updated 11/8/2022

Description

Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical or software – to provide unique machine functions.

Guidelines

• A team must be able to identify and describe the controls innovation and can trace its conception, design, manufacturing/assembly, or deployment.
• The control system is innovative and unique. It is integrated with the machine, human players, strategy, etc. in concept and execution.
• The innovation is practical; it addresses the game’s challenge and is reliable under the stress of competition.

Events Where It Is Awarded

• District Events
• Regional Competitions
• District Championship Divisions (for those Districts with multiple Divisions at their District Championships)
• District Championships (for those Districts with single Divisions at their District Championships)
• FIRST Championship Divisions