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Accelerated, then recognised.

Judged awards, blue banners, and off-season wins earned by Berkelium students since 2021.

Beam line · est. 1949

Every award, on the beam.

Berkelium was first created a mile from our shop, in Berkeley's 60-inch cyclotron. Our awards ride the same idea: each season is a particle accelerated along the beam. Select a year to see every honor earned in that season.

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Season awards (16)

Off-season awards (4)

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2026

2 awards

Rising All-Star Award

CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple

Early district recognition for a program on a steep upward trajectory.

Important award

District Engineering Inspiration Award

CA District East Bay Event

Our biggest honor yet — recognised for outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering across Berkeley and the wider East Bay.

Season awards

  1. 2026 · 2 awards

    • Rising All-Star Award

      CA District Silicon Valley Event presented by Apple

      Early district recognition for a program on a steep upward trajectory.

    • District Engineering Inspiration Award

      CA District East Bay Event

      Our biggest honor yet — recognised for outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering across Berkeley and the wider East Bay.

  2. 2025 · 2 awards

    • Quality Award

      East Bay Regional

      Home-turf recognition for a machine that was engineered, built and tested to the highest standard.

    • Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

      Pinnacles Regional

      Celebrating creative design that makes the robot uniquely effective on the field.

  3. 2024 · 5 awards

    • Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

      East Bay Regional

      Recognising elegant, purposeful industrial design from concept sketch to competition robot.

    • FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award

      East Bay Regional

      A team member named a Dean's List Finalist for outstanding student leadership and dedication to FIRST ideals.

    • Regional Finalists

      Sacramento Regional

      Fought through the playoff bracket to finish as part of the finalist alliance in Sacramento.

    • Innovation in Control Award

      Sacramento Regional

      Celebrating an inventive control system — software and sensors that gave the robot a competitive edge.

    • Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

      Hueneme Port Regional

      A second Creativity Award in as many seasons for inventive mechanism design.

  4. 2023 · 5 awards

    • Regional Finalists

      Sacramento Regional

      Pushed through the elimination rounds to reach the final match at the Sacramento Regional.

    • Innovation in Control Award

      Sacramento Regional

      Honoured for an imaginative control solution that set the robot apart on the field.

    • Wildcard

      Sacramento Regional

      Earned a wildcard invitation that sent the team on to the FIRST Championship in Houston.

    • Championship Division Winner

      FIRST Championship — as an alliance member

      Berkelium competed on the world stage in Houston and won its division as part of the winning alliance.

    • Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

      San Francisco Regional

      Recognising elegant, purposeful industrial design from concept sketch to competition robot.

  5. 2022 · 1 award

    • Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford

      Sacramento Regional

      Recognised for a reliably autonomous robot — scoring points with no human input from the opening whistle.

  6. 2021 · 1 award

    • Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

      Neodymium Group — INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge

      Earned during the at-home season, when the whole robot was designed and demonstrated remotely.

Off-season awards

  1. 2025 · 2 awards

    • Winner

      Northern California Invitational

      Took first place at the invitation-only Northern California Invitational against a strong field of veteran teams.

    • Quality Award

      Northern California Invitational

      Judged the most robustly designed, well-built machine at the invitational.

  2. 2024 · 1 award

    • Sunset Showdown — "Moonshot Thinking" Award

      Sunset Showdown off-season

      Recognised for ambitious, swing-for-the-fences engineering at the Sunset Showdown.

  3. 2022 · 1 award

    • CalGames Winner

      CalGames off-season

      Berkelium took first place as the first alliance pick alongside alliance captain Team 670, Homestead Robotics.