2018 – FIRST Power-Up

FIRST Power Up is the FIRST Robotics Competition game for the 2018 season. The game and field was themed around retro arcade games. Two alliances of three teams each will go head to head to earn points. This year’s 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 the game. At the end of the match, robots who are elevated at least one foot will earn additional points.

Game Reveal

Meet our 2019 robot, Pac-Bot

Pac-Bot is our robot designed for FIRST Power Up. It grabs and sucks up cubes with its arms and shoots them out into the exchange and switch. During the Lone Star Central Regional, Pac-Bot had a lift attached, but it was removed so we could focus on consistently filling the vault and quickly shooting cubes instead. Pac-Bot is very small and light (Just 80 pounds!) which allows it to easily be lifted by other robots. It’s also a great defender and was able to push around tall scale-bots throughout the season.

Season Stats

Lone Star Central Regional – Week 3

W/L Record 9-9-0
Rank 37th
Alliance 2nd pick of Alliance 1 with, 1477 and 4587 ; Won the Event
Awards Imagery Award, Event Winners

El Paso Regional – Week 5

W/L Record 6-8-0
Rank 18th
Alliance 2nd pick of Alliance 8 with, 6832 and 5783; Eliminated in Quarterfinals
Awards

Houston Championship – Newton Division

W/L Record 5-6-0
Rank 46th
Alliance 2nd pick of Alliance 1 with, 3310, 118, and 3128 ; Eliminated in Finals
Awards Championship Subdivision Finalist

Texas Robotics Invitational

W/L Record 5-9-0
Rank 34th
Alliance 2nd pick of Alliance 2 with, 624, 118 and 6488; Eliminated in Finals
Awards

Texas Robot Roundup

W/L Record 6-6-0
Rank 11th
Alliance 1st pick of Alliance 5 with, 5930 and 2583; Eliminated in Quarterfinals
Awards