When the pandemic hit, we had no idea how we would keep our teams engaged throughout the 2021 season. With an energetic committee of great minds, the BAE Systems Mini-Bot Challenge was designed and born featuring four competitions among our New England FRC teams. Each team received a Romi robot courtesy of BAE Systems, a game play mat courtesy of Eversource Energy, Historic Map Works and TurnOne Graphics; golf balls courtesy of Titleist, programming support from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) (WPI)/wpilib.org and a live alliance competition courtesy of GoFAR, Yale University and New England FIRST. Read more here.
Congratulations to Alliance Antics Challenge #4 Winners: TerrorBots FRC Team 3623 and Andromeda One FRC Team 4905 and Finalists: Walpole Robotics FRC Team 1153 and Athena's Warriors FRC Team 3182!
CHALLENGE #4: JUNE 2021
CHALLENGE #4 LAUNCH VIDEO Challenge starts at 13:40 in this video
CHALLENGE #3: APRIL 2021
CHALLENGE #3 AWARDS Awards start at 2:51 in this video
CHALLENGE #3 LAUNCH VIDEO Challenge starts at 19:59 in this video
CHALLENGE #2: MARCH/APRIL 2021
CHALLENGE #1 MONDRIAN MADNESS FEB 2021
GAME RULES AND UPDATES CAN BE FOUND ON WPILIB.ORG
We also have video updates on the New England FIRST You Tube Channel produced by our own volunteers of the year James Lockman and Jim Gorham.
For ongoing questions on the challenges, we have set up a permanent Discord Channel where you can post and receive answers about the challenges from the wpilib.org teams!
Good luck teams!
2021 Schedule Feb 4: Mondrian Madness Challenge #1 Launch Video Feb 11: Rules Modification Mondrian Madness Challenge #1 Video & Posting to wpilib Feb 17: Office Hours Mondrian Madness Challenge #1 on Discord, 7–8 pm Feb 26–27: Mondrian Madness Challenge #1 Submissions Due through Google Form Mar 4: Mondrian Madness Challenge #1 Awards & Color Conundrum Challenge #2 Launch Video March 11: Rules Modification Color Conundrum Challenge #2 Video & Posting to wpilib March 24: Office Hours Color Conundrum Challenge #2 on Discord, 7–8 pm April 1–3: Color Conundrum Challenge #2 Submissions Due through Google Form April 8: Color Conundrum Challenge #2 Awards & Frantic Fetch Challenge #3 Launch Video April 15: Rules Modification Frantic Fetch Challenge #3 Video & Posting to wpilib April 21: Office Hours Frantic Fetch Challenge #3 on Discord, 7–8 p.m. May 2–3: Frantic Fetch Challenge #3 Submissions Due through Google Form May 13: Frantic Fetch Challenge #3 Awards & Alliance Antics Launch Video (during NE Awards Week) May 20: Rules Update Alliance Antics Video & Posting to wpilib May 26: Office Hours Alliance Antics Challenge #4 on Discord, 7–8 p.m. June 1: Registration Due through Google Form June 12: Alliance Antics Challenge #4 Remote Competition and Awards