Awards

The Robo Lions switched to the Georgia District System starting in 2016

Year	Awards	Regional/District
2016	District Finalists	Columbus
	Industrial Design Award	Columbus
	District Winner	Albany
	Chairman's Award	Albany
	UL Industrial Safety Hard Hat Pin	Albany
	District Winner	Kennesaw
	Excellence in Engineering	Kennesaw
	District Finalist	Peachtree District State Championships
	Innovation in Control	Peachtree District State Championships
	Division Semi-Finalists	FIRST World Championships
2015	Regional Finalists	Palmetto Regional
	Creativity Award	Peachtree Regional
2014	Regional Winner	Palmetto Regional
	Industrial Design Award	Peachtree Regional
	UL Industrial Safety Hard Hat Pin	Peachtree Regional
2013	Judges' Award	Peachtree Regional
2012	Quality Award	Smoky Mountain Regional
	Creativity Award	Peachtree Regional
	Regional Winner	Peachtree Regional
2011	Regional Finalist	Peachtree Regional
	Excellence in Engineering Award	Peachtree Regional
	Innovation in Control	Smoky Mountain Regional
2010	Regional Winner	Palmetto Regional
2009	N/A	N/A
2008	Creativity Award	Peachtree Regional
2007	Innovation in Control Award	Peachtree Regional
2006	Regional Winner	Peachtree Regional
	Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award	Peachtree Regional
	Industrial Safety Award	Peachtree Regional
2005	Regional Winner	Peachtree Regional
2004	N/A	N/A

Award	Description
District Finalists	The District Finalist Award celebrates the alliance that makes it to the final match of the competition
Industrial Design Award	The Industrial Design Award celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively addresses the game challenge.
District Winner	The District Winner Award celebrates the alliance that wins the final match of the competition.
Chairman's Award	The most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST.
UL Industrial Safety Hard Hat Pin	The Hard Hat Pin is awarded to the teams with excellent pit presentation in terms of cleanliness and organization of FIRST.
Excellence in Engineering	The Excellence in Engineering Award celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature.
Innovation in Control	The Innovation in Control Award is sponsored by Rockwell Automation and Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical, or software – to provide unique machine functions.
Division Semi-Finalists	The District Semi-Finalist Award celebrates the alliance that makes it to the semi-final match of the competition
Regional Finalists	The Regional Finalist Award celebrates the alliance that makes it to the final match of the competition
Creativity Award	The Creativity Award celebrates creativity in design, use of component, or strategy of play.
Regional Winner	The Regional Winner Award celebrates the alliance that wins the final match of the competition.
Judges' Award	During the course of the competition, the judging panel may decide a team’s unique efforts, performance, or dynamics merit recognition.
Quality Award	Quality Award The celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication.
Innovation in Control	The Innovation in Control Award celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical, or software – to provide unique machine functions.
Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award	Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award celebrates machine features that demonstrates any aspect of engineering elegance. This includes the design, writing methods, selection of material, programming techniques, and unique machine attributes.
Industrial Safety Award	Industrial Safety Award celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentals by using innovative ways to eliminate or protect against hazards.