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"The FIRST ethos is wonderful and makes us all better humans. It teaches our students how to be better citizens by helping others, all while learning skills that are hard to come by at this age. TorBots is a family and we need to all help one another."

- TorBots head mentor Kevin Nakano, Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Technologies

FIRST is about "more than just robots."  It is about the experience of people working together towards a shared goal and making an impact in our communities.  ​

 

The TorBots was presented our first-ever Chairman's Award at the 2020 Sacramento Regional during the FIRST Robotics Virtual Showcase. The Chairman's Award is the highest team honor awarded by FIRST, and we are grateful to everyone who has supported our team over the years.

 

The awards entry process includes an essay submission, presentation and interview with a panel of judges, and video that illustrates the team's FIRST experience: 

Chairman's Award Submissions

2022

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2021

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2020 (Sacramento Regional Winner)

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2016

Regional and Championship Awards

Team 1197 has also won the following awards throughout our team history:

2022 Los Angeles Regional 

  • Quality Award 

2022 San Diego Regional 

  • Autonomous Award 

 

2020 Sacramento Regional 

  • Regional Chairman's Award 

2020 Los Angeles Regional

  • Regional Finalist

  • Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation

  • Championship Wildcard

2018 Central Valley Regional

  • Regional Finalist

  • Championship Wildcard

2018 FIRST Championship (Houston)

  • FedEx Innovation Challenge Winner

2018 Battleship Blast

  • Competition Winner

2016 Los Angeles Regional

  • Regional Finalist 

2016 Arizona West Regional 

  • Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation

2016 FIRST Championship (Houston)

  • Championship Galileo Subdivision Winner 

2015 Los Angeles Regional

  • Regional Finalist 

  • Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

2014 Los Angeles Regional

  • Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox

2011 Los Angeles Regional

  • Regional Winner 

2011 Las Vegas Regional

  • Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by Delphi

2010 Los Angeles Regional

  • Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox

2009 Las Vegas Regional

  • Regional Finalist

2004 Southern California Regional

  • Regional Finalist

Team 1197's creations are powerful machines. The telescoping climber never failed to raise this beautiful bot at the 2020 Los Angeles Regional. This robot also featured an unstoppable 6 Neo west coast drivetrain that quickly zipped this little machine across the field and utilized a 5-ball autonomous mode to advance to the finals and earn the Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation.

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