Event Information

93 NEW Apple Corps | Appleton WI
930 Mukwonago BEARs | Mukwonago WI
1259 Paradigm Shift | Pewaukee WI
1675 UPS (Ultimate Protection Squad) | Milwaukee WI
1714 MORE Robotics | Milwaukee WI
1732 Hilltopper Robotics | Milwaukee WI
1781 Lindblom Electric Eagles | Chicago IL
1792 Round Table Robotics | Oak Creek WI
2194 Fondy Fire | Fond du Lac WI
2491 NoMythic | Saint Paul MN
2704 Roaring Robotics | Naperville IL
2826 Wave Robotics | Oshkosh WI
3061 Huskie Robotics | Naperville IL
3596 Rocket Robotics | South Milwaukee WI
4786 Nicolet FEAR | Milwaukee WI
4787 Axiom | Chicago IL
5125 Hawks on the Horizon | Chicago IL
5148 New Berlin Blitz | New Berlin WI
5822 WolfByte Robotics | Chicago IL
6318 Freedom Engineers | Freedom WI
6381 Red Raider Robotics | Sheboygan WI
6421 WarriorBots | Muskego WI
6574 Ferradermis | Whitewater WI
6643 Walnuts and Bolts | Racine WI
8531 TermiKnightors | Milwaukee WI
8701 GRAFFITI | Greendale WI
9669 Regina Riveters | Wilmette IL

Partner Teams  

MKE Metal Maidens
2830 Riverside RoboTigers | Milwaukee WI
8802 Milwaukee United | Milwaukee WI
9425 Intra Milwaukee | Milwaukee WI

If your team is still interested in attending, please make sure to fill out the Team Registration form ASAP to register for the waitlist!

Friday, October 11th

8:00 am – 6:00 pm Field/Event Set up
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Team Load-in. When the field is ready, teams can do calibration, connection checks, etc.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Practice Matches (pending field build completion)

Saturday, October 12th

TWIST & Turn Award – Recognizes a team with exceptional autonomous performance and use of autonomous functions to assist drivers on the field

T’WISTful Thinking Award Presented by Generac – Celebrates a team with innovative designs and use of materials to create a successful and creative mechanism

Tongue TWIST’r Award – Recognizes the team best able to describe and convey technical aspects and design decisions about their robot.

TWIST’d Metal Award Presented by Material Control Solutions –  Celebrates the team’s ability to overcome obstacles both on and off the field to achieve a high level of performance.

TWIST It Up! Award Presented by PPG – Celebrates the cohesive imagery of a team and robot during the event.

TWIST & Shout Award – This award recognizes the energy and team spirit of fans in the stands. Be loud and proud of your team, robot and drivers. This award will be judged by our field staff.

TWIST Ties Award Presented by Muskego High School – Celebrates the team that is the most fun to play with and embodies the values of Gracious Professionalism. This award is selected based on peer nominations.

Volunteer of the Year Award – Acknowledges the phenomenal volunteers that make TWIST possible 

Student Inspiration Award Presented by CrunchLabs and Milwaukee Tool – Each team can submit one of their girls that they believe exemplifies the spirit of TWIST and FIRST. A short essay for each student will need to be submitted at the event (In the case of partner teams, each team in the partnership may submit one girl). This award comes with a special prize.

• What is a partner team?
  
  • A partner team is two teams worth of people working together to compete with one robot with the intention of allowing teams to compete without enough female and nonbinary members for a full drive team. When registering for the event, please note if you would be interested in competing as part of a partner team and we will help facilitate. Partner teams will each only be required to pay half of the registration cost as well.

• What counts as the “drive team”?
  
  • We define the drive team as the following 5 team members: Drive coach, Technician, Human Player, and up to two robot Drivers. If you have any questions about this, please send us an email!

• Will there be food?
  
  • We will have concessions available on site during the event. There are a few fast-food options in the immediate area if desired?

• What ruleset are we playing with?
  
  • We will most likely be playing with standard qualification event RP thresholds (18 notes for Melody, 15 with co-op).

• How will playoffs work?
  
  • We are planning for a FIRST standard double-elimination bracket, pending the number of teams. 

• Are there awards?
  
  • YES! We will have a number of judged and team nominated awards presented at TWIST. Check out the previous year’s winners to see some that we’ve given in the past.

• Are we able to submit two robots?
  
  • As capacity allows, we will allow for registered teams to submit a second robot closer to the event. At this time, we are not planning to offer a lower registration fee for second bots as the overall fee for teams is already sponsor supported.

• What will our pit look like?
  
  • Each team will receive a 10×10’ area with power access and floor coverings provided if requested by our host school. We will not have a table provided, so teams are encouraged to bring one if needed. Pits will be located in the same gym as the field.

• Our Homecoming is that evening! What can we do?
  
  • We can provide changing areas to students in need, and we work very hard to ensure our event ends on time. Please send us an email if you need any specific accommodations.

• How does the Charity Match work?
  

  • This year, we will be hosting an exciting match where six mentors will play in a human match while wearing our TWIST unicorn costumes

  • To decide which six teams will get to nominate their mentors, we will be running a LEGO set donation drive to support Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

  • Each item your team donates will be collected and counted at load-in and will count as an entrance to a lottery-style selection. Items MUST be new in box/bag per the guidelines we’ve received from Children’s Hospital. You can view the full guidelines and rules here

• What if I have a different question?
  
  • Please email us at WarriorBots6421@muskegonorway.org