FIRST LEGO League Open Championships are robotics competitions held and managed by FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Partners to bring FLL teams from many states, regions and countries together to complete in host cities around the world. These are the highest level of FLL competitions that are managed by organizations other than FIRST. The FIRST-managed global competition for FLL is FLL World Festival.
There have been three Open Championships, FIRST LEGO League Open European Championship, FIRST LEGO League Open Asian Championship, and FIRST LEGO League United States Open Championship.
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The 2006 FIRST LEGO League Open European Championship was held May 6,7 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The venue was the Technical University of Eindhoven(TU/e). 84 teams from 27 countries competed for the Awards in this year's season "Ocean Odyssey".
The 2007 FIRST LEGO League Open European Championship was held from May 16 to 21 in Bodø, Norway. There were 66 teams from Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.[1]
The theme for the competition was Nano Quest to challenge participating teams to research and design new solutions using nanotechnology. It also had a standard FLL tournament for the teams to compete. There were many awards in the competitions including FLL OEC Champion's Award, Research Award, Presentation Award, Robot Design Award, Programmers Award, Innovative Design Award, Robot Performance Award, Coach/Mentor Award, Teamwork Award, Against All Odds Award, and Team Spirit Award.[2]
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 / Nano Quest | FLL OEC Champions Award | Amaze Robinho | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Project Award | RISbotics | Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Research Award | Amaze Robinho | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Presentation Award | Widcombe Wrobotiers | Bath, United Kingdom |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Robot Design Award, 1st place | RISbotics | Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Robot Design Award, 2nd place | JunkYard Babies | Borlänge, Sweden |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Programmers Award | Nano-X-Titus | Pekin, IL, United States |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Innovative Design Award | Widcombe Wrobotiers | Bath, United Kingdom |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Robot Performance Award, 1st place | Compass | China |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Robot Performance Award, 2nd place | First Edition | Borlänge, Sweden |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Coach/Mentor Award | Yellow River Children | China |
| 2007 / Nano Quest | Teamwork Award | Super Hyper Quantum Kangaroos | Portland, OR, United States |
The open championship for 2009 was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from May 1 to May 3. The event was called Children's Climate Call with teams answering a call to address the global issue of climate change. The event followed standard FLL championship with a tournament and presentation. There were many awards in technical, project presentation, and special recognition categories. The highest award was FLL OEC Champion's Award. Fifty five teams from 29 countries and states around the world presented their solutions in two groups, Climate Connections and Climate Actions. The participants also enjoyed a visit by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.[3]
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 / Climate Connections[4] | FLL OEC Champion's Award | NXT Generations | Denmark |
| 2009 / Climate Connections | Robot Performance Award, 1st place | Equipe Terradróide | Brazil |
| 2009 / Climate Connections | Robot Performance Award, 2nd place | Jiangzhe united team | China |
The 2010 First Lego League Open European Championship was held June 2,3 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey. 56 teams competed for the Awards. The venue was the Haliç Congress Center which has a rich historical background. In the old etchings, the area of center can be seen as a slaughterhouse. The building took its recent neoclassic form in the 1920's.
Haliç Congress Center contains four different types of buildings. These buildings are; Cinema Building, Concert Hall, Theatre Building and Exhibition Hall. All of them are equipped with the latest technology. The center is located in the inner area of Haliç (Golden Horn).
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Smart Move | FLL OEC Champions Award | Team Singapore | Singapore |
| 2010 Smart Move | Project Award | DAS | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010 Smart Move | Robot Performance Award, 1st place | Integra | Turkey |
| 2010 Smart Move | Robot Performance Award, 2nd place | MCGBots | Germany |
| 2010 Smart Move | Teamwork Award | Integra | Turkey |
| 2010 Smart Move | Robot Design Award | Superboom | South Africa |
| 2010 Smart Move | Research Award | Techno Future | Egypt |
| 2010 Smart Move | Programming Award | Toin Robotics Jr. | Japan |
| 2010 Smart Move | Team Spirit Award | C-Force | China |
| 2010 Smart Move | Innovative Solution Award | Die See | Turkey |
| 2010 Smart Move | Innovative Design Award | RobotixTreme | Switzerland |
| 2010 Smart Move | Creative Presentation Award | Caro Aces | Germany |
| 2010 Smart Move | Against All Odds Award | Van Gölü Canavarlai | Turkey |
| 2010 Smart Move | Coach / mentor Award | Olleh Korea!!! | South Korea |
| 2010 Smart Move | Jury Award | Argonautes | Spain |
The 2011 FLL Open European Championship was held June 2-4 in Delft, Netherlands. [5] 67 teams competed at the event held at the Delft University of Technology. The competition theme was Body Forward, on the topic of biomedical engineering.
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 / Body Forward[6] | Champion's Award 1st Place | AttraktivUndPreiswert | Germany |
| 2011 / Body Forward | Champion's Award 2nd Place | Infinity | Netherlands |
| 2011 / Body Forward | Champion's Award 3rd Place | Al-Xavier | Thailand |
The FLL Open European Championship will take place in Mannheim, Germany, from June 6th to June 9th, 2012.[7] It will host 70 teams from approximately 45 countries. The competition theme is Food Factor, on the topic of food safety.
The 2008 FIRST LEGO League Open Asian Championship was held from April 27 to 29 in Tokyo, Japan. The event was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. There were 55 teams from Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States that joined the competition in the theme of Power Puzzle.[8]
The following awards were given:[9]
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 / Power Puzzle[10] | FLL OAC Champion's Award | Jolly Roger | Skövde, Sweden |
| 2008 / Power Puzzle | Robot Performance Award, 1st place | icNRG | Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
| 2008 / Power Puzzle | Robot Performance Award, 2nd place | Jolly Roger | Skövde, Sweden |
The 2010 First Lego League Open Asian Championship was held May 6-8 2010 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 64 teams from 24 countries competed for the Awards. The venue was the Kaohsiung Arena. The Kaohsiung Arena is located at the intersection of Bo’ai Road and Sinjhuangzai Road. It extends over a total area of 56,000 square meters. This state-of-the-art and multifunctional sports arena, with a seating capacity of 15,000, is also known to the citizens of Kaohsiung as 'Xiaojudan'.
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Smart Move | Champion’s Award | Attraktiv Und Preiswert | Germany |
| 2010 Smart Move | Team Spirit Award | chakkham | Thailand |
| 2010 Smart Move | Against All Odds Award | Junior Kids | Faroe Islands |
| 2010 Smart Move | Teamwork Award | Power Kings | Malaysia |
| 2010 Smart Move | Coach / Mentor Award | Stars Lego Sesi | Brasil |
| 2010 Smart Move | Creative Presentation | SS501 | Taiwan |
| 2010 Smart Move | Innovative Solution Award | NXT Generation | Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
| 2010 Smart Move | Research Quality Award | Team Brick Howes | USA |
| 2010 Smart Move | Robot Performance Award | Auto Rubik | Taiwan |
| 2010 Smart Move | Innovative Design Award | Jedi White | Singapore |
| 2010 Smart Move | Programming Award | MXT Israel | Israel |
| 2010 Smart Move | Robot Design Award | Westside | USA |
| 2010 Smart Move | Local Award | Auto Rubik | Taiwan |
| 2010 Smart Move | Judge’s Award | the Sun’s Descents | Taiwan |
FIRST LEGO League United States Open Championship was held for the first time from May 7 to 9 at Wright State University campus in Dayton, Ohio. It was the first national level competition of FIRST LEGO League in the United States not organized by FIRST. The event was organized by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Wright State University. There were 60 teams around the country each of which was the Championship's Award winner of each state/region. Each team completed 9 tasks on a competition table in a 2.5 minute robot round. Teams also meet with judges for evaluation of their robot design, programming and their problem-solving strategies, and their research project, which is tied to the Challenge theme.[11] There were many award categories with the top three winners receiving Champion's Awards.
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team | City, Stat e/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 / Climate Connections[12] | Champion's Award 1st Place | Landroids | Livingston, NJ |
| 2009 / Climate Connections | Champion's Award 2nd Place | Cougars | Columbus, OH |
| 2009 / Climate Connections | Champion's Award 3rd Place | Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies | Portland, OR |
The 2011 FLL North American Open Championship was held May 21-22 in Carlsbad, California. 76 teams competed at the event held at LEGOLAND California.[13] The competition theme was Body Forward. The awards given were:[13]
The first of two 2012 North American Open Championships will be held May 18-20 in Carlsbad, California at LEGOLAND California. It will be joined by its newly opened sister park Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, FL which will also host a tournament May 4-6.[13] The competition theme is Food Factor.
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