2. FIRST History Andy Baker,45 Andy Grady, 126, 42 Steve Shade, 1111, 7

3. FIRST History Teams & Growth Games Designs Competitions Watermarks Future

4. FIRST Teams / Year

5. Team Growth / Year

6. Scholarship Growth

7. FIRST Games 1992: Maize Craze - tennis balls in corn 1993: Rug Rage – large & small kickballs on the floor 1994: Tower Power - soccer balls went vertical 1995: Ramp & Roll - large balls, goal post 1996: Hexagon Havoc - large and small balls 1997: Toroid Terror - inner tubes & a rotating tree of pipes 1998: Ladder Logic - big balls & a jungle gym 1999: Double Trouble - alliances, king of the hill, floppies 2000: Co-opertition FIRST - kickballs & a chinup bar 2001: Diabolical Dynamics - 4 vs 0, big balls, balancing 2002: Zone Zeal - soccer balls, tug of war 2003: Stack Attack - tote destruction, king of the hill

8. Design Milestones 1992 - tethered, small robots 1993 - radio control 1994 - vertical designs 1995 - treaded tank systems 1997 - high lift mechanisms 1998 - crab style steering 2000 - huge ball collection systems, speed switching 2002 - drive base innovations 2003 - autonomous mode challenges

9. FIRST Competitions 1992-94 - Nationals in New Hampshire 1995-96 - 1 Regional (NH), Nationals (WDW) 1997 - 3 Regionals, Nationals 1998 - 4 Regionals, Nationals 1999 - 7 Regionals, Nationals 2000 - 10 Regionals, Nationals 2001 - 13 Regionals, Nationals 2002 - 17 Regionals, Championships 2003 - 23 Regionals, Championships (Houston) 2004 - 26 Regionals, Championships (Atlanta)

10. 2003 FIRST Games Study Developed the study for my Technical Writing Class Used a Six Sigma Approach for Analysis and Reporting Information Primarily Relied on Survey distributed online by a link posted on Chief Delphi Discussion Forums Also used informal interviews to develop questions and outcomes

11. Survey Overview Rating the 1992-2003 Games Amount of interaction King of the Hill Multipliers Autonomous Mode Scoring Beyond a Drive System Roles of Offense and Defense in Qualifying and Elimination Rounds

12. Survey Results 50 Respondents –29 Students –10 College Mentors –3 Engineers –2 Teachers –3 Team Alumni –1 FIRST Staff –2 Other

13. Survey Results

15. Outcomes Positive scoring, reduce the ability to use defensive to de-score Use a king of the hill aspect and multipliers Use elements so that base scoring or multipliers requires more robot development than drive system Spectator-friendly game

16. 2004 Survey Link will be available in 2-3 weeks from Chief Delphi Discussion forums This is another way you can impact next years game!

17. Watermarks 1993: robots on carpet, 1994: radio control introduced 1995: moved Nationals to WDW 1996: Woodie Flowers Award introduced, Human players added, Rumble at the Rock began 1997: “Mouse that roared” - Beatty/Hammond wins Nationals, River Rage began 1998: FIRST village at Epcot, ChiefDelphi discussion board formed, college scholarships 1999: Alliances, NASA involvement, 3rd partner allowed, Team Forums introduced

18. More Watermarks 2000: Innovation First controller, score balancing, Dean & Ibot, IRI began 2001: 4 vs 0, Championship divisions 2002: Qualification process for Championships begin, Chairman’s Award Regional Winner, Canadian Regional, remote kickoffs 2003: Championships in Houston, Scholarships at $3M 2004: Championships in Atlanta, qualifications for Championships impact teams, underwater game (ha!)

19. Future More regionals, less expense Super-regionals are like former Nationals More independent invitationals (IRI, Battlecry, River Rage, etc.) More tie-in with school curriculum ? Indiana proposal needed