Achievements & Awards

FIRST: celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team's school or organization and community. Won at the 2018 Western University district event, where the team also seeded first.

FIRST: celebrates the machine that demonstrates industrial design principles, balancing form, function, and aesthetics. Won at Newmarket (2023), Niagara College (2025), and University of Waterloo (2026).

FIRST: recognizes outstanding, passionate student leaders. Finalists Dan (2011), Zoe (2023), and Aabjosh (2024); Ontario district semi-finalists Zoe (2023), Aabjosh (2024), and Aiden (2026).

FIRST: celebrates the machine whose engineering solution has components working together seamlessly. Won at the 2025 University of Waterloo district event with Rattlesnake.

FIRST: celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components to provide unique machine functions. Won five times: Waterloo Regional three years running (2009–2011), Greater Toronto (2010), and University of Waterloo (2024).

FIRST: celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication. Won at the University of Waterloo (2023) and Georgian (2024) district events.

Reached the Daly Division semifinals in Detroit in 2019 as 2nd pick of Alliance 7. The team also competed at the Championship in Atlanta (2009) and St. Louis (2011).

FIRST: celebrates consistent, reliable, high-performance robot operation during the autonomous period. Won at the 2019 Western University district event with RoadRunner.

FIRST: celebrates a creative robotic component, concept, or attribute that enhances strategy of play. Won three seasons running: McMaster (2017), Provincial Championship Science Division (2018), University of Waterloo (2019).