About

2011 was the beginning of the FIRST Robotics Competition for Team Rembrandts, team 4481, led by The Nasa Knights, team 122, at the FIRST Championship 2012 in St. Louis. Our founder Ron Visser was there with a FIRST Tech Challenge team and he was very interested in FIRST Robotics Competition. After asking a couple of teams if they could help, they all said: team 122, The Nasa Knights, is the way to go. So in co-operation with The Nasa Knights, Team Rembrandts was born.

In 2012 we started with our first robot for the Rebound Rumble game. This was a practice year, so we didn’t compete in a regional.

In 2013 Team Rembrandts started to compete officially in the FIRST Robotics Competition. With the robot “Rembrandt” we went to the North Carolina Regional for the game “Ultimate Ascent”. During the North Carolina Regional, we won the Rookie All-Star Award. The Rookie All-Star Award celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology. And thanks to this award we were granted a place at the FIRST Championship 2013.

In our second year, 2014, we went with our robot “Nightswatch” again to the North Carolina Regional. But this time to compete in the “Aerial Assist” game.  This time we won the Engineering Inspiration Award. The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community. With the Engineering Inspiration Award, we were again qualified for the FIRST Championship. During the FIRST Championship 2014, we won the Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen in the Newton division. The Imagery Award is in honor of Jack Kamen, Dean’s father, for his dedication to art and illustration and his devotion to FIRST. This award celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.

With the game 2015 “Recycle Rush” we went to Virginia Regional. With the robot “Brick” we won the Engineering Inspiration Award again and the Finalists Award. Celebrates the Alliance that makes it to the final match of the competition. Thanks to the Engineering Inspiration Award we were qualified for the FIRST Championship 2015. During the FIRST Championship 2015, we won the Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler in the Tesla Division. The Team Spirit Award sponsored by Chrysler celebrates extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit through exceptional partnership and teamwork furthering the objectives of FIRST. During the 2015 season, we also competed in the CCM Mechatronics Trophy. In this competition, we were able to win the first prize.

During the 2016 season, we went with our robot “De Ruyter” to the New York City and the New York Tech Valley regional to compete in the "FIRST Stronghold" game. In the New York City Regional, we won the Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox. The Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature. During the New York Tech Valley Regional, we managed to win the Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen. Also during the 2016 season, we competed in the CCM Mechatronics Trophy. In the 2016 competition, we were again able to win the first prize.

In 2017 we went with our robot “William“ to Florida to compete in South Florida and the Orlando regional. Competing in the "FIRST STEAMWORKS" game. At the South Florida regional we were able to get into the semifinals. Were we got defeated after 3 nerve-racking tiebreakers. But we got rewarded with the Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors. At the Orlando regional we won the Quality Award sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation. The winning team demonstrates these characteristics in many ways from planning to execution. Building the robot is only a part of their success and the judges recognize them as a big quality example to others. But in Orlando, we, together with team 180 - S.P.A.M. & team 1744 - Robo Rays, were able to win the regional. Because of that, we won our first Winner Award. With this award, we were granted a place at the FIRST Championship 2017 in St. Louis. At the championships, we managed to make it to the Quarterfinal matches.

In our 6th year competing at the FIRST Robotics Competition, we went with our robot "Metric" to the Palmetto Regional and the Orlando Regional. Competing in the "FIRST POWERUP" game to defeat the boss. At the Palmetto Regional, we got into the Quarterfinals but weren't able to defeat the other alliance. Thanks to all the team members, who have been working hard on the outreach of our team, we won the Regional Chairman's Award. The Chairman's Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that emulates and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST. We couldn't believe that we were honored with the Chairman's Award. After the Palmetto Regional, our journey went to the Orlando Regional once again. During the Orlando Regional, we won the Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. The Gracious Professionalism Award celebrates outstanding demonstration of FIRST Core Values such as continuous Gracious Professionalism and working together, both on and off the playing field. Together with Team 179 - Children of the Swamp & Team 3653 - BOTCATS we got into the finals and we won the Winner Award for the second time. With the Chairman's Award and the Winner Award, we were qualified for the FIRST Championship 2018 in Detroit. During the FIRST Championship 2018, we were honored with the Engineering Inspiration Award in the Daly Division. The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s community. Inspiring others to respect science and technology requires passion, knowledge, and commitment; FIRST celebrates these qualities by presenting its Engineering Inspiration Award. After winning the Engineering Inspiration Award at the FIRST Championship we got already qualified for the FIRST Championship 2019 in Detroit with NASA sponsoring our registration fee.

For the FIRST Robotics Competition game "Destination: Deep Space", we have built 2 robots, ANDROMEDA & ASCENSION. With Andromeda, we went this year competing in the Orange County Regional and the San Diego Regional. We had a fantastic time in California. During the Orange County Regional, we ended up ranking 5 out of 49. We decided to form our own alliance with team 5802 - Los STEMateros & team 5012 - Gryffingear. Together we managed to get into the Semifinal matches. During the award ceremony, we were honored with the Engineering Inspiration Award. The Engineering Inspiration Award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team's community. We this award we got once again a ticket for the FIRST Championship. At our second regional, the San Diego Regional, we were once again able to get into the top 8. This time we are ranking 4 out of 47. Together with team 4486 - Blue Prints and team 2853 - Hot Spot Robotics, we ended up in the Semifinal matches. We were awarded the Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi & Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories. The Excellence in Engineering Award celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature. The Safety Award celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentals by using innovative ways to eliminate or protect against hazards. Thanks to the Engineering Inspiration Award we won last year at the FIRST Championship and the Engineering Inspiration Award we won at the Orange County Regional we got qualified for the FIRST Championship 2019.

In 2020, we went only to the Los Angeles North Regional with our robot Gurk for the game "INFINITE RECHARGE". Here we won the Team Spirit Award sponsored by FCA Foundation. At the Los Angeles North Regional, Rens Kappert was awarded the FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award. Unfortunately, the 2020 season came quickly after our regional to a stop, because of COVID-19 and was even canceled in the end.

WE ARE BACK!!! With our robot Resurrection, we went for the Rapid React season to the South Florida Regional and the Orlando Regional. We brought our robot in pieces in our suitcase to America and assembled the robot back together before the regional. Thanks to the amazing work of our team members our robot was fast up and running again. We were very accurate in getting at least 1 ranking point, but we won also most of our qualification matches. For the first time in our history, we were rank 1 out of the 33 teams. With our alliance, we won the South Florida Regional and were even rewarded the Engineer Inspiration Award. Both achievements got us qualified for the FIRST Championship 2022 in Houston. But we still had 1 more regional to go. Between the regionals, we were able to make some improvements to our robot. Which helpt us get rank 3 out of the 56 teams. With our alliance, we were able to get into the semi-finals, where we unfortunately lost. But in the end, we received the Excellence in Engineering Award. Our founder, Ron Visser was even awarded the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award for all his hard work.

So overall, Team Rembrandts has managed to win 27 awards and were even able to get qualified 8 times for the FIRST Championship since 2012.