 179 Children of the Swamp
Arkansas Regional Searcy, Arkansas March 1 – 44766 Team SCREAM Jr., 16 Bomb Squad, 6586 Tuskin' Raiders
Lake Superior Regional Duluth, Minnesota March 1 – 44011 Pi Robotics, 1714 MORE Robotics, 6045 Sabre Robotics
Northern Lights Regional Duluth, Minnesota March 1 – 44624 Rebel Alliance, 5913 Patriotics, 2052 KnightKrawler
Regional Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico March 1 – 46702 Stingbots, 3478 Lambot, 4635 Botbusters
Utah Regional West Valley City, Utah March 1 – 49138 Robo Hawks, 4499 The Highlanders, 2240 Brute Force
Peachtree (PCH) District Albany Event Albany, Georgia March 2 – 45828 Westover Robotics, 6919 The Commodores, 1683 Techno Titans
FIRST In Michigan (FIM) District Escanaba Event Escanaba, Michigan March 2 – 43175 Knight Vision, 857 Superior Roboworks, 8382 The Pebbles-Robotics of Kingsford
FIM District Calvin University Event Grand Rapids, Michigan March 2 – 42771 Code Red Robotics the Stray Dogs, 3357 COMETS, 6081 Digital Dislocators
FIM District Jackson Event Spring Arbor, Michigan March 2 – 44453 The Red Hot Chili Bots, 302 The Dragons, 4381 Twisted Devils
FIM District Kettering University Event #1 Flint, Michigan March 2 – 48728 Argonauts, 1506 Metal Muscle, 5460 Strike Zone
FIM District Milford Event Highland Township, Michigan March 2 – 49204 Hidden Treasures, 67 The HOT Team, 3538 RoboJackets
New England (NE) District Granite State Event Salem, New Hampshire March 2 – 45687 The Outliers, 3467 Windham Windup, 8023 LRTC Androscoggin Argonauts
FIRST In Texas (FIT) District Waco Event Waco, Texas March 2 – 42881 Lady Cans, 624 CRyptonite, 8088 Bionic Panthers
Pacific Northwest (PNW) District Clackamas Academy Event Oregon City, Oregon March 2 – 41540 Flaming Chickens, 3218 Panther Robotics, 5920 VIKotics
Hueneme Port Regional Port Hueneme, California March 2 – 54414 HighTide, 1678 Citrus Circuits, 696 Circuit Breakers
Izmir Regional İzmir, İzmir Province, Turkey March 3 – 5CANCELED [9]
FIRST Indiana (FIN) District Mishawaka Event Mishawaka, Indiana March 3 – 56721 Tindley Trailblazers, 3490 CyberTooth, 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
NE District SE Mass Event Shrewsbury, Massachusetts March 3 – 53314 Mechanical Mustangs, 88 TJ², 4473 Delta Prime Robotics 4-H Team
FIRST North Carolina (FNC) District UNC Asheville Event Asheville, North Carolina March 3 – 58833 Buzz City Robotics, 4795 Eastbots, 587 The Hedgehogs
Ontario (ONT) District Georgian Event Barrie, Ontario, Canada March 3 – 51114 Simbotics, 7659 HNMCS Robotics, 4039 MakeShift Robotics
ONT District Newmarket Complex Event Newmarket, Ontario, Canada March 3 – 52056 OP Robotics, 2200 MMRambotics, 4951 CDS Cyclones
FIRST Mid-Atlantic (FMA) District Hatboro-Horsham Event Horsham, Pennsylvania March 3 – 55865 Peddie Robotics, 433 Firebirds, 2539 Krypton Cougars
FIRST Chesapeake (CHS) District Blacksburg Event Blacksburg, Virginia March 3 – 52363 Triple Helix Robotics, 401 Copperhead Robotics, 3373 Team RoboHawk
FIT District Dallas Event Allen, Texas March 3 – 55682 Equus Engineering, 2468 Team Appreciate, 3005 RoboChargers
PNW District Glacier Peak Event Snohomish, Washington March 3 – 52930 Sonic Squirrels, 2910 Jack in the Bot, 1778 Chill Out

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Week 2

EventLocationDateChampions
Midwest Regional Chicago, Illinois March 8 – 11930 Mukwonago BEARs, 111 WildStang, 7460 Avi and Friends
St. Louis Regional St. Louis, Missouri March 8 – 116420 Fire Island Robotics, 4143 MARS/WARS, 1706 Ratchet Rockers
Great Northern Regional Grand Forks, North Dakota March 8 – 112883 F.R.E.D, 5172 Gators, 6146 Blackjacks
Oklahoma Regional Shawnee, Oklahoma March 8 – 112945 Steel Mustangs, 6244 Stealth Panther Robotics, 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
PCH District Dalton Event Dalton, Georgia March 9 – 118865 Dacula Droids, 2974 Walton Robotics, 6340 The Marist Manatees
FIM District Kettering University Event #2Flint, MichiganMarch 9 – 1168 Truck Town Thunder, 494 Martians, 3098 Waterford Robotics
FIM District Lansing Event Mason, Michigan March 9 – 113655 Tractor Technicians, 6610 Robot Roll Call, 1481 The Riveters
FIM District St. Joseph Event St. Joseph, Michigan March 9 – 115843 Flurb, 3620 Average Joes, 5712 Hemlock's Gray Matter
FIT District Belton Event Belton, Texas March 9 – 115414 Pearadox, 3802 RoboPOP, 3743 Eagle Bots
PNW District Wilsonville Event Wilsonville, Oregon March 9 – 112471 Team Mean Machine, 1425 Error Code Xero, 6465 Mystic Biscuit
Central Valley Regional Fresno, California March 9 – 121323 MadTown Robotics, 973 Greybots, 6657 Arborbotics
Orange County Regional Costa Mesa, California March 9 – 12987 HIGHROLLERS, 4415 EPIC Robotz, 4276 Surf City Vikings
Ventura County Regional Port Hueneme, California March 9 – 124414 HighTide, 4481 Team Rembrandts, 4 Team 4 ELEMENT
Southern Cross Regional Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia March 9 – 124613 Barker Redbacks, 5988 Narooma High RoboRebels, 6510 Pymble Pride
Mersin Regional Mersin, Mersin Province, Turkey March 10 – 12CANCELED [9]
NE District Waterbury Event Waterbury, Connecticut March 10 – 121071 Team MAX, 230 Gaelhawks, 8085 MOJO
CHS District Bethesda Event Bethesda, Maryland March 10 – 122900 Mighty Penguins, 1731 Fresta Valley Robotics Club, 4099 The Falcons
FIM District Wayne State University Event Detroit, Michigan March 10 – 121189 The Gearheads, 7769 The CREW, 6029 Railbots
FNC District Johnston County Event Clayton, North Carolina March 10 – 127671 Fire Hazard, 4829 Titanium Tigers, 435 Robodogs
FMA District Mount Olive Event Mount Olive, New Jersey March 10 – 121923 Midknight Inventors, 125 NUTRONs, 484 Roboforce
NE District Rhode Island Event Glocester, Rhode Island March 10 – 126329 The Bucks' Wrath, 6328 Mechanical Advantage, 509 Red Storm
PCH District Anderson Event Anderson, South Carolina March 10 – 124451 ROBOTZ Garage, 1102 M'Aiken Magic, 6961 SIbots
FIN District Princeton Event Princeton, Indiana March 10 – 127617 RoboBlazers, 4272 Maverick Robotics, 8116 Hatchet Robotics
FIT District Channelview Event Channelview, Texas March 10 – 12118 Robonauts, 5427 Steel Talons, 5923 WildC.A.T.S.
ISR District Event #3Ra'anana, Central District, IsraelMarch 12 – 146738 Excalibur, 4590 GreenBlitz, 3065 Jatt High School

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Week 3

EventLocationDateChampions
ISR District Event #4Ra'anana, Central District, IsraelMarch 15 – 172230 General Angels, 2630 Thunderbolts, 4320 The Joker
Arizona East Regional Scottsdale, Arizona March 15 – 182659 RoboWarriors, 6036 Peninsula Robotics, 668 The Apes of Wrath
Heartland Regional Olathe, Kansas March 15 – 181987 Broncobots, 3184 Blaze Robotics, 2457 The Law
Orlando Regional Orlando, Florida March 15 – 18179 Children of the Swamp, 180 S.P.A.M, 1902 Exploding Bacon
Central Illinois Regional Peoria, Illinois March 15 – 181756 Argos, 4143 MARS/ WARS, 4096 Ctrl-Z
Miami Valley Regional Cincinnati, Ohio March 15 – 18695 Bison Robotics, 1732 Hilltopper Robotics, 1708 AMP'D Robotics
Magnolia Regional Laurel, Mississippi March 15 – 183039 Wildcat Robotics, 4336 Ramageddon Robotics, 5045 SpartaBot, 3753 BulahBots!
Finger Lakes Regional Rochester, New York March 15 – 181591 Greece Gladiators, 3015 Ranger Robotics, 3003 TAN(X), 6868 Cadet Robotics
Regional Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico March 15 – 186348 PrepaTec - HORUS, 6647 PrepaTec - VOLTEC Robotics, 3527 PrepaTec - Balam Esmeralda
Brazil Regional Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil March 10 – 127563 SESI SENAI MEGAZORD, 1156 Under Control, 9168 AGROBOT
FIT District Fort Worth Event Fort Worth, Texas March 16 – 183005 RoboChargers, 6672 Fusion Corps, 5613 ThunderDogs
FIM District Belleville Event Belleville, Michigan March 16 – 183668 TroBots, 4362 CSPA Gems, 9182 Tech Tr1be
NE District Western NE Event Springfield, Massachusetts March 16 – 18176 Aces High, 195 CyberKnights, 8604 Alpha Centauri
FIM District Muskegon Event Muskegon, Michigan March 16 – 184381 Twisted Devils, 3538 RoboJackets, 6005 Cardinaltronics
FIT District San Antonio Event San Antonio, Texas March 16 – 182468 Team Appreciate, 2687 Team Apprentice, 8573 Rogue-Rangers LEGACY
FIM District Traverse City Event Traverse City, Michigan March 16 – 182834 Bionic Black Hawks, 3767 Titans, 7155 The Robotic Rangers, 5110 Robo Herd
FIM District Detroit Event Detroit, Michigan March 16 – 182337 EngiNERDs, 1701 RoboCubs, 7856 UPAD Fusion, 5756 REC'in Crew
PNW District SunDome Event Yakima, Washington March 16 – 182910 Jack in the Bot, 2147 CHUCK, 4125 Confidential
FIM District Standish-Sterling Event Standish, Michigan March 16 – 18302 The Dragons, 1506 Metal Muscle, 6533 BeaverTech
San Francisco Regional San Francisco, California March 16 – 19971 Spartan Robotics, 972 Iron Claw, 8016 Eco Robotics
Los Angeles Regional El Segundo, California March 16 – 19687 The Nerd Herd, 5199 Robot Dolphins From Outer Space, 702 Bagel Bytes, 6833 Phoenix Robotics
NE District North Shore Event Reading, Massachusetts March 17 – 1988 TJ², 1768 Nashoba Robotics, 6201 The Highlanders, 4311 Swampscott Currents
FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 17 – 192539 Krypton Cougars, 341 Miss Daisy, 9027 PATH to Domination
FMA District Robbinsville Event Robbinsville Township, New Jersey March 17 – 193314 Mechanical Mustangs, 2495 Hive Mind, 9015 Questionable Engineering
ONT District Western University Engineering Event London, Ontario, Canada March 17 – 194907 Thunderstamps, 1325 Inverse Paradox, 5870 League of Logic
CHS District Portsmouth Event Portsmouth, Virginia March 17 – 192363 Triple Helix Robotics, 5804 TORCH, 539 Titan Robotics
ONT District Humber College Event Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 17 – 194476 W.A.F.F.L.E.S., 7558 ALT-F4, 5596 Wolverines
FNC District Wake County Event Rolesville, North Carolina March 17 – 197890 SeQuEnCe, 4795 Eastbots, 8757 GeodeBots
FNC District Mecklenburg County Event Charlotte, North Carolina March 17 – 191533 Triple Strange, 4290 Bots on Wheels, 6512 Coastal CATastrophe, 6214 PHEnix
PNW District Bonney Lake Event Bonney Lake, Washington March 17 – 191778 Chill Out, 2522 Royal Robotics, 3393 Horns of Havoc
PCH District Gwinnett Event Lawrenceville, Georgia March 17 – 191771 Tigerbytes, 4188 Columbus Space Program, 2415 WiredCats
CHS District Alexandria Event Alexandria, Virginia March 17 – 198592 Newton², 1727 REX, 2421 RTR Team Robotics

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Week 4

EventLocationDateChampions
Long Island Regional #1 Hempstead, New York March 20 – 223015 Ranger Robotics, 1468 Hicksville J-Birds, 2875 CyberHawks
FIRST Israel District Championship Jerusalem March 20 – 231577 Steampunk, 1690 Orbit, 5135 Black Unicorns
Wisconsin Regional Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 22 – 251732 Hilltopper Robotics, 1714 MORE Robotics, 8847 Milwaukee Cyber Cheese
Iowa Regional Cedar Falls, Iowa March 22 – 256424 Stealth Panther Robotics, 4329 Lutheran Robotics, 1785 Blue Springs Robocats
Hawaii Regional Honolulu, Hawaii March 22 – 254253 Raid Zero, 359 Hawaiian Kids, 2445 RoboKAP
Regional Laguna Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico March 22 – 254400 Cerbotics - Peñoles, 4635 PrepaTec - Botbusters, 3526 PrepaTec - Blue Ignition
Colorado Regional Denver, Colorado March 22 – 251339 AngelBotics, 4499 The Highlanders, 1799 Wired-Up!
Central Missouri Regional Sedalia, Missouri March 22 – 253184 Blaze Robotics, 4766 Team SCREAM Jr., 5809 The Jesubots 5809
Arizona West Regional Glendale, Arizona March 22 – 255199 Robot Dolphins From Outer Space, 498 The Cobra Commanders, 1165 Team Paradise
Long Island Regional #2Hempstead, New YorkMarch 23 – 25694 StuyPulse, 870 TEAM R.I.C.E., 533 The PSIcotics
PNW District Oregon State Fairgrounds Event Salem, Oregon March 23 – 252521 SERT, 2990 Hotwire, 1359 Scalawags
PCH District Hartsville Event Hartsville, South Carolina March 23 – 254451 ROBOTZ Garage, 1102 M'Aiken Magic, 4748 M'Aiken Magic
FIM District Midland Event Midland, Michigan March 23 – 255216 E-Ville Empire, 5231 The Radical Jays, 5114 Titanium Tigers
FIM District West Michigan Event Allendale, Michigan March 23 – 254855 Ramageddon, 3357 COMETS, 27 Team RUSH
FIM District LSSU Event Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan March 23 – 253655 Tractor Technicians, 7768 The AutoMatons, 4392 The Deceivers
ONT District University of Waterloo Event #1 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada March 23 – 25Simbotics 1114, 8764 Thunder Robotics, 3683 Team DAVE
FIT District Houston Event Houston, Texas March 23 – 253847 Spectrum -△◅, 2585 Impact, 118 Robonauts
FIM District Lakeview Event #1 Battle Creek, Michigan March 23 – 254810 I AM Robot, 9312 NERD Spark, 5675 WiredCats
PCH District Carrollton Event Carrollton, Georgia March 23 – 252974 Walton Robotics, 6340 The Marist Manatees, 1311 Kell Robotics
San Diego Regional La Jolla, California March 23 – 26973 Greybots, 1538 The Holy Cows, 4419 Team Rewind
Minnesota North Star Regional La Crosse, Wisconsin March 23 – 265232 Talons, 876 Thunder Robotics, 4693 Axiomatic Aftermath
Tallahassee Regional Tallahassee, Florida March 23 – 266722 LED Robotics, 180 S.P.A.M, 4592 M3 Mighty Mechanical Mustangs
Sacramento Regional Davis, California March 23 – 26254 The Cheesy Poofs, 1678 Citrus Circuits, 3189 Circuit Breakers
FNC District UNC Pembroke Event Pembroke, North Carolina March 24 – 264828 RoboEagles, 2642 Pitt Pirates, 7763 Carrborobotics
NE District UNH Event Durham, New Hampshire March 24 – 26133 B.E.R.T., 6329 The Bucks' Wrath, 7913 "Bear"ly Functioning
FIM District Troy Event #1 Troy, Michigan March 24 – 2667 The HOT Team, 1718 The Fighting Pi, 8115 Platinum Peacocks
FIN District Tippecanoe Event Lafayette, Indiana March 24 – 26461 Westside Boiler Invasion, 328 Penn Robotics Golden Rooks, 7457 suPURDUEper Robotics
FMA District Warren Hills Event Washington, New Jersey March 24 – 263142 Aperture, 7045 MCCrusaders, 555 Montclair Robotics
CHS District Timonium Event Timonium, Maryland March 24 – 261629 Garrett Coalition (GaCo), 836 The RoboBees, 6863 Squirrels, 9072 TigerBots
PNW District Sammamish Event Bellevue, Washington March 24 – 265827 Code Purple, 2910 Jack in the Bot, 7461 Sushi Squad
Istanbul Regional Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey March 24 – 269077 The Crown, 7748 TECHTOLIA ROBOTICS, 8015 The Cheetahs
NE District Greater Boston Event Revere, Massachusetts March 24 – 26125 NUTRONs, 3467 Windham Windup, 8626 Cyber Sailors
FMA District Seneca Event Tabernacle, New Jersey March 24 – 265895 Peddie Robotics, 1807 Redbird Robotics, 5457 Falcobots
ONT District North Bay Event North Bay, Ontario, Canada March 24 – 266864 Gryphtech Robotics, 4152 Hoya Robotics, 1305 Ice Cubed
CHS District Glen Allen Event Glen Allen, Virginia March 24 – 26401 Copperhead Robotics, 384 SPARKY, 611 Saxons
FIM District Lakeview Event #2Battle Creek, MichiganMarch 25 – 274381 Twisted Devils, 5559 Gear Grinders, 2767 Stryke Force

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Week 5

EventLocationDateChampions
Bosphorus RegionalIstanbul, Istanbul Province, TurkeyMarch 27 – 296838 X-SHARC, 7444 Moon Star Robotics, 9264 HUNTERS
New York Tech Valley Regional Albany, New York March 29 – April 13015 Ranger Robotics, 1796 RoboTigers, 4930 Electric Mayhem
Buckeye Regional Cleveland, Ohio March 29 – April 14028 The Beak Squad, 695 Bison Robotics, 5667 The Digital Eagles
Festival de Robotique Regional Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada March 29 – April 13990 Tech For Kids, 3996 RIKITIK, 5618 PLS
Smoky Mountains Regional Knoxville, Tennessee March 29 – April 12451 PWNAGE, 1730 Team Driven, 6517 So-Kno Robo
Bayou Regional Kenner, Louisiana March 29 – April 14522 Team SCREAM, 4635 PrepaTec - Botbusters, 2080 Torotics
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional Minneapolis, Minnesota March 29 – April 12052 KnightKrawler, 5913 Patriotics, 7258 Robolobos - Hiawatha Collegiate
Greater Kansas City Regional Lee's Summit, Missouri March 29 – April 14213 MetalCow Robotics, 1987 Broncobots, 2359 RoboLobos
Seven Rivers Regional La Crosse, Wisconsin March 29 – April 12338 Gear It Forward, 111 WildStang, 5586 Bond Brigade
Idaho Regional Nampa, Idaho March 29 – April 13647 Millennium Falcons, 4175 Coded Summit, 6036 Peninsula Robotics
Aerospace Valley Regional Lancaster, California March 29 – April 17157 μBotics, 4414 HighTide, 7042 Poly Rabbotics
Monterey Bay Regional Seaside, California March 29 – April 11323 MadTown Robotics, 5940 BREAD, 6998 Unipards
Las Vegas Regional Las Vegas, Nevada March 29 – April 14270 Crusaders, 359 Hawaiian Kids, 9287 Bionic Bengals
PCH District Macon Event Macon, Georgia March 30 – April 14730 Terminators, 6919 The Commodores, 6829 Ignite Robotics
FIN District Greenwood Event Greenwood, Indiana March 30 – April 15188 Area 5188: Classified Robotics, 1555 Cryofrost, 1501 Team THRUST
FIM District Kentwood Event Kentwood, Michigan March 30 – April 14391 BraveBots, 2075 Enigma Robotics, 9215 T-Town Tech
FIM District Livonia Event Livonia, Michigan March 30 – April 13641 The Flying Toasters, 5907 CC Shambots, 6532 TechnoPaths
FIM District Macomb Community College Event Warren, Michigan March 30 – April 16085 Green Devil Bots, 3175 Knight Vision, 5460 Strike Zone
FIM District Saline Event Ann Arbor, Michigan March 30 – April 13322 Eagle Evolution, 6081 Digital Dislocators, 8895 Redwolves Robotics
FIM District Troy Event #2 Kentwood, Michigan March 30 – April 15612 Robo-Raptors, 1684 The Chimeras, 7211 Hollywood
ONT District Windsor Essex Great Lakes Event Windsor, Ontario, Canada March 30 – April 14678 CyberCavs, 5596 Wolverines, 4907 Thunderstamps
FIT District Amarillo Event Amarillo, Texas March 30 – April 14206 Robo Vikes, 3676 Redshift Robotics, 1745 The P-51 Mustangs
NE District Hartford Event Hartford, Connecticut March 31 – April 2195 CyberKnights, 230 Gaelhawks, 7694 THE IRON LIONS
NE District WPI Event Worcester, Massachusetts March 31 – April 22370 IBOTS, 6763 FUSION, 1757 Wolverines
FIRST North Carolina District Championship Greenville, North Carolina March 31 – April 23229 Hawktimus Prime, 7890 SeQuEnCe, 587 The Hedgehogs
FMA District Montgomery Event Montgomery, New Jersey March 31 – April 21923 The MidKnight Inventors, 1403 Cougar Robotics, 8714 Robo Griffins'
ONT District McMaster University Event Hamilton, Ontario, Canada March 31 – April 22056 OP Robotics, 1325 Inverse Paradox, 4992 Sparbotics
FMA District Bensalem Event Bensalem, Pennsylvania March 31 – April 2272 Cyber Crusaders, 1391 The Metal Moose, 5624 TIGER TECH Robotics
FIT District Space City EventHouston, TexasMarch 31 – April 28144 Red Chair Robotics, 6357 The Spring Konstant, 231 High Voltage
PNW District Auburn Event Auburn, Washington March 31 – April 22046 Bear Metal, 3663 CPR - Cedar Park Robotics, 5683 Riverside Robotics

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Week 6

EventLocationDateChampions
FIRST Chesapeake District Championship Fairfax, Virginia April 5 – 82199 Robo-Lions, 2363 Triple Helix Robotics, 1731 Fresta Valley Robotics Club
Peachtree District Championship Emerson, Georgia April 5 – 8281 The Green Villains, 1746 OTTO, 8736 The Mechanisms
FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship Bethlehem, Pennsylvania April 5 – 83314 Mechanical Mustangs, 5895 Peddie Robotics, 3142 Aperture
New England FIRST District Championship West Springfield, Massachusetts April 5 – 81757 Wolverines, 176 Aces High, 1699 Robocats
New York City Regional New York, New York April 5 – 88159 Golden Horn, 1796 RoboTigers, 694 StuyPulse
Greater Pittsburgh Regional Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania April 5 – 81591 Greece Gladiators, 930 Mukwonago BEARs, 2656 Quasics
Rocket City Regional Huntsville, Alabama April 5 – 87072 O.G.R.E., 4499 The Highlanders, 3937 Breakaway
Green Country Regional Tulsa, Oklahoma April 5 – 81561 ROBODUCKS, 6424 Stealth Panther Robotics, 2333 S.C.R.E.E.C.H.
Silicon Valley Regional San Jose, California April 5 – 8254 The Cheesy Poofs, 1678 Citrus Circuits, 2489 The Insomniacs, 100 The Wildhats
FIRST in Texas District ChampionshipHouston, TexasApril 5 – 8118 Robonauts, 3005 RoboChargers, 8576 Golden Warriors Robotics
FIRST Ontario District Championship Hamilton, Ontario, Canada April 5 – 82056 OP Robotics, 2200 MMRambotics, 4992 Sparbotics
Pacific Northwest FIRST District Championship Cheney, Washington April 5 – 82910 Jack in the Bot, 2046 Bear Metal, 948 NRG (Newport Robotics Group), 1983 Skunk Works Robotics
FIRST in Michigan District Championship University Center, Michigan April 6 – 86090 Wayland Wildcats, 1506 Metal Muscle, 217 ThunderChickens
FIRST Indiana District Championship Anderson, Indiana April 6 – 87617 RoboBlazers, 5010 Tiger Dynasty, 7657 ThunderBots

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FIRST Championship

EventLocationDate
FIRST ChampionshipHouston, TexasApril 19 – 22

FIRST Championship Results

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

Division Winners

DivisionCaptain1st Pick2nd Pick3rd Pick
Archimedes 80856328972687
Newton 4329174631845804
Galileo 1678347646159
Hopper 1323441440962609
Curie 6329148818302
Milstein 3655667258955419
Daly 54601258702590
Johnson 207597393124607

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Divisional Playoff

Elimination Bracket

As with all other events this season, the Championship divisional playoff follows a double elimination format. All matchups are best-of-one with the exception of Einstein Finals, which is a best-of-three series.

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalEinstein Finals
Archimedes187
Newton189
Newton149
Hopper174
Galileo168
Hopper202
Hopper200
Curie189
Curie200
Milstein174
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Daly192
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Newton178
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  2. ↑ "FRC Event Web: 2023 Season Event List". frc-events.firstinspires.org. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
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  4. ↑ Leonard, Laura. "Young engineers will test designs at Robotics Competition this weekend". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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  6. ↑ "2023 FIRST® Championship Information". FIRST. 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly the Chairman's Award
  2. ↑ Tie broken by fewest tech fouls committed
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