FIRST Overdrive

FIRST Overdrive
Year2008
Season Information
Number of teams1501
Number of regionals41
Championship locationGeorgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
FIRST Championship Awards
Chairman's Award winnerTeam 842 - "Falcon Robotics"
Woodie Flowers Award winnerMark Breadner - Team 188
Founder's Award winnerBAE Systems
ChampionsTeam 1114 - "Simbotics"
Team 217 - "Thunderchickens"
Team 148 - "Robowranglers"


A FIRST Overdrive robot carries a trackball over the overpass
Lunacy

FIRST Overdrive was the 2008 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 5, 2008. In it, teams competed to complete counterclockwise laps around a central barrier while manipulating large 40 in (1 m) diameter "Trackballs" over and under overpasses to score additional points.