Charged Up (FIRST)
Charged Up, stylized as CHARGED UP and officially known as Charged Up presented by Haas for sponsorship reasons, was the FIRST Robotics Competition game for the 2023 season. The game is part of the FIRST-wide FIRST Energize theme for the 2022-2023 season, which focuses on energy and sustainable development. The season's kickoff event occurred on January 7, 2023, and was streamed live on Twitch.
| Year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Season Information | |
| Number of teams | 3,324 |
| Number of regionals | 61 |
| Number of district events | 105 |
| Championship location | Houston George R. Brown Convention Center |
| FIRST Championship Awards | |
| Impact Award winner | 321 - "RoboLancers" |
| Woodie Flowers Award winner | Mark Buckner - Team 4265 |
| Founder's Award winner | Donald Bossi - former President of FIRST |
| Champions | 1323 - "MadTown Robotics" 4414 - "HighTide" 4096 - "Ctrl-Z" 2609 - "BeaverworX" |
← Rapid React | |
As in the 2022 season, the 2023 season featured only one championship event as opposed to the two events that took place from 2017 to 2019 (and that were planned for 2020). In an effort to increase the number of teams that can attend the championship, there were no Week 7 events during the season to allow late-qualifying teams more time to prepare for the event and travel to Houston. Additionally, on October 20, 2022, FIRST announced that the championship will be expanded to at least 600 teams in 8 divisions, making it the largest event in FRC history.