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I hope you got to join us for our season celebration last week. If not, you can find the video of the celebration on YouTube.

A huge congratulations to all our teams this year. You overcame extraordinary difficulties just to participate!

And a special congratulations to our two newest Hall of Fame Teams! The Chairman’s Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST and honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST. The work these teams have done is so amazing and we are proud to welcome them to the Hall of Fame. Please help us congratulate our Championship-level Chairman’s Award Winners.

FIRST Championship Houston Chairman’s Award Winner

• Team 4613, Barker Redbacks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

FIRST Championship Detroit Chairman’s Award Winner

• Team 503, Frog Force, Novi, Michigan, USA

Additionally, we would like to congratulate all our Finalists & Winners from our Season Celebration show.

FIRST Championship Houston Chairman’s Award Finalists

• Team 1156, Under Control, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Team 3284, Camdenton LASER, Camdenton, Missouri, USA

FIRST Championship Detroit Chairman’s Award Finalists

• Team 3504, Girls of Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Team 6024, R Factor, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Woodie Flowers Award Winner

• Matt Fagan, Team 4253, Raid Zero, Taipei, Taipei Special Municipality, Chinese Taipei

Volunteer of the Year Winners

• David Greenley, from Pennsylvania, USA, for his support of the judging process
• Peter Johnson, from California, USA, for his support of WPILib

Dean’s List Award Winners

• Obike A, Team 931, Perpetual Chaos, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
• Megan E, Team 3932, The Dirty Mechanics, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
• Ignacio F, Team 7717, Steam Punks, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
• Arseniy I, Team 503, Frog Force, Novi, Michigan, USA
• Mim M, Team 6035, House of Ulladulla, Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
• Kathleen O, Team 8603, The Discord Droids, Carmel, New York, USA
• Fikir T, Team 3006, Red Rock Robotics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Claudius T, Team 604, Quixilver, San Jose, California, USA
• Tatiana V, Team 118, Robonauts, League City, Texas, USA
• Eric Z, Team 7461, Sushi Squad, Redmond, Washington, USA

Game Design Challenge Winners

• Team 1678, Citrus Circuits, Davis, California, USA, for their game “Storm Surge”
• Team 2168, Aluminum Falcons, Groton, Connecticut, USA, for their game “FIRST Thunderation”
• Team 4342, Demon Robotics, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA, for their game “Harvest”

2021 FIRST Global Innovation Awards powered by Star Wars: Force for Change

Yesterday, we hosted an awards show announcing the FIRST Global Innovation Award Winners. We hope you found these projects as inspiring as our judges did! Congratulations for hard work done well!

FIRST Global Innovation Awards Winner

• Team 5553, Robo’Lyon, Rhone, France for their innovation Walk Assistant, which assists patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease.

Runners-Up

• Team 8, Paly Robotics, Palo Alto, CA, USA for their innovation SightWalk, a visual assistance and sidewalk navigation device that helps visually impaired individuals.
• Team 5940, B.R.E.A.D., Redwood City, CA, USA for their innovation Ciculatio, compression shorts that reduce the pain of menstrual cramps during physical activity.

Business Model

• Team 7480, Machine Mavericks, Kingston, ON, Canada for their innovation AquaCue, a sonar positioning technology integrated into swim caps that cues visually impaired swimmers.

Innovation Impact

• Team 8621, KITS Angels FRC Akola Team, Akola, Maharashtra, India for their innovation The Multi Crop Seed Sowing Machine, which allows farmers to minimize seed waste.

Design

• Team 3792, Army Ants, Columbia, MO, USA for their innovation SPOCKS (Sensor Platform for Orthopedic Compliance after Knee Surgery), which supports recovery after knee replacement surgery.

Congratulations, again, all!

Frank