WPI brings New England FRC teams together every year since NE FIRST was founded

There are only two qualifying events left in New England...and next week is the New England District Championship!

This past weekend, WPI hosted 38 teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont for the 8th WPI District Event, and the 10th event overall: they have hosted the District Championship twice!

Special thank you to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), the WPI Robotics Resource Center, and Dean of Undergraduate Studies Arne Gericke for welcoming us to the venue.

WPI is at the forefront of integrated robotics research and education with the Robotics Engineering Department, which is the first-of-its-kind in the U.S.

The alliance captains of Alliance 1 and 2 had a great score of 210 together in qualification matches, but they formed their own alliances going into playoffs to see how their own strategies would play out. Alliance 1 scored more than 200 points in all of their playoff matches, including a NE playoffs penalty-free high score of 227!

EVENT PHOTOS

AWARD PHOTOS

MATCH VIDEOS

PLAYOFF VIDEOS

Congratulations to our award-winning teams:

FIRST Impact Award: FRC 2370, IBOTS from Rutland, VT

Engineering Inspiration Award: FRC 4905, Andromeda One from Ayer, MA

Rookie All-Star Award: FRC 10393, Foxborough High School from Foxborough, MA

Dean's List Semi-Finalists: Katie W. from FRC 5941, Hard Reset from Newton, MA, and Jacob J. from FRC 2370, IBOTS from Rutland, VT

Outstanding Volunteer Award: Abby Maynard, Emcee

NE FIRST WPI District Event Champions:  FRC 190, Gompei and the HERD from Worcester, MA;

FRC 1768, Nashoba Robotics from Nashoba, MA

FRC 3182, Athena's Warriors from Hartford, CT

NE FIRST WPI District Event Finalists: FRC 125, NUTRONs from Revere, MA;

FRC 88, TJ² from Bridgewater, MA; FRC 8626, Cyber Sailors from Scituate, MA

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 1768, Nashoba Robotics from Nashoba, MA

Judges' Award: FRC 5459, Ipswich TIGERS from Ipswich, MA

Rising All-Star Award: FRC 10063, S.C.R.A.P. from Weymotuh, MA

Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 7153, Aetos Dios from Manchester, CT

Team Spirit Award: FRC 88, TJ² from Bridgewater, MA

Excellence in Engineering Award: FRC 1153, Timberwolves from Walpole, MA Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 2079, ALARM Robotics from Franklin, MA

Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 190, Gompei and the HERD from Worcester, MA

Quality Award: FRC 1699, Robocats from Colchester, CT

Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 230, Gaelhawks from Shelton, CT

Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford: FRC 125, NUTRONs from Revere, MA

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 3182, Athena's Warriors from Hartford, CT