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| Year | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Season Information | |
| Number of teams | 3,660[2] |
| Number of regionals | 63[1] |
| Number of district events | 95 |
| Championship location | Houston George R. Brown Convention Center Minute Maid Park Detroit Cobo Center Ford Field |
| FIRST Championship Awards | |
| Chairman's Award winner | Houston 1311 - "Kell Robotics" Detroit 2834 - "Bionic Black Hawks" |
| Woodie Flowers Award winner | Gail Drake - Team 1885 |
| Founder's Award winner | US Air Force |
| Champions | Houston 254 - "The Cheesy Poofs" 148 - "The Robowranglers" 2976 - "Spartabots" 3075 - "Ha-Dream Team" Detroit 2767 - "Stryke Force" 27 - "Team RUSH" 2708 - "Lake Effect Robotics" 4027 - "Centre County 4-H Robotics" [3] |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website  |
FIRST Power Up, stylised as FIRST POWER UP, is the FIRST Robotics Competition game for the 2018 season. It involves two alliances of three teams each, with each team controlling a robot and performing specific tasks on a field to score points. The game has a retro 8-bit theme and teams are required to place milk crates, or "power cubes", on large balancing scales to tip the scale and gain ownership. Alliances can also trade power cubes for power ups, giving them a temporary advantage in a match. At the end of the match, robots can climb the tower attached to the centre balancing scale using a rung attached to the tower, giving them additional points.
- ^ "2018 Season Facts" (PDF). FIRST. December 29, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Some Metrics and a New Contest". FIRST. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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