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| Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Season Information | |
| Number of teams | 3,128[2] |
| Number of regionals | 53[1][2] |
| Number of district events | 73[1][2] |
| Championship location | The Dome at America's Center, St Louis, Missouri |
| FIRST Championship Awards | |
| Chairman's Award winner | 987 - "High Rollers"[4] |
| Woodie Flowers Award winner | Eric Stokely - Team 360 |
| Founder's Award winner | Charles Bolden/NASA |
| Champions | 330 - "The Beach Bots" 2481 - "Roboteers" 120 - "Cleveland's Team" 1086 - "Blue Cheese" [3] |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website  |
FIRST Stronghold was the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition game.[5] The game was played by two alliances of up to three teams each, and involves breaching the opponents’ defenses, known as outer work as well as capturing their tower by first firing "boulders" (small foam balls) at it, and then surrounding or scaling the tower using a singular rung on the tower wall. Points were scored by crossing elements of the tower's outer works, shooting boulders into the opposing tower's five goals in order to lower the tower strength, and by surrounding and scaling the tower.[6]
The name of the game was revealed on October 14, 2015 in a video that was produced with Walt Disney Imagineering.[7][8] The details of the game were revealed at the kickoff event on January 9, 2016.
For this competition, the driver stations were split between the tower, with two driver stations to its left and one driver station to its right. Each team was given the option to display a team standard above the team's driver station. This standard was a small flag (made out of paper, cloth, or other flexible materials) and held up with a support structure built by the teams.[6]
- ^ a b "Regional and District Events". usfirst.org. US FIRST. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ a b c "2016 Season Facts" (PDF). FIRST. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Einstein Field". The Blue Alliance. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ @FRCTeams (April 30, 2016). "Congratulations to @987highrollers on the 2016 Chairman's Award! You make us proud! #omgrobots #FIRSTChamp" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Welcome to FIRST Stronghold". usfirst.org. US FIRST. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ a b "FIRST STRONGHOLD Game Manual" (PDF). FIRST Robotics Competition. For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
- ^ Merrick, Frank. "The Teaser is Coming!". usfirst.org. US FIRST. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff Broadcast. For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. 2016. Event occurs at 28:50. Retrieved January 22, 2016.