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For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology & Recognition of Science For Inspiration 2006 F I R

Dean Kamen, FIRST Founder John Abele, FIRST Chairman President, DEKA Research & Founder Chairman, Retired, Development Corporation Boston Scientific Corporation S

Recently, we’ve noticed a shift in the national conversation about our People are beginning to take the science problem personally. society’s lack of support for science and technology. Part of the shift is in the amount of discussion — there is certainly an increase in media This shift is a strong signal for renewed commitment to the FIRST T coverage. There has also been a shift in the intensity of the vision. In the 17 years since FIRST was founded, nothing has been more conversation — there is clearly a heightened sense of urgency in the essential to our success than personal connection. The clearest example calls for solutions. Both these are positive developments. More is the personal commitment of you, our teams, mentors, teachers, parents, awareness and urgency around the “science problem” are central to sponsors, and volunteers. For you, this has been personal all along. As the FIRST vision, after all. However, we believe there is another shift more people make a personal connection, we will gain more energy, happening and it has enormous potential for FIRST. create more impact, and deliver more success in changing the way our culture views science and technology. If you listen closely, you can hear a shift in the nature of the conversation. People are not just talking about a science problem and how it affects This year’s Annual Report echoes the idea of personal connections and P02: FIRST Robotics Competition someone else; they are talking about a science problem that affects personal commitment. In the pages that follow are stories of people whose lives are deeply connected to FIRST and the celebration of science P04: FIRST ® League them. People are beginning to realize the high price of over-valuing athletics and entertainment and under-valuing science and technology. and technology. The limited space here allows for only a few stories, but P06: FIRST Vex® Challenge They’re beginning to see the very real connection to their own lives, to their they represent the strength of the thousands who make FIRST happen. P08: Sponsors standard of living, and to the quality of life they will leave their children. Thank you for your very personal, very powerful commitment. They’re beginning to see that the “science problem” is not one that just P20: Financials impacts intellectual elites at prestigious, albeit obscure laboratories, but John Abele P21: Leadership one that touches us all, in very direct and meaningful ways. Founder Chairman

US Secretary of Commerce, Carlos M. Gutierrez; US Senator Mike Enzi; and The 2006 FIRST Championship held at the Dome in Atlanta Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google, addressed participants at the FIRST Championship. was host to 476 teams and close to 20,000 participants and fans.

As I complete my first year as President of FIRST, I want Looking ahead, I’m excited about bringing the FIRST opportunity to thank the thousands of people who are working together to a growing number of students, schools, and communities. We're to “change the culture” and impact the lives of so many adding several new cities to our FIRST Robotics Competition young people by helping them discover the excitement regional event roster; we’re signing up a record number of teams and possibilities of education and careers in science and for this year’s FIRST LEGO® League; and we’re expanding our technology. We succeed in our mission because of the pilot programs for the FIRST Vex® Challenge and the Junior FIRST volunteers who serve as team mentors, fundraisers, board LEGO League. I am grateful for the dedication of the FIRST staff members, judges, event organizers, and in many other roles. and the continued support of our sponsors, and I am pleased to You are powerful role models for the students, and your welcome the new teams, corporate partners, and foundations that impact is clearly seen in their commitment to serving their have joined the FIRST community. I promise it will be the communities. It’s a spirit that will last a lifetime. “hardest fun” and most rewarding experience you’ll ever have! Paul R. Gudonis, FIRST President

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59 ‘95 ’96 ’97 ‘98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 each FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION ROBOTICS ew almost 15 to continue to r FIRST FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) for FIRST FRC cent in the 2005/06 season to 1,133 season’s total to 33 regional competitions. total to season’s excitement, and learning of a , and Israel, bringing the more young people with the fun, more young people with the three new regional competitions in Boston, experience. This season, FRC introduced high-school-aged students gr teams, helping per teams. That growth included 229 rookie The The 2006 FRC game, “Aim High,” tested the teams’ ability to Personal Profile: design and build a robot that could Gary Israel, Mentor, Team 395, 2Train Robotics score points by shooting foam balls through hoops and plowing them into Meet Gary Israel anywhere, anytime were all more than well met, and today Team 395, 2Train floor goals. Teams also incorporated a and he will quickly and happily share Robotics, is a model FIRST team. They effectively reach vision system to allow their robots to with you his enthusiasm for the latest out and engage the local community– Columbia navigate autonomously. success of the FIRST team on which he University provides mentors while the Port Authority of proudly serves as mentor. Listen closely, and you realize his , McGraw Hill, and the New York “I didn’t think I could do enthusiasm is actually restrained compared to the team’s provide sponsorship. They operate year-round, help establish anything like this… I’m extraordinary accomplishments. FIRST LEGO League teams, and work with rookie FRC a Hispanic female. teams in nearby high schools. They’re consistently recognized Doing engineering or even going to Located in Morris High School in the South Bronx, one of by the judges for outstanding performance, including recently college was completely out of the the poorest urban school districts in the country, Team 395 winning the New York City Regional Chairman’s Award. question for me. It taught me to believe faced an extra level of challenge in securing funding, mentors, in being able to achieve anything.” access to engineering technology, and all the other It turns out Gary Israel’s enthusiasm is not just infectious, FIRST Team Member and resources a new FIRST team needs. But those challenges it’s amazingly effective. Scholarship Recipient

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960 LEAGUE 200 ‘98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05’ O LEGO LEG gia Dome in FIRST FIRST ds of science, engineering, ewar Championship at the Geor ew to 7,501 teams, helping over 75,000 FIRST League (FLL) for middle-school-aged students gr the young people in 31 countries discover excitement and r Thanks to the thousands of and technology. the volunteers who make the program happen, season included close to 300 qualifying events, 66 tournaments, and culminated in 81 teams Festival held at the competing at the FLL World In just its seventh full season, FLL Atlanta, GA. Personal Profile: 81 FLL teams from around the world Dave Patterson, were on hand at the FLL WorldFestival during the FIRST Championship at FLL Operational Partner the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Robotics “FIRST provides the Educational Assoc. right environment to nurture a sense of value and self-worth in our youth, to turn them It’s the largest landmass in the , but Alaska is into problem solvers. These qualities still no match for Dave Patterson. From his physical will serve them well throughout life...” presence, to his energy level, to the size of his heart, there Dave Patterson, is nothing small about Dave, either. As FLL operational FLL Operational Partner partner for Alaska, he travels to the most remote regions of the state, including villages accessible only by snow machine or boat (depending upon how frozen things are In 2005, FLL teams on the river), and with populations as low as 65. Dave took on the Ocean brings the excitement and opportunity of FIRST to Odyssey Challenge hundreds of kids throughout the state. In fact, Dave’s and explored personal commitment doesn’t even stop at Alaska’s rugged ways to ensure the health, diversity, borders. At this year’s FIRST Championship in Atlanta, and productivity of the world’s oceans he was voted FLL’s Outstanding Volunteer. for current and future generations.

FIRST Annual Report :05 FIRST y. FVC is y. FIRST VEX CHALLENGE Vex Challenge (FVC), a Vex ound the countr obotics competition primarily for FIRST egions ar designed to reach more students by designed to reach more students by providing an affordable, accessible opportunity to participate in a robotics experience. FVC also serves as a bridge for students between FLL and FRC. The a high-school-aged students, completed successful pilot season in 2005/06 with 137 teams competing in six events in key r FVC mid-level r FVC teams use the Vex Robotics Design System, a new and innovative robotics kit that gives students everything needed to design and build their own robot creations. FVC makes the opportunity of a FIRST experience accessible to more students. Personal Profile: Innovation First, Inc. "Teachers are looking for easier, fun ways to deliver practical lessons in math, When it comes to System, as well as the role it played in supporting the physics, and computer programming. their company’s launch of the newest FIRST program, the FIRST Vex Vex is a low-cost way for schools to support for FIRST, Challenge. IFI’s support goes back to the very beginnings introduce kids to these vocations Tony Norman and of FIRST, with the development of the original FIRST through hands-on courses in robotics." Bob Mimlitch, co-founders of Innovation First, Inc., have Robotics Competition kit of parts. The company still Joel Carter demonstrated their company’s name is well chosen. The provides each of the 1,133 teams with the control system VP Marketing, Innovation First company has consistently been at the forefront of some of used in FRC robots. Innovation First’s support has been the key innovations in the growth of FIRST. The most critical to FIRST’s ability to reach more students with recent example is the leadership role IFI played in the the opportunity to learn from and work with the design and development of the new Vex Robotics Design latest technology.

FIRST Annual Report :07 S In addition to the formal sponsors, suppliers, and contributors acknowledged on these pages, FIRST Thomas G. Stephens*** 2005 FIRST LEGO LEAGUE SPONSORS Ray Stits FLL Founding Partner

P extends its sincere appreciation to the tens of thousands of volunteers who generously devote their time Dia Stolnitz and expertise, and the thousands of sponsors of FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Vex Challenge, Kate Straus O FIRST LEGO League, and Junior FIRST LEGO League teams and events. FIRST could not achieve the Joe & Ginny Szymanowski FLL Official Suppliers Eric Tilenius 3M powerful impact it does without this tremendous support. Gary L. Tooker** N LEGO Systems A/S Jack & Wendy Trommer FIRST thanks all of our supporters and makes every effort to ensure complete and accurate listings. If we’ve made Robert M. Tuttle*** FLL Sponsors S James R. Utaski*** an error, please accept our sincere apology, and please help us correct it by letting us know at 1-800-871-8326. National Instruments Edwin E. Van Brunt SAP

O Verizon Foundation State Government Affairs 2005 FIRST LEGO LEAGUE OFFICIAL FIRST FOUNDING SPONSORS Community Solutions Fund Anna Maenhout Council Foundation TOURNAMENT SPONSORS R John Abele, Boston Scientific Corporation Harold Cooper Girls Collaborative Project Joy and Brian Waibel Adventist Official Tournament Baxter International, Inc. Lynden F. Davis Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Dorothy B. Wells Berrien Springs, MI S DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund Richard DeSalvo Susie Mathieu*** Thomson West Robotics League DEKA R&D Corp. The Peggy & Millard Drexler Philanthropic Fund Douglas McElvein WhatGoesAround.org Delphi Patti & Terry Durkin Thomas & Paula McInerney Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Wilson, Pheasant Official Tournament Corporation Thomas Ellbogen Lucas Merrow Hill Foundation Huntsville, AL Johnson & Johnson Dennis Evangelista Thelma Pedersen Meyer Janet Winther Columbia High School Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Exxon-Mobil Foundation for volunteer Miracor Stephen Wyle Huntsville Electronics Motorola, Inc. Michael Goodwin George Mosher Ronald L. Zarrella** Rocket City Robotics Xerox Corporation Henry Fleischer Marian & Brian Murphy Siemens VDO Automotive Andrea Frankel MV Communications 2005 - 2006 FIRST PROFESSIONAL 2005 - 2006 FIRST OFFICIAL SPONSOR Gerald and Hope Freed, in honor of Nelson Family Foundation ASSOCIATIONS Alaska – Anchorage Official Tournament RadioShack® Corporation Jessica Heitfield and Justin Koon Cecilia Neumann* American Electronics Association Anchorage, AK Scott Frock Society for Technology American Society of Mechanical Alaska Robotics Education Association 2005 - 2006 FIRST CONTRIBUTORS John Morrison Galbraith in Education Engineers BP Anonymous Garuda, US Inc. New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium Computer Science Teachers Association Anonymous, in honor of the Ashare GM Volunteer Plu$ Program for Harold Paul Newman Girls, Inc. Alaska Fairbanks Official Tournament Family, Jonah Smith, Justin Swift E. Williams NHSTE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Fairbanks, AK Abbott Laboratories Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation Fund Philip S. Niegos Engineers Alaska Robotics Education Association John Abele*** of Tides Foundation Willard Nott National Defense Industrial Association BP Alcoa Foundation The Greenspan Foundation OSRAM Sylvania National Society of Black Engineers The FNSB School District Paul A. Allaire*** Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Gross Nathaniel Palmer Society of Automotive Engineers Paul Allaire, in memory of Chip Holt Deborah Grubbe* Dale Palmgren Society of Hispanic Professional Official Tournament Harry Baker Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Gudonis Brenda L. Pfahnl Engineers Phoenix, AZ Bancroft-Clair Foundation H & R Block Foundation PNY Technologies Society of Manufacturing Engineers General Motors Corporation Victor J. Bauer Stephen B. Hazard Qualcomm Inc. Society of Women Engineers Harley Davidson Motor Company Douglas L. Becker*** Brian Hendrickx Michael W. Robbins Link West Inc. Boston Museum of Science John M. Hennessy*** Dennis A. Roberson*** 2006 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS Joel Bowers Roderick M. Hills Dan Rochat, in honor of Carolyn Autodesk, Inc. Official Tournament Caryl & Barry Brensinger Larry Hixon, in honor of Kara & Ben Russ Dashiell, John Duncan, Kimberly BellSouth Mountain Home, AR Ira & Myrna Brind Foundation Gordon J. Homer*** Rochat, Vern & Marge Rochat, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Mountain Home High School David & Lori Brooks Kent Hughes* Judy & Dave Rochat-Read Central Intelligence Agency Science & Technology Group David W. Brown Lisa Hultgren Robert Romero The Coca-Cola Company Paul & Dorothy Brown, in memory of H. R. Hutchinson Viola Rothenberg Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation C. Official Tournament David M. Brown, Columbia Astronaut Dean L. Kamen*** Sargent Production Services, Inc. Delphi Clovis, CA David Burmaster Stephen & Michelle Kirsch Foundation Roland Schmitt* FedEx Corporation California Oncology Ursula M. Burns*** The Krawic Family Segway, in memory of Mrs. Jean R. Georgia Institute of Technology Clovis Unified School District François J. Castaing*** Edith & Godtfred Kirk Christiansens Fond** Heinzmann Georgia Power, a Southern Company Wells Fargo CFC-Solar Inc. ** Curt M. Selquist*** Kimberly-Clark Charity Checks, Inc. Barbara Ledford SERVO Magazine Lockheed Martin N. California Official Tournament Corey Chitwood LES Foundation Michael Silver NASA San Jose, CA Robert & Marisa Ciavaglia Henry Link Bruce G. Southworth Production Scientific-Atlanta, a CISCO Company City College, San Jose Charles Clement Lorman Education Services State Government Affairs Council Underwriters Laboratories Inc. FLL Team 1725 CMP Media LLC Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.*** Foundation of Virginia Wachovia Full Bloom Baking Company

*** Member of the FIRST Board of Directors ** FIRST Honorary Director * Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board

LEGO Education Official Tournament Skills USA, MGCCC-JC Chapter Official Tournament Los Altos Robotics Metairie, LA Triton Systems Inc. Brown Summit, NC Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) American Society of Mechanical USAF – Keesler AFB Corporation Michael and Wyn Schuh Engineers – New Orleans Section Seagate Best Tech Computer Services Official Tournament Official Tournament SIA, Semiconductor Industry Bruce J. Heim Foundation Ferguson, MO Grand Forks, ND Association Intralox, L.L.C. St. Louis Community College - Florissant Basin Electric Power Cooperative Kentwood Water Valley Campus Gremada Industries, Inc. S. California Official Tournament Schreier-Edison Foundation Ralph Engelstad Arena Carlsbad, CA University of New Orleans Official Tournament University of North Dakota (UND) Xavier University Las Vegas, NV University of North Dakota, School of Rob Mainieri, Mentor, Albertsons Engineering and Mines Official Tournament E. Massachusetts Official Tournament Cimarron-Memorial High School FRC Team 987 Team 812, The Midnight Mechanics Boulder, CO Quincy, MA FIRST NV Official Tournament Lockheed Martin Proctor & Gamble NASA Dayton, OH San Diego, CA University of Colorado at Boulder Quincy High SFC Universal Technology Corporation University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wright-Patterson Air Force Base The role of mentor is critical at FIRST. The Official Tournament W. Massachusetts Official Tournament Wright State University New Britain, CT Worcester, MA New Hampshire Official Tournament opportunity for students to work alongside professional Central Connecticut State University’s Raytheon Nashua, NH Official Tournament engineers and teachers in an intense, positive learning School of Technology Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) BAE Systems Hillsboro, OR Connecticut State Department of ADP environment can change students’ perspective on who Education C. Official Tournament Official Tournament AeA Science Center of Connecticut Castine, ME Flanders, NJ The Catlin Gabel School they are and what they can accomplish. Maine Robotics County College of Morris County Priscilla Chou Official Tournament The Maine Maritime Academy Mount Olive Board of Education C.M. Capital Foundation Newark, DE IBM The Woodie Flowers Award is given each year to the Dupont S. Maine Official Tournament New York City Official Tournament Inspiration Software Inc. MOE 365 Portland, ME New York City, NY Intel engineer or teacher who best demonstrates excellence Southern Maine University American Express June and William Lattin Official Tournament ConEdison LisLogic in teaching science, math, and creative design. This Official Tournament Melbourne, FL Credit Suisse Mentor Graphics year’s award went to Rob Mainieri of Team 812. For Florida Institute of Technology IEEE Catonsville, MD David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation Mercedes-Benz Student Organization BAE Systems H.O. Penn Machinery McMenamins more than five years, Rob’s FIRST students have Netherlands American Community Trust, Inc. RadiSys. Georgia Official Tournament Comcast New Jersey Institute of Technology Julie and William Reiersgaard thrived under his unique style. His skill in creating a Atlanta, GA Polytechnic University Dynamic Corporation Tektronix spirit of cooperation, collaboration, and learning Georgia Tech Hartford County Government Verizon Vernier Log.Sec Corporation Ted Wheeler amidst the demands of designing, building, and com- Official Tournament National Defense Industrial Association New York – Long Island Official Tournament Arlington Heights, IL SAIC Middle Island, NY E. Official Tournament peting is reflected in his team’s success in involving a Motorola Inc. TRI-S Incorporated SBPLI, Inc. Drexel Hill, PA Sonoscan The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Drexel University large percentage of the school’s students in FIRST. X-Treme Skooters New York – Lower Hudson Valley Entertainment Technology Corporation Peco Official Tournament Official Tournament Upper Darby High School Fort Wayne, IN Official Tournament Pleasantville, NY But perhaps the best evidence of Rob’s ability to Indiana University Novi, MI Pace University – School of Computer W. Pennsylvania Official Tournament Purdue University at Fort Wayne General Motors Science and Information Systems Pittsburgh, PA inspire young people and help them discover the Anonymous Official Tournament Official Tournament New York - Rochester Official Tournament The Alcoa Foundation excitement of science and engineering is Team 812’s Ames, IA St. Louis Park, MN Rochester, NY AT&T perfect record for alumni continuing to pursue Iowa State University INSciTE – High Tech Kids University of Rochester’s School of DSF Charitable Engineering and Applied Sciences The Grable Foundation education and careers in technology. Official Tournament Official Tournament The Heinz Endowments Bowling Green, KY Gautier, MS New York - Troy Official Tournament National Robotics Engineering Consortium NASA First Impressions Screen Printing (Edison,NJ) Troy, NY PPG Toyota NASA – John C. Stennis Space Center CIPCE Northrop Ship Systems GE Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) College-Jackson County Campus FIRST Annual Report :09 S Official Tournament Official Tournament China Saudi Arabia SAP East Providence/Bristol, RI Hortonville, WI Semia National Talents Training Center Statoil P IEEE Wisconsin Institute for Robotics in Education Tekna Igus Inc. Czech Republic Singapore ThyssenKrupp O Rhode Island School of the Future Canada Official Tournaments Hands on Technology Chrestar Trophy Robotics Roger Williams University Alberta Official Tournament Utdanningsdirektoratet Denmark South Various Local Education Authorities in N Edmonton, Alberta Official Tournaments Alberta Innovation and Science FIRST Scandinavia Artech Scandinavia Columbia, SC Alberta Lotteries Fund Vision Components S South Carolina Department of Education APEGGA Egypt South Korea VS Möbel University of South Carolina, College of ASET The Institute of Electrical and Electronics ALCO / ICIRA Yedigun (a brand of PepsiCo)

O Engineering and Information Technology Edmonton Catholic Schools Engineers (IEEE), GOLD Egypt section Edmonton Economic Development Corp. Spain 2006 FIRST VEX CHALLENGE PILOT Official Tournament Waiward Steel Faroe Islands Invenio Logic s.l PROGRAM SPONSORS R Cookeville, TN Western Economic Diversification Canada FIRST Scandinavia Innovation First, Inc. Tennessee Tech University Sweden Intelitek

S UT-Battelle British Columbia Official Tournament France FIRST Scandinavia RadioShack Corporation North Vancouver, British Columbia Planète Sciences C. Official Tournament BC Original Minds Association Switzerland 2006 FIRST VEX CHALLENGE PILOT Austin, TX North Vancouver School District #4 Germany Hands on Technology SITE SPONSORS National Instruments Roland Schigas Hands on Technology Connecticut Pilot Tournament Telus Taiwan Hartford, CT N. Texas Official Tournament Greenland K.Kingdom United Technologies Corporation, New Dallas, TX Newfoundland/Labrador Official FIRST Scandinavia England Regional Committee Charles Scott Cunningham Tournament Turkey Event Support Group, Inc. Salmonier, Newfoundland Hungary Smartkids Delaware Pilot Tournament Grand Prairie High School Eastern School District Hands on Technology Newark, DE Raytheon (Network Centric Systems) St. Catherine's School United Kingdom University of Delaware Richardson Home School Association Tucker Electronics Iceland First Hand Technology Richardson Independent School District Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's Verkfræ› ideild Háskóla Íslands Georgia Pilot Tournament Robotics Clubs for Kids 2005 FIRST LEGO League Sponsors Duluth, GA Rockwall High School Official Tournament Israel 3M Peachtree Regional Committee Toronto, Ontario FIRST Israel ABB S. Texas Official Tournament AV Projects AIUME – Asociación de Ingenieros Missouri Pilot Tournament Houston, TX Crescent School Japan Universitarios Mecánico Electricistas, AC Ferguson, MO Houston Robotics Esson Imperial Oil Foundation CREFUS Danfoss St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley FIRST Robotics Canada International Forskningsraadet Virginia Official Tournament General Motors of Canada Jordan Hightech Kids South Carolina Pilot Tournament Blacksburg, VA Jalynn Bennett and Associates King Hussein Foundation Hip2B2 – a division of the Shuttleworth Orangeburg, SC Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State LEGO Canada Foundation South Carolina State University University Mars Lithuania Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Mastermind Educational Technologies, Lietuvos "Minties Odisejos" Asociacija Ld Bangalore Texas Pilot Tournament University, College of Engineering Inc. King Hussein Foundation Arlington, TX Virginia Cooperative Extension, Spectrum Education Luxembourg Institute of Physics University of Texas, Arlington Department of 4-H Youth Development Stichting Techniekpromotie ITESM – Instituto Tecnológico y de 2005 FIRST LEGO League Outside Estudios Superiors de Monterrey 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Official Tournament North America Host Organizations Mexico (Campus Santa Fé) SUPPLIERS Bellevue, WA Austria Explora, Descubre y Crea, A.C. iTet Official Suppliers Bellevue Public Schools Hands on Technology Korozo Company Autodesk, Inc. Digikey Institute of Technology Netherlands Ljungberg Utbildningsfond FedEx Corporation Preston Ellis & Gates Australia Stichting Techniekpromotie Motorola Microchip Technology Inc. Seattle Robotics Association PRIME, James Cook University National Instruments National Instruments Norway Ignacio and Barbara Navarro – Underwriters Laboratories Official Tournament Belgium FIRST Scandinavia Pomedici, SA de CV Wheeling, WV Stichting Techniekpromotie Norsk Industri Diamond Suppliers American Electric Power Portugal Rahmi M. Koç Museum Igus NASA – Sponsored Classroom of the Future Brazil Evoluir21 - Associação para o Renate Intelitek NASA WestVirginia Space Grant Consortium EDAcom Technologia Desenvolvimento de Competências Robotdalen Wheeling Jesuit University em Ciência, Tecnologia e Robótica Platinum Suppliers 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Massachusetts Institute of Technology Detroit Regional ebm-pabst REGIONAL SPONSORS MIT Lincoln Laboratory Detroit, MI Festo Corporation Arizona Regional NASA AVI Fisher-Price® Phoenix, AZ The Richard & Susan Smith Family Bank One/JP Morgan Chase Innovation First, Inc. Amtech Systems Foundation Blue Cross-Blue Shield Michigan Arizona Science Center Systems The Castaing Family Foundation SMC Corporation Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. DaimlerChrysler Foundation The GM Desert Proving Grounds Buckeye Regional Dickinson Wright PLLC GM Welding Cleveland, OH DTE Foundation Gold Suppliers Honeywell, Inc. Battelle Columbus Operations Fund Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Analog Devices Innovation First, Inc. Cleveland Foundation General Motors Foundation Bosch Rexroth Corporation, Pneumatics Intel Corporation Diebold Knight Foundation/Community Owner & Chiaphua Components Ltd. ITT Technical Institute First Merit Bank Foundation of Southeast Michigan Deputy Chairman Delphi Jan Corey’s Machine Shop Forest City Enterprises Hans & Sandy Kuschnerus Trust DENSO Corporation Microchip Employees - United Way Gillette Michigan Department of Labor and It was a very simple connection Exide® Corporation The Microchip Technology Charity Goodrich Economic Growth Freelin-Wade Microchip Technology Foundation Graf-Tec Unigraphics that led to The LEGO Group’s HPE Automation ON Semiconductor NASA US Army (TARDEC) long history of leadership and support for FIRST. Philips Semiconductor NASA Glenn Research Center Wayne State University Silver Suppliers Steve Sanghi Ohio Aerospace Institute WJR Less than 10 years ago, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen and Bimba Manufacturing Company Valley of the Sun United Way Ohio Space Grant Consortium Dean Kamen met and had the opportunity to talk. DEKA Wells Fargo Bank RPM Finger Lakes Regional Fluid Power Education Foundation White Electronics Designs, Inc. SMART Consortium Rochester, NY They shared their personal perspectives on the Gardner Denver Thomas Inc. Yann La Fou Textron Systems Bausch & Lomb Inc. TM power of creative thinking, the link between Globe Motors Citizens Communications Hatch Technology BAE Systems Granite State Regional Chesapeake Regional Eastman Kodak learning and fun, and the need to help more young Hewlett- Manchester, NH Annapolis, MD Excellus Blue Cross Norgren BAE Systems Lockheed Martin Harris Corporation people discover both. The conversation wasn’t long, Parker Hannafin Corporation Sylvan Laureate Foundation William McGowan Charitable Fund but it had a lasting effect. It led to the launch of Taigene Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. Boilermaker Regional M/E Engineering, PC Terminal Supply Company West Lafayette, IN Colorado Regional Optimation Technology FIRST LEGO League, with The LEGO Group as Tyco Electronics Bruno’s Pizza Denver, CO Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Founding Partner. The Coca-Cola Company ARACAR Paetec Communications Bronze Suppliers Delphi Ball Corporation Philip Saunders Allegro Microsystems Dupont BroadbandVideo Rochester Business Journal Today, FLL provides over 75,000 middle-school-aged Clippard Instrument Laboratory General Motors CH2M Hill Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. Kimberly-Clark Colorado State University at Pueblo Rochester Institute of Technology students in 31 countries with an opportunity to Midtronics Mars DeVry University-CO Xerox apply their creative thinking ability, learn first-hand Monnier Incorporated OneSource Hewlett-Packard T&L Publications: Sarge Preston’s IEEE Florida Regional what it’s like to develop solutions to real-world Nuts and Volts Magazine Purdue Alumni Association Lockheed Martin Orlando, FL SERVO MagazineTM Purdue iTAP Maverick Enterprises AAA engineering problems, and have more fun doing Purdue University NASA ABB both than they ever thought possible. The program Contributors Snow Bear PercepTek, Inc. Bradley Investments American Anko Company Solae Raindance DeVry University, Miami has also grown to include Junior FIRST LEGO Anderson Power Products® Stellar Solutions Foundation DeVry University, Orlando League, which brings the fun and excitement of Andy Mark Boston Regional Technetronic Solutions, Inc. Florida High Tech Corridor Eastern Bearings, Inc. Boston, MA University of Colorado-Boulder, School of Florida Space Grant Consortium solving problems with innovative thinking to 6-9- Kent Elastomer Products Agganis Arena Engineering and Applied Science Harris year-olds. While The LEGO Group’s support of KERK Motion Products Bay State Federal Savings Leftwich Consulting Lord Corporation Boston University Department of Davis/Sacramento Regional Lockheed Martin FIRST now involves hundreds of people in both Nason Engineering Davis, CA Motorola iDEN organizations, includes ® Peer Bearing Credit Suisse EMC NASA/KSC Poof-Slinky Paul DiGiammarino NASA Progress Energy products, financial support, and thousands of vol- Skyway Recreational Products Dunkin Brands University of California – Davis SAAB Training Texas Instruments Gillette University of California – Davis, College Siemens Westinghouse unteers, it can be traced directly to a very simple, WIKA Instruments Harvard University of Engineering Sypris Test & Measurement but very powerful connection between two people. Massachusetts Army National Guard Xyratex TUI Business Machines

FIRST Annual Report :11 S United Space Alliance Greater Toronto Regional National Instruments New York City Regional Siemens Diesel Systems Technology, LLC University of Central Florida, College of Mississauga, ON, Canada Rockwell Foundation New York, NY SKStrategies, LLC P Engineering & Computer Science Argosy Foundation Woodforest National Bank ADP South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) The Walt Disney Company Arthur S. Ainsberg Steve Swanson O Jalynn Bennett Midwest Regional American Express Foundation Verizon Wireless GM/Technion Israel Regional E. W. Bickle Foundation Chicago, IL The Bezos Family Foundation Westinghouse Savannah River Company

N Tel Aviv, Israel S.M. Blair Family Foundation DeVry University Bloomberg Wilbur Smith Associates Ken Bialkin Dow Chemical Canada Motorola Bristol Myers Squibb Mr. & Mrs. Leon Cooperman General Motors of Canada University of Illinois William J. & Edith Budney Peachtree Regional S Jeffrey Cunningham Honeywell Engines Jeremiah & Karen Callaghan Duluth, GA James Dimon Imperial Oil Foundation NASA/VCU Regional Con Edison Karen Albrecht

O Irwin Dorros The Kingbridge Centre Richmond, VA Credit Suisse American Institute of Aeronautics and GM-UMI McMaster University Alfa Laval Michael Dubno Astronautics (AIAA) Morey Goldberg MDA Space Missions American Institute of Aeronautics & Katherine Gibbs School - Career Applied Systems Intelligence, Inc. R Marc S. Goldman Precarn Astronautics Education Corp. BellSouth Alfred Goldstein Province of Ontario Booz Allen Hamilton H.O. Penn Machinery BellSouth Foundation S Jeff & Andi Goodman Queen’s University CapTech Ventures Johnson & Johnson The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation GM Foundation RCC Institute of Technology Marie Dennett Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation DBM Israel Ministry of Education Scotiabank DeVry University Ana Martinez –“Just Give” Award DeVry University Earle Kazis Society of Manufacturing Engineers Dominion MetLife EMS Technologies, Inc. Honorable Frank Lautenberg TD Bank Financial Group DuPont Spruance, Richmond Michael Neumann Georgia Institute of Technology Stuart Levine Toronto Hydro General Dynamics Network Systems Netherlands American Community Trust, Inc. Georgia Power Robert J. Levenson Torys LLP Genworth Financial New Jersey Institute of Technology Kimberly-Clark Corporation Robert Marbut University of Guelph Greater Richmond Technology Council NYC Department of Environmental Lockheed Martin Bernard Marcus University of Toronto Groot Family Foundation Protection NASA Benjamin R. Pierce University of Waterloo Infineon Technologies Richmond Polytechnic University Bert Nasuti – Commissioner, Gwinnett Arthur Ross Foundation Jewett Machine Siemens County, GA Edward Rust, Jr. Las Vegas Regional Lockheed Martin Two Sigma Investments Neighbors for Nasuti Walter & Judith Shipley Las Vegas, NV Lowe’s of Short Pump Judy & Josh Weston The Netherlands American Community Paul Silberberg Bechtel Foundation/Bechtel SAIC Co., LLV Micron Technology Trust, Inc. Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation Bigelow Aerospace Co. Mircon Pacific Northwest Regional Scientific-Atlanta Technion – Israel Institute of Technology EG&G MITAC Portland, OR Sevaa Group, Inc. City of Tel Aviv Robert Mendenhall/Las Vegas Paving NASA Langley Research Center American Electronics Association (AeA) Siemens Energy & Automation Robert C. Waggoner Corporation Raytheon Kathy Clevenger Southern Polytechnic State University Marc H. Wallenstein NASA Ronald A. Williams, Ltd/Technology for Digimarc Corporation Thompson, O’Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C. Stanley Weiss SAIC Venture Capital Corporation Teaching Hewlett-Packard UPS Judy & Josh Weston Fund Southwest Gas Corporation Science Museum of Virginia ITT Technical Institute Wachovia Mortimer B. Zuckerman Technology Ventures Corporation SyCom Technologies Microchip Technology Inc. Wheeler High School TIMET Virginia Commonwealth University NASA Great Lakes Regional Tronox, LLC Olympic Controls Philadelphia Regional Ypsilanti, MI University of Nevada, Las Vegas New Jersey Regional Gloria Page Philadelphia, PA AVL Trenton, NJ Pixel Works Delaware Valley Chapter of the American DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund Lone Regional Jennifer Adams Eric and Cynthia Strid Corporate Counsel Association Delphi Foundation Houston, TX ADP Tektronix Foundation (DELVACCA) EDS Advantica Angel Family Foundation DuPont Center for Collaborative Research Ford Motor Company Fund American Society of Mechanical Bristol Myers Squibb Palmetto Regional & Education General Motors Foundation Engineers – Petroleum Division Johnson & Johnson Columbia, SC Drexel University ITT Technical Institute Anadarko Petroleum Mercedes-Benz USA BB&T Independence Blue Cross & Blue Shield Hans & Sandy Kuschnerus ARC Specialties, Inc. MetLife BellSouth Motorola Magna-Intier Automotive BP NASA BMW Manufacturing Co. PECO Metaldyne Burlington Foundation New Jersey Institute of Technology Carolina FIRST Rohm and Haas Michigan Department of Labor and ConocoPhillips Prosperity New Jersey City of Columbia, SC Sunoco Foundation Economic Growth DeVry University Prudential Insurance Hayne Hipp Society of Women Engineers - SWE Duke Energy PSE&G The InterTech Group, Inc. Pittsburgh Regional Toyota Evelyn Griffin Select Equity Group Michelin North America Pittsburgh, PA Washtenaw Community College ITT Technical Institute SME, Inc. Piedmont Natural Gas Accenture WJR Jacobs Engineering Judy & Josh Weston Fund Progress Energy The BPRI Group on behalf of John Wheeler NASA Johnson Space Center Pryiman Cable & Systems Heinz Endowments Mellon St. Louis Regional 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION University of Rochester Nat West St. Charles, MO SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS University of South Carolina Nova Chemicals Corporation The Doerr Family Paul Allaire Medal University of Southern California Rapidigm, Inc. MasterCard International Arizona State University University of Waterloo St. Louis Community Foundation/Seeser ASME Virginia Commonwealth University SBPLI Long Island Regional Family Fund Boston University Washington State University Hempstead, NY CIA University Wayne State University BAE Systems UTC/New England Regional Phil Clancy Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Battelle Memorial Institute Hartford, CT Clarkson University NASA Dayton T. Brown The Connecticut Center for Science and College for Creative Studies 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Creative Socio-Medic Exploration Colorado State University-Pueblo TOP TEAM SPONSORS Exploration, discovery, and understanding (Ten or more teams in 2006) EDO Corporation United Technologies Corporation Daniel Webster College are at the core of NASA. They also FESTO Verizon Foundation DeVry University American Electric Power Halpern Eurich Drexel University Argosy Foundation serve as the foundation for NASA’s Hofstra University Waterloo Regional Eastern Michigan University BAE Systems InfoHighway ARC Waterloo, ON, Canada Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Bezos Family Foundation long-standing support for FIRST. Ingerman Smith LLP Christie Farleigh Dickinson University Consolidated Edison, Inc. As lead FIRST Robotics Competition Senator Owen H. Johnson COM DEV Ferris State University DaimlerChrysler JPMorgan Chase Discovery Channel Florida Atlantic University Delphi Automotive Systems Sponsor, NASA has been an important partner in Long Island Hospital Network Fred & Charleen Gorbet Florida Institute of Technology DeVry University Moore Stephens Levittsafety Limited Grand Valley State University Ford Motor Company FIRST’s growth. As the major contributor for Municipal Testing Labs Maplesoft Hampshire College General Electric new regional events, NASA has helped FRC grow Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union NDI Henry Ford Community College General Motors Northrop Grumman Province of Ontario Hofstra University Houston Endowment Inc. to 33 regional events this year. The multi-year OSI The RECORD Illinois Institute of Technology Intel Corporation School Construction Consultants RIM ITT Technical Institute ITT Technical Institute NASA grant program for rookie teams has helped South Oaks Hospital TD Financial Group State University Johnson & Johnson and affiliates hundreds of new teams participate in FRC and Stony Brook University Toyota Kettering University Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Suffolk County National Bank University of Waterloo Lake Superior State University Lockheed Martin been a major factor in reaching a total of 1,133 Teachers Federal Credit Union University of Waterloo Engineering Lawrence Technological University NASA Mercedes-Benz USA LLC NIST teams. In addition, NASA provides thousands of Silicon Valley Regional West Michigan Regional Michigan State University Northrop Grumman Corporation hours of volunteer time as well as webcasts of the San Jose, CA Allendale, MI Michigan Technological University Raytheon Company BAE Systems Autocam Corporation Montclair State University Siemens FRC Kickoff event, regional competitions, and EMC Clipper Belt Lacer Company New Jersey Institute of Technology Toronto District School Board Google General Motors Corporation Northeastern University United Technologies Corporation the Championship in Atlanta. House Family Foundation ITT Technical Institute Ohio State University Verizon Communications Inc. NASA Kendall Electric Incorporated Olin College of Engineering The Walt Disney Company San Jose State University Michigan Department of Labor and Oregon State University Dave Lavery, Program Executive for Solar System San Jose State University Associated Students Economic Growth Pennsylvania College of Technology 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Starbucks Progressive AE Polytechnic University TEAM SPONSORS Exploration, has been a key architect of NASA’s Xyratex Steelcase, Incorporated Purdue University Anonymous leadership role over the years. Dave explains NASA’s Westwater Group (J. C. Huizenga) Raytheon Company 21st Century Southern California Regional Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 21st Century Fund involvement this way: “On a pragmatic, business Los Angeles, CA Wisconsin Regional Rochester Institute of Technology 4 Office Solutions Ahmanson Foundation Milwaukee, WI Schoolcraft College 460 Machine Shop level, it just makes sense for NASA to cooperate Air Force Association Clair Baum SCRRF (Southern California Robotics) 4H Robotics with FIRST. We believe we’re creating the future Annenberg Foundation GE Healthcare Society of Women Engineers 5 Star Racing NASA ITT Education Services Temple University 74 Proud Grandmas talent pool of employees in the robotics field. On The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation Lesro Industries University of Arkansas-Little Rock 84 Lumber Northrop Grumman University University of California-Davis A Better Mousetrap Machining an individual, personal level, FIRST is having a real Oppenheimer Family Foundation Milwaukee Area Technical College University of Central Florida A&M Industrial Supply impact on the lives of these students, helping them Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Chicago-Illinois AA Precision Manufacturing Raytheon NASA University of Dayton AAA South Jersey realize what they’re capable of. On a national level, Toyota Graphics University of Delaware AAI Corporation Noah Wyle Foundation Rockwell Charitable Trust University of Denver Aalderink Electric Co. we’re creating new engineers who will drive the University of Hartford ABB entire future economic engine of the country.” University of New Hampshire ABCO Automation

FIRST Annual Report :13 S 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Amplifier Research Balloon Depot Booz Allen Hamilton CapTech Ventures, Inc. TEAM SPONSORS (Cont.) Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Bally Design Borg Inc. R. P. Carbone P Accu-Tech Analex Corporation Bangor Metals Borg Warner Carle Place Educational Foundation AccuFab Inc. Analog Bank Hapoalim BorgWarner Morse TEC Carlos Becker Metalurgica Industrial Ltda O ACE Clearwater Enterprises Analog Devices Banner Engineering Corp. Bosch Carlyon Drywall ACE Hardware Analytical Graphics Inc. William C. Bannerman Foundation Bosch ATMO Carpenters Local #308 Anchor Lamina Inc. Barkhouser Ford Bosch Rexroth Carter Burgess Engineers N ACTI ADP Android Industries Bassett Furniture, Inc. Boston University Carter Lumber Advanced Laser & Waterjet Cutting Angel Family Foundation Battelle BP Americas Cascabel Properties S Advanced Manufacturing Techniques Inc. Anholt Technologies, Inc. Battelle Memorial Institute BP Case Western Reserve University Advanced Network Systems Ann Arbor Machine Bausch & Lomb BP Solar Casper College

O Advanced Power Technology Anne Arundel Tech Council BAX Global BPI Machining Castaing Family Foundation Advanced Web Systems Annenberg Foundation Baxter Healthcare of Tampa Bay Brackett Castle & Cooke, Inc./Dole Plantation AdvanceSC Anteon Corporation BCIT Foundation R. Bratti Associates Caterpillar Inc. R AEC CADCON, Inc. AON Becton Dickinson Breakthrough Conversations Inc. Cellcom AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.) Apex Machine Co. bd Systems Inc. Briddell Builders Central Pattern Co.

S Aerospace North Bay Apotex Inc. Beatty International Bridgeman Machines Central Screw Products Arthur S. Ainsberg Foundation Appalachian School of Pharmacy Beaverton Education Foundation Bridgestone Firestone Cesarea Foundation Air Specialists Inc. Applied Design Bechtel Nevada Briggs & Stratton CFD Research Corporation Aircom Manufacturing Applied Industrial Technologies Becklan Construction Brigham Young University - Chaparral High School Education Foundation Airline Hydraulics Corporation Applied Manufacturing Technologies Beckman-Coulter Brimatco Corporation Chelsea Comfort Inn and Conference Center Akamai Foundation Applied Systems Intelligence Beechwold Hardware Bristol-Myers Squibb Chelsea Lumber Akebono Applied Welding Technology Behr America Butch Broad ChemTreat, Inc. Al-Craft Industries Apptech, Inc. Beitzel Corporation Broadbent & Associates Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) Alabama A & M University ARC Specialties Bell Canada Bromberg and Sunstein Chevron Alachua County Public Schools Arcata Associates, Inc. BellSouth Foundation Bronx High School of Science Alumni Chevron Richmond Refinery Alamo Community College District Foundation Arco Construction Co. Belt Power Association Chicago Soft, Ltd. Albany International AREVA Bend Research Inc. Brookhaven National Lab Chinese Club of San Marino Albany Rotary Clubs Argosy Foundation Bent River Machine, Inc. Brooklyn Tech. Alumni Assoc. Chipotle Alcatel Arial Foundation Bentley Manufacturing Susan Diane Brown, Chartered Accountant Proving Grounds Algonquin College ARINC Technical Excellence Society Bentley World Packaging Brown & Associates CIRI Foundation Alion Arkema Inc. Berger Manufacturing, Inc. Brown University Cisco Systems, Inc. Alaska Robotics Education Association ARM Berkshire Power Bruce Power Citigroup Allegro Microsystem, Inc. Armstrong Engineering Consulting Berry Construction Bunting Sand & Gravel City College of New York Army Research Laboratory Best Metal Products D. & J. Burdett City Tech Alltech Arrow Metal Stamping Beta Sigma Psi Rolla Alumni Bureau of Reclamation Clal Industries The Alphabet Garden LLC ArvinMeritor Bezos Family Foundation Burgess Pigment Company Clarion Hotel ALRO Steel ASAN Big Image Corporation Burns and McDonnel Clay Christensen Group LLC Alstom Power ASECO Integrated Systems Ltd. Big R Stores The Byrne Foundation Cleveland TechWorks Altshular Ashton Security Laboratories Bihler of America Bytewise CMCI Altuglas International / Arkema Group ASME Birdwell Machine C-STEM CMS Endowment Foundation AM General ASME - International Petroleum Bittware, Inc. C-STEM Teacher & Student Support CNC Software America West Airlines Educational Grant Technology Institute BJ Services Services, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company American Acrylics USA LLC ASRC Black & Decker C&L Technologies Coffey Machining Services American Astronautical Society AssetPoint Arthur M. Blank Foundation Cabin Fever Expo COGCO American Axle & Manufacturing AST BLAST Foundation Cachelan Coggsdale Flooring American Electric Power Atomic Energy of Canada Bloomberg Cadence Innovation Cognex Corporation American Electric Power SWEPCO Aurora Flight Sciences Blue Print Automation Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Cognos Incorporated International American Electrical Inc. Automation Direct BlueChip Machine & Fabrication Calcagni Associates Real Estate Coherent DEOS American Elements Automation Electronics BMW of NA California State University, Fresno Collbran Job Corps Center American Federal AVL BNG American Savannah River Corporation California State University, Northridge Collins Contracting Company American Israeli Paper Mills Ltd. AVL North America, Inc. Boehringer Ingelheim California State University, Los Angeles-MEP Colonial Supplemental Insurance American Precision Manufacturing LLC B&K Corporation Company California State University, Northridge Colorado School of Mines American SHOWA Bad Boys From Bay Shore Ltd. Bon-l Campbell Soup Company Columbia University American Systems Engineering Corporation BAE Systems Bond FluidAir Inc Capaldi Corporation Columbus State Community College Ametek Dixson Baldwin Foundation for Education Ray & Linda Booker Capco Comau Pico AMF Bakery Systems Ball Aerospace Booker T. Washington Foundation for Capital Die Community College of Philadelphia Amphenol Ball State University Academic Excellence Capitol Metals Compass Solutions 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION D. & M. Model and Machine Shop DRN Machine EnCana Oil & Gas FMC Food Tech TEAM SPONSORS (Cont.) D. R. M. Stakor & Associates DRS Engineered Sales FMC Technologies Comporium D5Robotics : School District Five of Druai Consulting Enstrom Helicopter FNS Network CompuCraft Lexington and Richland Counties Druai Education Services Envision Radio Corporation Fold-A-Goal Computer Dynamics Dade Behring DTE Energy EOIR Technologies Ford FIRST Robotics Computer Systems Corporation DaimlerChrysler Corporation Dan & Mike Dubno EPIC Systems Inc. Ford Motor Company Compuware DaimlerChrysler St. Louis South Assembly Ducommun Aerostructures ESAB Welding and Cutting Products Forsyth Alliance Concept XXI Plant UAW Locals 100& 597 Duke Energy Ethicon Bruce & Terry Forystek ConocoPhillips Dakota Prairie Supply Duke University Evans Leasing FPL Energy Consolidated Edison, Inc. Dallas Optical Systems, Inc. Charles Dunn EvilRobotics.net Fralo Industries Inc. Continental Plastics Corporation Dana Corporation DuPont Exatron Frazier Aviation Contra Costa College Danville Public Schools Gifted Resources Dupont Advanced Fiber Systems Exelon Nuclear-Byron Generating Station Freudenberg-NOK Control Products Corp. Dart Foundation DuPont Delisle Exide Technologies Frey Family Foundation ConvaTec - Bristol-Myers Squibb Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center DuPont Engineering Exxon Chemical Company Friedmann Electric Convergence Education Foundation Datta Consultants, Inc. DuPont Sontara Technologies ExxonMobil Corporation Front Range Engineering Cook Incorporated Bill Davis Inc. Dupont Spruance ExxonMobil Chemical Company Frontiers of Flight Museum Cookshack Day Tool Durakon Industries F & D Falls Excavating Fulk Machine Shop Cool Jewels Dayton Superior Dymotek, Inc. F.E.A.R Foundation The Future Is Mine Cool-O-Matic DDBA Dyneon 3M F/N Manufacturing G&L Precision Corp. Cooley Group DEF Welding Dyntek Fab2Order Gamewood Data Systems Cooper and Brass Sales DELMIA EA Engineering Science and Technology Fabco-Air, Inc. Gamut Threads Cooper Research, LLC Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation EA Machining Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Garmin AT Cooper Union Delphi Thermal Industries Inc. Foundation Gartrell Foundation Copeland Gibson DENSO Eagle Rider Motorcycle Rental Fairchild Semiconductor Gates Corporation Michael Corbett DDS DePuy, Codman, DePuy Spine-Johnson Earthlink, Inc. Fairfield Development LP General Electric (GE) Cordis Corporation (J&J) & Johnson Companies Earthman’s Education Services, Inc. Fairfield Veterinary Hospital GE Aircraft Engines Cornell University FIRST Robotics Club Design Innovation, Inc. Eason Grant Fairfield-Suisun Rotary GE Canada Corning Tropel Deutsch Dagan, Ltd. East Coast Appraisal Falls Church City Television GE College Bound Program Corry Contract Inc. DevicePoint East County ROP FANUC Robotics Inc. GE Consumer & Industrial Corry Industrial Roundtable DeVincenzi Metal Products Inc. East Harlem Tutorial Program Farmingdale University GE Elfun Corry Lumber Co. DeVry University Eastern Educational Foundation Fastenal GE Energy Corry Rubber Corp. DeWALT Eastern Regional High School Board of Faurecia Interior Systems - North America GE Fanuc Cosworth, Inc. Dewey’s Dry Cleaners Education Division GE Healthcare Cox & Company, Inc. DHACNY ebm-papst Industries Inc. FCI GE Healthcare Technologies CP Films, Inc. Diggit, Inc. ECCS/21st Century CLC Feldman Orthodontics GE Medical Ronald C. Crane Digital Fusion, Inc. Echo Pizza Ferguson Perforating & Wire GE Plastics Priscilla & Dennis Crawford Direct Dimensions Eco-Bat Ferrellgas GE PolymerShapes Credit Suisse Discovery Business Systems Inc. Economic Development Corporation of Ferris State University GE Power Systems CRH Transportation DISTek Integration, Inc. Southwest California Festo Corporation GE Transportation Criterium-Turner Engineers Diversified Educational Systems ECPI Festo Neumatics GE Transportation Global Signaling Crosman Corporation Division by Zero - Clarkson SPEED Program The Ed Fund Fibertek GE VisioWare, Inc. Crowder Machine and Tool D.L.C. & Sons Machine EDF Filipino Community of Carson Gee Jeffrey Partners Advertising Crystal View Corp. Dodson Restoration Edina Education Fund Filtrona Fibertec General Atomics CSK Doerfer Companies EDS Canada Fireye General Bearing Service Inc. CSRA Robot Warriors Dofasco EG&G Logistics The First Presbyterian Church of Weatherly General Dynamics Network Systems CTDI Domingo Vara EHA FIRST Robotics General Motivation CTS Corp Dominion Elbit Systems Ltd. FIRST Robotics Club, Cornell General Motors Corporation (GM) Culver City Education Foundation Dominion Millstone Power Station Electric Power Training Center First Service Realty International General Motors - Arlington Assembly Custom Finishers Dominion Nuclear Connecticut Inc. Electrical Union First State Robotics, Inc. General Motors CCRW Cuyahoga County Workforce Dorchester County Council Electroimpact Firstbank General Motors CRW/ESYS Development Dept Dow Chemical Company Electrolock Fischer Tool & Die Corporation Cuyahoga Community College, Youth DP Products Embry-Riddle Flashpoint Machine General Motors Desert Proving Grounds Technology Academy DPCDSB EMC Flexicell, Inc. Ltda CV Robotics DreamWorks Animation SKG EMC Corporation Florence Darlington Technical College General Motors Engineering Structural CyboSoft Drexel University EMC-DG Florida Neurosurgical Associates Development Laboratories Cypress Computer Systems Inc. DRG DataRecoveryGroup Emerson Fluent, Inc. General Motors Finance Staff D. & E. Machining Inc. DRHS PTSA EMI Plastics Fluke General Motors Truck Assembly D. & L. Entertainment DRIVE EMS Technologies Fluor General Motors Foundation

FIRST Annual Report :15 S 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION City of Hammond Hooker Furniture Corporation Invoke Systems Jubilee Housing Initiative & Community TEAM SPONSORS (Cont.) Harbec Plastics The Hoover Foundation Iowa Fluid Power Development Corporation P General Motors General Assembly Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Hoselton IPEI Juniper Networks Engineering Hardcore Racing HostRocket.com Iron Workers K-T Corp. O General Motors Grand Rapids Metal Center Hardee’s House Family Foundation Iscar Kaemmerer Group General Motors Manufacturing Hargray The Houston Endowment ISCO Karl Linn

N General Motors Milford Proving Ground Harley-Davidson of York How Stuff Works Israel Air Force KatArt General Motors Moraine Town of Harmony Howard County Public Schools Israel Air Force Association Kathy Mahan General Motors of Canada Ltd. Harmony Masonic Lodge #42 Hoyt, Brumm & Link Israel Aircraft Industries The Kauffman Family S General Motors Powertrain Harris Corporation HR Textron Issaquah Schools Foundation Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation General Motors St. Catharines Powertrain Harro Hoflinger HS Technologies IST Kawasaki Robotics

O General Motors St. Catharines Powertrain Hart GMC The Hudson Farm Foundation ISU GK-12 Project - NSF Grant Kaz Inc. & OPG Hart’s True Value Hardware Hughes Aero Structures Inc. ITEA Brenda Keith General Motors Shreveport Assembly Plant Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation item Midwest Keller USA R General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant Insurance Company Hunt Brothers ITT Industries Space System Division J.H. Kelly Gensler Haworth Inc. Hunter Industries Inc. ITT Technical Institute Ken-Tronics S Gentex Corporation Hayes Lemmerz Hydraquip Ituran Kepco Inc. . T. White Ltd. Hayes Speed Shop Hydro Arch ITW Drawform Kettering University Geocon Heads Up Construction Hypertherm, Inc. Ivy Tech Community College kevinro.com Geokon, Inc. Heat Transfer Systems I/O Controls J.M. Huber Keystone Threaded Products Georgia Institute of Technology HEC IAI J.J. Mech Contractors KG Projections, Inc. Gershow Recycling HECO IBM J. & F. Machine Kikkoman Foods GHI Editing Business Heinz Endowments ICSD Jackson Foundation Kimberly-Clark Gill Industries Heinz Foundation Idaho State University Michael & Laura Jackson Kimble Precision Gillette Co. Hella Electronics Corporation IDEO JE Jacobs Kingsgate Transportation Gleason Works Henkel Technologies IDEXX Laboratories Jagtiani + Guttag Kingsville Greenhouse Growers Glen Magnetics The Hennessy Family Foundation IEEE JAHS Parent’s Association Kinna Family Glendale College Henrico Doctor’s Hospital IISNet Networks Jake’s Handyman Service Kinsley Construction Co. Inc. Glendale Community College Henrico Education Foundation Illinois Eastern Community Colleges James R. Moore Memorial VFW Post Kionix Godwin Pumps Hepburn Engineering Imerys #8726 and Women’s Auxiliary Knesal Engineering Services, Inc. GOLD Screen Printing Inc. Hercules, Inc. Impact on Education Janco Electronics Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Inc. Goodrich Corporation Herman Miller Foundation IMS Janssen Ortho, LLC KRM Enterprises Goodrich Martians Team 494 Hertz IMT York Jarrett Welding KTS Tooling Goodwin Foundation Hewett’s Wood & Sheet Metal LLC INA JAZ Industries, Inc. KUKA Google Hewlett-Packard Indian River Community College JEA L & L Products Gordon Woods Welding Supply Hexion Indiana Department of Workforce Jefferson Labs L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Gorman’s Gallery HI Solutions Development Martha Jennings Foundation L.R. Cannon Enterprises Yvette & Larry Gralla Higgs Technical Consulting Industrial Extrusion Belting JERR-DAN Corporation LA Valley College GRAPCEP/Davenport Hill’s Heating and Cooling Industrial Metal Supply Jim Minkey Remax Today La-Z-Boy Inc. Graystone Inc. Hilltop Infineon Technologies, Richmond JMI Software Consultants Inc. Labsphere, Inc. GRC Hinckley Research Infineum Joe’s Garage Lake Erie Electric Loomis Division Greenville Technical College Hinds Family InnoTech Laker Energy Products Ltd. Grundfos Hispanic Engineers National Achievement InnovaIT, Inc. John Deere Waterloo Operations LAM Research GSK Awards Corporation Innovative Dynamics, Inc. John Tyler Community College Lanco Assembly Systems Guardian Industries HITACHI Foundation Innovative Metalworks Johnson & Johnson Landaal Packaging Guidant R. M. Hoffman Company Innovative Signs Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Landwell Company Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Hofstra University Intel Corporation Personal Products Worldwide Councilman Andrew Lanza Gumbo Holi Frijoles Tex-Mex Intelitek Johnson & Johnson PRD Laron Incorporated Gund Foundation Holy Trinity Parish Intelligent Automation, Inc. Johnson & Johnson PSGA Dr. Richard Lasbury DDS George Gund Foundation Home Depot Interface Innovations Johnson & Johnson VISTAKON Albert & Tammy Latner Foundation Gwinnett County Schools HomeSeer Technologies Interlocks Johnson Controls Laughlin Racing Products Joe Gyongyosi Honda International Paper Corporation Johnson Madison Lumber Company Laureate H.S. Die & Engineering Honda of America Manufacturing Intersil Johnson Research Development LAUSD “Beyond The Bell” H/J Manufacturing Honda of South Carolina Intertape Polymer Group Jostens Shelby Lawhorn & Friends Hagerstown / Washington County Honda R & D Intier Automotive JP Fabrications Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Industrial Foundation, Inc Honeywell Intralox JP Financial Lawrence Technological University Halliburton Honeywell International Inc. Intuitive Research & Technology JR Automation Technologies, Inc. LBJ - LASA Robotics Association Honeywell/Textron Intuitive Surgical, Inc. JSP Lear Corporation 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Magma Engineering Co. Micro Analysis NASA Glenn Research Center Networks TEAM SPONSORS (Cont.) Magna Donnelly Microchip Technology Inc. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center North Carolina A&T State University Lear Romec Magnecomp Corporation Microfinish NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center RoboBees North Coast Components Legg Mason Funds Magnolia Metal and Plastic Micron Technology, Inc. NASA Headquarters North Santa Clara County ROP Leis Machine Shop Maher Construction Microsoft NASA Space Grant - Idaho Northeast Powder Tech Lennox Drum Main Technologies Mid-States Bolt & Screw Co. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Northeastern University Lewis Marine Supply of Greenport City of Manassas Public Schools Midtronics NASA Kennedy Space Center Northern Arizona University Liberty Fellowship Education Foundation, Inc. Midway Machine Technologies NASA Langley Research Center Northfield Savings Bank Lifestyle Furniture Manistee County Community Foundation Midwest Fluid Power NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Northrop Grumman Corporation C A Lindell Manufacturers Round Table Midwest Research Institute NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Linear Contours Marotta Controls, Inc. Mike’s Home Repair NASA Network of Educator Astronaut Northwest Industries Link Engineering Company Marquette University MIKON Systems, Inc. Teachers (NEAT) Norwich Glass Linn-Mar Booster Club Stephanie & Stephen Marshall Mililani Wal-Mart NASA Robotics Education FIRST Norwich University, David Crawford Linn-Mar Foundation Maryland Space Business Roundtable, Inc. Milken Family Foundation Sponsorship Program School of Engineering Lion Brothers Corporation Maryland Space Grant Consortium Mill Steel NASA Stennis Space Center Notre Dame University Litchfield Education Foundation Mass Bay Engineering Miller Bearings and Motion Systems NASA University Space Grant NOVA Chemicals Livingston Tool & Mfg Materials Handling Systems, Inc. Miller Electric NASA Johnson Space Center NSF - GK-12 Project LOC Federal Credit Union Matsumoto Shave Ice Miller Environmental Group NASA’s Maryland Space Grant Consortium NSK Bearing William H. Lockey, Jr. Maxx Knives Miller Place PTO National Armiture NTN Bearings Lockheed Mayo Manufacturing Milovich Family National Electrical NWTC Lockheed Martin Mayo Welding City of Milpitas National Grid Nypro Inc. Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies Inc. Mazu Networks, Inc. Milwaukee Rotary National Institute of Aeronautics O’Brien Realty - Mrs. Susan Stachelczyk Lockheed Martin Kelly Aviation Center MBDA Missile Systems Milwaukee School of Engineering National Instruments Oceaneering International, Inc. Lockheed Martin M&DS MBNA Minnick Web Services National Life Group Odd Fellows, Waterbury, CT Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems MBNA Foundation Mission Benefits National Lumber Company OEM Controls Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control MBS Mitretek National Society of Black Engineers Ohio State University LocoLabs McGraw-Hill Companies MMC National Starch and Chemical Company State University Loewen & Partners McHale Creative Monarch Instrument NATIVE Oklahoma State University, College of Logan Machine Company McInerny Foundation Monster Cable NAVAIR Engineering (CEAT) Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie McKool Smith Space Grant Consortium NAVSEA Detachment Pacific Old Dominion University Longmeadow Rotary International McNeil Consumer and Specialty Montgomery County Community College NAVSEA Undersea Warfare Center Olin College Loral Space Communications Pharmaceuticals Moog Aircraft Group NCSU College of Engineering OnBoard Software Los Altos Community Foundation McNeil Consumer Health Products Moog Inc. ND Space Grant Consortium One Point Inc. Los Altos Rotary Club McNeil Pharmaceuticals Walter P. Moore Near North Student Robotics Initiative Ontario Power Generation Los Angeles County ROP Mead-Johnson Nutritionals Moosewood Restaurant Nelson, Mullians, Riley & Scarborough Ontera Loucon Metal Limited Mechanics Bank Nerac, Inc. Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation Louisiana State University Pre-College Mechtron LLC Morgan State University Nevada Community Foundation Operational Test Command U.S. Army Engineering Program/ National Society Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Morse Metal Fab New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, OPG - Pickering of Black Engineers MECO Motel 6 #4229 Upper Valley Region OPG (Ontario Power Generation) Lower Merion School District Medtronic Motion Industries New Hampshire Industries Opgal Optronic Industries LRIG Medtronics Motorola, Inc. New Jersey Institute of Technology OPRA - Rethink Ink LSI Logic MEI Mouser Electronics New Market Corporation Optimist Club Lucas Ford Melfred Borzall, Inc. MP Robotics Boosters New Technologies Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium Lutron Electronics, Inc. Mentor Graphics Corporation MPC New World Associates Orlando Science Center LXE Mercedes-Benz MSDN Canada New York Air Brake Ortho Clinical Diagnostics M&M Foundation Merck MSOE New York Air Brake TDS Group Osram-Sylvania M&T Bank Meritor Suspension Systems MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) New York Container Terminal Ohio State University FIRST m80.net Metal Flow Corp. MTA-NYC Transit Authority Newark Public Schools OTC-Daihen, Inc. Mabuchi Motors Metal Research Inc. MTS Seating of Fife OTIS Canada Inc. Machine Medic Metaldyne Mumford Magnums DCX Mack Ave. NIST Otis Eastern Service, Inc. Mack Tool & Engineering Metapurple Ltd. John & Janice Murphy Niwot Market Ottawa Carleton District School Board Malcolm & Drury MacKenzie Metro Academy NACHI Robotics NJCDC Ottawa University - Faculty of Engineering MacPro Solutions MetroED NASA Nodak Electric Coop Oklahoma University College of Engineering Macsteel Meyer Memorial Trust NASA Aerospace Education Services Norcross High School Outback Manufacturing Inc. Macy’s West Miami University Program (AESP) Nordam OXKO Corporation MAES - Mexican American Engineers Michelin NASA Ames Nordson Corporation P&GP and Scientists Michigan State University Students NASA Ames Research Center Norfolk State Universtiy Pace Window and Door Corp. MAG-eh Michigan Technological University NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Norgren Pal’s Electric Shop

FIRST Annual Report :17 S 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Polytechnic University Richardson Bike Mart Sandersville Railroad Sliver & Splinter Shop TEAM SPONSORS (Cont.) Port Authority of NY & NJ Richardson ISD Sandersville Technical College SMART Consortium P Palisade Bank Port Plastics Richardson Regional Medical Center Sandvik, Inc. Smarts Palmetto Vision Foundation Portland Community College Richland County School District #1 Sarchione Sales & Service SME O Palo Alto College Powell Electric Richmond County Savings Foundation Sartomer Corporation Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation Palo Alto Investors Power Lift Richmond High Afterschool Program Savannah Technical College Smiths Areospace

N Paragon Technologies Power Workers Union Town of Richmond Hill Scaled Composites Smiths Medical Parry Precision Pratt & Miller Richter and Associates SCHEV Snapple/Lawrence Distributing Company Parsons Pratt & Whitney Riff Company, Inc. Schmidt Construction Society of Hispanic Engineers & Science S Pathology Group of Doylestown Pratt & Whitney Automation Rinker Materials C. G. Schmidt Construction, Inc. Students (SHESS) Pathways Consulting Pratt & Whitney Eagle SVC RJN Tool & Automation R. L. Schmitt Co. Inc. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

O Patillo Construction Co. Precision Enclosures and Fabrication Robert Bosch Corporation Schneider Charitable Foundation Socratic Learning Patrick Henry Community College Precision Tool & Die Roberts Tool Co. School District of Oconee County Solectron Corporation Patrick Metals Prefeitura de Gravatai Robins Foundation School District of Philadelphia Solid Edge - UGS R Patriots Technology Training Center Price Engineering Robotics Engineering Excellence School District of the City of York Solid State Stamping Paul D.Camp Community College Prime Tech ROCCU Science & Technology Group Solutions for Automation S Pavillion Bank Primeway Tool and Engineering Roche Carolina Science Applications International Corporation Sonic Tools The Patuxent Partnership Prindle, Decker & Amaro LLP Law Offices Rock Financial American Systems Engineering Corporation Sonny’s Enterprises Inc., The Car Wash Factory PCI Process Inovation and Design Rockwell Scotiabank Sony Corporation Peak Precision, Inc. Procter & Gamble Rockwell Automation SDSGC SoRo Systems, Inc. Pearson Dealerships Prodotek Sea Tow International Soroptomist International of Richmond PECO-Exelon Professional Engineers of Ontario Rockwood School District Seagate Corp. South Bend Community Development Peer Consortium at JTCC Progress Energy Rohm & Haas Company Sealed Air Cryovac South Carolina State University PEER Tech Prep Consortium Proportion Air Corporation Rolla Alumni of Beta Sigma Psi Search Plus International South Orange Ace Hardware Pelco PSE&G Rolls-Royce Corporation Seattle Robotics Society Southern California Gas Company Pella Entry Systems PTC Instruments RoMan Manufacturing Seemann Composites Southold Kiwanis Pentair Water Public Service Gas and Electric Ronald McDonald House Charities Seneca College Southold Rotary Pentair Water/Fleck Controls Puff’s ROP Service Electric Southwire PENTECH Purdue University FIRST Programs Fred Rose SES, LLC Steel Engineering Specialists Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center, PEPSI Americas Putterz Rossbacher Insurance Service SEW-Eurodrive San Diego Pepsi Bottling Company Pyramid Paving, Inc. Rotary Club of Agincourt Shady Side Medical Associates Spadola, Paul, & Vincent DMD Performance Sciences LLC QED Automation LLC Roush Honda Shaham Altshular Spartan Light Metal Products Perretz & Young Architects QuadTech, a division of Quadgraphics RSR SHAN Precision Specialty Minerals Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petty Qualcomm Maufacturing Shell Specialty’s Our Name Pfizer, Inc. Quest Technologies Rugby Welding & Machine Shell Chemical Company SPECO Tile & Marble, Inc. Phelps- Quexco Ruskins Shiloh Industries Speonk Lumber Philips Medical Quinsigamond Community College Arthur G. Russell Co. Shining Rock LLC Springs Industries PHM Community Qwest Ryan Companies US, Inc. ShowBest Fixture Corp. SRI International Phoenix Cement Company RadioShack- Camp Verde Senator Greg & Betty Ryberg ShowBest Inc. SSVEC Phoenix Technologies Rafael Ryder Shuert Industries SSyD Photronics, Inc. Rajswasser-Flaherty Family Ryobi SI Bank & Trust Foundation ST Realtor Phu Space Randall Tool & Manufacturing S.A. Robotics Si Se Puede St. Anne Parents Club PIAB USA, Inc. Ranesco Sabin Corporation SIAC Stafford County Economic Development Pinetree Capital Ranken Technical College SAE NW Section Siemens Airfield Solutions Authority Pioneer Electronics Raytheon Company SAF-T-CAB Siemens Building Technologies D.R.M. Stakor & Associates Pitango Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Jane Sage Siemens Corporation Stanco, Inc. Pitney Bowes Refurbished Equipment Marketplace SAIC Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. Standard Aero Pittsylvania County Schools Regan-Matonak & Associates Structural SailRail Siemens Power Generation Standridge Color Corp Planet Technologies Engineers Salem County Community College Siemens Technologies Stanford University Plascore Inc. Region 2000 Technology Council Salisbury Bank & Trust Siemens VDO Automotive The Stanley Works Plasti-Coat Corp. Remy International San Diego County Fair Siemon Company Star Supply Plasticraft Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Sierra Nevada Corporation State Electric Platt Tech Parent Faculty Organization Republic Services San Diego Gas & Electric Sifto Insurance Plexus Corporation Resource Dev. Specialist San Diego School to Career Sign Depot State Farm Insurance - Kirk England & Plumbers Local Union #1 Resource Industries San Francisco State University Charles England Plumbers Union RF Micro Devices San Jose City College San Jose State University State Street Investments Polyshot RGBS Enterprises San Jose Job Corps Skill Glass Inc. of Honeoye Steel Fab Inc. Polytech James Richardson San Jose State University SLAC Steelcase 2006 FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Thrivent Financial for Lutherans United Space Alliance Verde Valley Robotics, Inc. Westmont, Inc. TEAM SPONSORS (Cont.) Time, Inc. United Technologies Corp. (UTC) Verizon Judy & Josh Weston Fund Stellar Solutions Titan Inc. UTC Carrier Verizon Foundation Wheeler CircuitRunners Stenning & Associates TKC Communications UTC Fire & Security Verizon Wireless White County Community Foundation Stevens Institute of Technology TKC Global Solutions UTC Hamilton Sundstrand Technical College White-Bowman, Inc. Stony Brook TNT/Holland Motor Freight UTC Hamilton Sundstrand Space, Land Videx Corporation John Whitehead Stress Engineering Services, Inc. Tokico USA & Sea Plastics Inc. Whitman Communications, Inc. Subway Tom Dismuke Engineering UTC Otis Elevator Viper Northwest Whitson Insulation Success Financial Group, Inc. Tommy Gate Company UTC Otis Elevator - OSC Virginia Department of General Services Williams Companies SUMMA Technology, Inc. Tonnard Mfg. Corp. UTC Power Library of Virginia Willow Glen Foundation Summit Design & Manufacturing Tornos Technologies UTC/Pratt & Whitney LSP Virginia Piedmont Technology Council City of Wilsonville, Oregon Sun Hydraulics Corporation Toronto District School Board UTC Sikorsky Virginia Tech School of Education WilTel Sunoco Torrance Chipotle University of California, San Diego Automotive Systems Wise Air, Inc. Sutherland Family Limited Partnership R. M. Towill Corp. University of California, San Diego - Visteon Corporation Wolverine Building General Contractors Symantec Corp. Town & Country Group Machine Perception Laboratory Vitron Manufacturing Woodbridge Group Sylvan/Laureate Foundation America University of Central Florida Volvo Motor Graders Woodbridge Technologies Synopsys Toyota of Nashua University of Connecticut Volvo Powertrain Worcester Polytechnic Institute T & K Enterprises Toyota Technical Center University of Florida, College of Engineering Vought Aircraft Industries WR Systems, Ltd. T. M. Engineering, Inc. TPS Golf - AimPoint Technologies University of Illinois VSR Lock WV Department of Adult/Vocational Education Tabet Manufacturing, Inc. Trans-Matic University of Massachusetts, Lowell Wabash Technologies Xerox Corporation Tadiran Communications Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District University of Michigan, Flint Wabash Valley College Xlinx Corp. TAH Industries Travis USD University of Michigan, College of Engineering Wachovia Foundation Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems Tanger Outlet Center Tri-County Technical College University of Missouri, Rolla Wade Trim & Associates Yale University Tank Truck Service & Sales, Inc. Triangle Ag-Services University of New Hampshire Wallace Foundation Yazaki North America TAP Plastics of El Cerrito Tric Tool LTD University of Nevada, Las Vegas Walmart Wende Young Tas CNC Trident Technical College University of New Orleans The Walt Disney Company Youngstown State University TAT Trinity Development Group University of North Dakota Walt Disney Imagineering Zatkoff Family Foundation Tate Incorporated Trinity Products University of Pennsylvania Engineering School Walt Disney World Zephyr Engineering Taylor Products Trio Hardware University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering Walt Disney World Ride & Show Zimco TBDI, Inc. Tronitec University of Rhode Island Engineering Zoetek Medical Equipment Repair, Inc. Team Ford FIRST Trophy Robotics - South Africa University of Richmond Theatre Department Warwick Mills Technion Troy Chamber of Commerce University of Southern California Washington County Public Schools Technology Advocates of San Antonio TruCut University of Southern California - MESA Washington Savannah River Company Technology Garden TRW Inc. University of South Florida Washtenaw Community College TEDS TRW Automotive University of Texas, San Antonio, College Waterjet Cutting of Indiana Tektronix Tubular Techniques of Engineering Watson Engineering Tel Aviv Municipality Tuell Tool Company University of Tulsa Weatherly Inc. Telesat Canada Tui, Inc. University of Virginia Weber Electric Temcor Tulane University University of West Florida Steph Weirtheimer Temple Engineering Turner Broadcasting, Inc. University of Windsor G. Weimer Tenaska, Inc. Tweed Financial Services University of Wisconsin, Platteville Wei Qun E Law Office Tenneco Two Stage Innovations Unlimited Technologies Inc. Wells Fargo Terminal Supply Tyco Electronics UPS Wescast Terra Tech Engineering Tymetal Urschel Laboratories Incorporated Wess Del Inc. Terrasyn Group, Inc. UAV Corporation US Air Force West Branch Regional Medical Center Terry McLaren UGS US Army IEWTD West Islip Robotics Booster Club, Inc. Tesco ULC Robotics US Army Night Vision Lab West Linn Wilsonville School District Texas A&M Int. Univ. Dept. of Math & Ultrasound Fluid Technologies US ARMY TARDEC West Salem High Education Foundation Phy. Sci. UMentorFIRST US Naval Academy West Salem Rotary Texas Instruments UNI College of Natural Sciences & Iowa Useful Software West Virginia Department of Vocational Texas Tech University Space Grant Consortium USKH Education Textron Fastening Systems Unigraphics UTEC West Virginia University Textron Systems Unilever Val-Tec Hydraulics, Inc Westech International Thiele Kaolin Company UNITE with Virgil Brackins Valero Energy Corporation Western Colorado Community Foundation Thomas Builders United Auto Workers Valley Bank Western Michigan University United Auto Workers 686 Vanguard ID Systems Western Rockies Credit Union Thomas McMillan Snap-on Dealer United Defense Vectren Foundation Westhampton Glass & Metal Thomas Nelson Community College United Sewer & Drain Cleaning Incorporated Velocity Micro Westhampton True Value Hardware

FIRST Annual Report :19 STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION Assets June 30, 2006 June 30, 2005 Cash and equivalents $6,716,455 $4,894,462 Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $25,000 in 2006 and $27,000 in 2005) 999,565 367,213 Federal grants receivable 220,615 655,095 Prepaid expenses and other assets 253,178 158,107 Property, plant and equipment (PP&E): 6,672,790 6,562,731 Less accumulated depreciation 2,537,311 2,175,666 Net PP&E 4,135,479 4,387,065 FIRST: Total assets $12,325,292 $10,461,942

Liabilities and net assets Accounts payable and accrued expenses $602,891 $589,665 Financials Deferred revenue and other credits 41,713 37,400 Refundable advances 2,959,906 2,560,800 The following abbreviated financial Total liabilities 3,604,510 3,187,865 statements have been prepared on Net assets: Unrestricted 7,477,340 5,902,221 the accrual basis of accounting. Ernst and Temporarily restricted 1,243,442 1,371,856 Net assets at end of year 8,720,782 7,274,077 Young LLP (E & Y) audits our organization’s Total liabilities and net assets $12,325,292 $10,461,942 financial statements annually; copies of STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES FIRST’s audited financial statements and Revenues and other support: June 30, 2006 June 30, 2005 Program registration fees $11,066,236 $9,837,085 accompanying notes are available via the Contributions 7,586,794 5,282,335 Rental income 565,650 558,764 FIRST website at www.usfirst.org under Other income 484,998 415,889 “Who We Are.” Net assets released from restrictions 999,843 1,602,310 Special sponsorship 100,000 500,000 Total revenues and other support 20,803,521 18,196,383

For our fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, Operating expenses: FIRST Robotics Competition 14,023,526 13,176,451 there were no audit findings or questioned FIRST LEGO League 1,271,223 1,124,943 FIRST Vex Challenge 634,510 323,257 costs and FIRST received an unqualified FIRST Place 77,085 47,264 Management and general 2,676,235 2,411,966 opinion from its auditors. Additionally, the Operation of building 337,218 316,375 Depreciation 361,644 318,570 Office of Management and Budget’s Total operating expenses 19,381,441 17,718,826 Operating income 1,422,080 477,557 (OMB) Circular A-133 audit of the Non-operating gains: organization’s Federal grant awards had no Refundable advances - amortization 140,200 140,200

findings or questioned costs. FIRST continues Excess of revenues over expenses 1,562,280 617,757 to be qualified as a “low-risk” auditee. Net assets released from restriction for purchase of property, plant and equipment 12,839 239,698 Increase in unrestricted net assets 1,575,119 857,455

Certain amounts in 2006 & 2005 have been consolidated for presentation purposes. For an unabbreviated copy of FIRST’s audited financials, please visit www.usfirst.org/who/ FIRST:

Board of Directors FIRST Photography by Adriana Groisman

John E. Abele, FIRST Chairman Susie Mathieu FIRST: Greg Hale Tom Pirelli Founder Chairman, Retired Partner Executive Advisory Board Chief Safety Officer, VP, Safety Executive Director Boston Scientific Corporation Spirit Hockey, LLC Accessibility & Advanced Technology The Arial Foundation Dean L. Kamen, Chairman Walt Disney Parks & Resorts James R. Utaski, FIRST Vice Chairman Dennis A. Roberson President Steve Sanghi Erik Halleus Partner Vice Provost, New Initiatives DEKA Research & Development President, CEO & Chairman of Whitestone Capital, LLC Illinois Institute of Technology Corporation EuroScandia Enterprises the Board Microchip Technology, Inc. Robert M. Tuttle, FIRST Treasurer Curt M. Selquist Dr. Woodie Flowers, Vice Fred Hubacker General Partner Company Group Chairman Chairman Executive Consultant Dr. Roland Schmitt 1848 Associates Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Apollo Management, L.P. President Emeritus Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Paul R. Gudonis, FIRST Secretary Thomas G. Stephens Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kent H. Hughes President Group Vice President FIRST Advisor Director of Science, Technology, Jeanne Shaheen FIRST GM Powertrain America and the Global Economy Former Governor of New Hampshire Ray Almgren Woodrow Wilson International Center Paul A. Allaire, FIRST Chairman Emeritus Ronald L. Zarrella Vice President of Product Marketing Cheryl L. Shavers, Ph.D. Former Chairman & CEO Chairman and CEO and Academic Relations Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Chairman & CEO Xerox Corporation Bausch & Lomb Incorporated National Instruments President Global Smarts, Inc. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean L. Kamen, FIRST Founder FIRST gratefully acknowledges the Gwendolyn M. Campbell Josh S. Weston President contributions of those Board members Trevor O. Jones Honorary Chairman whose service has concluded: Dennis Carey, Senior Vice President, DEKA Research & Development Private Wealth Management Chairman, CEO & Founder Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Corporation John M. Hennessy, and Raymond Price. BIOMEC, Inc. UBS Financial Services, Inc. Captain Vincent Wilczynski, Douglas L. Becker FIRST: Nick Caporella Gordon Lankton Ph.D. U.S. Coast Guard Academy Chairman & CEO Honorary Directors Chairman Chairman & CEO William A. Wulf Laureate Education, Inc. National Beverage Corp. Nypro Inc. Carol Bartz President Ursula M. Burns Chairman & CEO Dr. John F. Cassidy, Jr. David Lavery National Academy of Engineering Senior Vice President, President Autodesk, Inc. Senior Vice President Science Program Executive for Solar System Business Group Operations & Technology Exploration Current as of October 2006 Xerox Corporation L. John Doerr III United Technologies Corporation NASA Partner François J. Castaing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Robert E. Couhig, Jr. Rey Moré President Principal Chief Quality Officer Castaing & Associates Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Couhig Partners, LLP Motorola Owner & Deputy Chairman Walter P. Havenstein LEGO Group Cosema Crawford Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. President, E&IS Operating Group Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer Founder BAE Systems John E. Pepper MTA New York City Transit Cordis Corporation Chairman of the Executive Committee Gordon J. Homer of the Board of Directors Peter Eio Cecilia Neumann President The Procter & Gamble Company President, Retired Attorney Gordon J. Homer Advisory Services LEGO Systems, Inc. Gary L. Tooker Dr. Edward A. Parrish Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. Chairman of the Board, Retired Deborah L. Grubbe, P.E. President, Retired Chairman Motorola, Inc. Vice President – Group Safety Worcester Polytechnic Institute The Aethena Group, LLC BP Plc FIRST Annual Report :21

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