The 2018 game was revealed at the FRC Kickoff on January 6th! FIRST POWER UP finds FIRST Robotics Competition teams trapped in an 8-bit video game. Each three-team alliance has three ways to help defeat the boss: Tipping the scale or the alliance’s switch in their favor to earn points, exchanging power cubes for power ups (force, boost, and levitate) to gain a temporary advantage during the match, and climbing the scale tower to face the boss. The alliance with the highest score at the end of the match, which includes autonomous and teleoperated periods, defeats the boss and wins the game.

See more at: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/game-and-season

For more detailed information, official rules and community resources, please check the following links:

• FIRST POWER UP Game Animation
• Rules and Regulations - Administrative & Game Manual, Team Updates, Q & A, and mobile apps
• FRC Blog - News & Information from FIRST
• Chief Delphi - 3rd Party Robotics Discussion Forum