The Novelis and Ball FIRST Robotics Alliance

Novelis brings to life our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together by teaming up with customers to develop sustainable solutions for transportation, packaging, architecture, electronics and more!

And, just as FIRST competitions feature alliances, businesses form alliances too! In fact, Ball and Novelis bring together their respective engineers, scientists and business development teams, to create sustainable packaging for your favorite beverages.

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About the CanBot

Conceptualized during a Novelis global technical leadership meeting with the East Cobb Robotics team, meet CanBot! This CanBot is designed to make STEM and Sustainability fun for the public, while promoting both FIRST Robotics and recycling. Watch this video to learn more.

Current Teams

Team Name	Team Number	City	State	Country
AvengerRobotics	7451	Cumming	GA	USA
Mountaineer Area RoboticS – MARS	2614	Morgantown	WV	USA
Team Magma	3008	Honolulu	HI	USA
The DinoMights	9455	Brighton	MI	USA
Team Apprentice	2687	Austin	TX	USA
MetalCow Robotics	4219	Glen Allen	VA	USA
Bear Metal	2046	Rochester Hills	MI	USA
Brainstormers 100	100	Bethesda	MD	USA
RoboRaiders	449	Blacksburg	VA	USA
Cyber Blue	234	Auton	MI	USA
Team 2168 – Aluminum Falcons	2168	Philadelphia	PA	USA
Mechanical Mustangs	6962	Northville	MI	USA
RoboLions	564	Miami	FL	USA
The Flying Platypi	5866	San Jose	CA	USA
Iron Panthers	5026	Oak Ridge	TN	USA
Gearheads	4020	Atlanta	GA	USA
RoboChargers	7611	Dallas	TX	USA
Tech Tigers	5421	Detroit	MI	USA
Quantum Robotics	8080	Seattle	WA	USA
Blue Circuit	1199	Boston	MA	USA
Steel Dragons	6745	Chicago	IL	USA
Photon Squad	9988	Phoenix	AZ	USA
Red Storm Robotics	7320	Orlando	FL	USA
Voltage Vipers	8812	Denver	CO	USA
NeoTech	3901	Portland	OR	USA
Fusion Force	1470	Charlotte	NC	USA
Titan Robotics	6147	Nashville	TN	USA
Code Breakers	5225	San Diego	CA	USA
Binary Bots	7410	Las Vegas	NV	USA
Omega Circuit	8302	Columbus	OH	USA
Cyber Knights	9173	Minneapolis	MN	USA
MechaMinds	4517	Salt Lake City	UT	USA
RoboFusion	6059	Kansas City	MO	USA
Alpha Mechanics	2890	New York	NY	USA

Grants

A select number of grants are going to be available to FRC teams globally from Ball and Novelis for the creation of a recycling-themed robot. If your FRC team is interested in learning more about this grant opportunity, please enter your contact information below: