FTC
The 30-second start of the game where robots move using only code.
Autonomous
The red and gold flying suit built by Tony Stark
Iron Man
The round, rolling orange-and-white droid who carries a map for the Resistance in Star Wars.
BB-8
The fast-moving natural disaster that forms a violent, rotating column of air stretching from a thunderstorm to the ground.
A tornado
The invisible radio waves used to connect your phone to the internet at home.
Wi-fi
The final 30 seconds of the match where you score big bonus points by doing special actions.
Endgame
C-3PO
The silent yellow Autobot car who can only speak using his car radio.
Bumblebee
The sweet treat made by roasting a marshmallow and placing it between chocolate and graham crackers.
S'more
The short-range wireless tech used to pair your phone to wireless headphones.
Bluetooth
Special wheels that allow the robot to move sideways
Mecanum wheels
The rusty little robot who cleans up the trash left on Earth.
WALL-E
The friendly, giant white robot from Big Hero 6
Baymax
The number of degrees in a right angle
90
The language of 1s and 0s that computers use to think.
Binary code
Something you must wear at all times near the field to protect your eyes.
Safety glasses
The blue robotic cat from anime who pulls gadgets out of his pocket
Doraemon
The massive, villainous Decepticon leader who is the ultimate rival of Optimus Prime.
Megatron
The continent that contains the South Pole and is covered almost entirely by ice.
Antarctica
The system of 30+ satellites that tells your phone map exactly where you are.
GPS (Global Positioning System)
The number of robots on a field during a match
4
The giant, heroic leader of the Autobots who turns into a semi-truck
Optimus Prime
The terrifying, metallic villain created by Tony Stark who tried to drop an entire city from the sky.
Ultron
The only mammal capable of true, sustained flight.
A bat
The temporary computer memory used to run apps smoothly, usually called RAM.
Random Access Memory