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22-05-2025
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Q1 2025 Ucloudlink Group Inc Earnings Call
Daniel Gao; Director, Investor Relations; Ucloudlink Group Inc Chaohui Chen; Chief Executive Officer, Director; Ucloudlink Group Inc Yimeng Shi; Chief Financial Officer; Ucloudlink Group Inc Theodore O'Neill; Analyst; Litchfield Hills Research, LLC Vivian Zhang; Analyst; Diamond Equity Research Operator Good day and welcome to the Ucloudlink Group Inc. First quarter of 2025 earnings conference call.(Operator Instructions) I would now like to turn the conference over to Daniel Gao, Director of IR for the company. Please go ahead. Daniel Gao Hello everyone and thank you for joining us on Ucloudlink's fourth quarter, 2025 earnings call. The earnings release and our earnings presentation are now available on our IR website at Joining me on today's call are Mr. Zhiping Peng, Co-Founder and the Chairman of the Board of the Directors. Mr. Chaohui Chen, Co-Founder, Director, and the Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Yimeng Shi, Chief Financial Chen will begin with an overview of our recent business highlights. Mr. Shi will then discuss our financial and operational highlights for the quarter. They will all be available to take your questions in the QA section that we proceed, please note that this call we contend for looking statements made pursued to save hard convergence of the previous Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on measurements current expedition and observations that involve known and unknown risk, uncertain, and other factors, not under the components may cause actual results, performance, or treatments of the component to be naturally different from the results, performance or expectation implied by these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entity by the catenary statements, risk factors, and details of the component feelings with the component does not assume any obligation to reverse or update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events change in market conditions or otherwise, except as recorded by also note that your colleagues, earnings press release, and this conference call include discussions of an audited the GAAP financial information and audited non-GAAP financial matters. Your cloud links press release contains a re reconciliation of the unnoticed non-GAAP methods to the most directly comparable and audited GAAP methods. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Chen. Please go ahead. Chaohui Chen Thanks, Daniel, and good morning or evening, everyone. We kick off 2025 with a solid performance as our expanding global eco ecosystem continues to gain traction and build momentum. Total revenues during a quarter was USD18.7 million in line with the guidance representing an increase of 3.4% year over a significant and increased investments in new product marketing and sales initiatives, we maintain a strong finance position. Delivering the net of USD0.4 million and a positive operating cash flow of USD0.2 1.0 international data connectivity services business continue its robust growth with the full speed 5G network coverage now available in 90 countries and regions. This expansion further strengthen our market share and reinforce our leading position in looming markets.A notable highlight this quarter was the showcasing of our newest innovative solutions for people, IoT and pets at MWC Barcelona 2025., including the eSIM Trio, CloudSIM Kit, PetPhone, MeowGo G50 Max and the [G40 Pro].This new and exciting technologies have been integrated into our broader series of GlocalMe and GlocalMe inside solutions, driving growth and increasing visibility and interest among consumers, global operators, enterprise customers, and the business this strong heroine start from starting from the second quarter of this year, our emerging business GlocalMe Life, GlocalMe IoT are all projected to achieve active terminal growth. Active terminal growth rate exceeding 100%, significantly contributing to our expansion and growth going forward as we build our global market data traffic sharing marketplace. Also, we expect that our GlocalMe mobile/fixed broadband business not with steadily growth by approximately 10%.Starting in the third quarter of the year 2025, we will begin regular disclosure of our key metrics, including user account numbers segmented by business lines to provide greater transparency and allowed investors to retract our progress in user our MWC showcase, we are already capitalizing on high value opportunities by engaging in other advanced commercial discussions with multiple major operators worldwide. With the several partners you could expect to be finalized in the coming a recent MVNO World Congress year 2025, the premier exhibition for the MVNO industry. Our four latest solutions are unveiled, generating widespread recognition as again changing innovations. These solutions are scheduled for commercial launch in May and June, year 2025, with scale product with the scale production expected to begin in the third parallel, we have begun deploying AI intelligence to enhance operational efficiency and embedding it into a number of our solutions to improve the user experience and ensure seamless global connectivity. Alongside AI, our--proprietary HyperConn, CloudSIM, 6-tech Positioning technologies continue to break barriers in the connectivity, revolutionizing digital experience for IoT, people and pet CES 2025, our UniCord was honored with the best of CES year 2025 breakthrough award by Android Authority. Underscoring our commitment to innovation additionally, one of our subsidiaries hit a significant milestone as one of the first batch of 13 foreign invested companies to receive approval from China MII for pilot operations of value at telecommunication inclusion in the first batch alongside the affiliate of the renowned multinational cooperation such as the Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Airbus, and the HSBC reflects the growing impact we are having in the sector. This will enable us to provide Chinese consumer with a more diversive range of value-added telecom services and solutions to better met growing digital lifestyle marks a significant step into expanding our global footprint and delivering cutting edge connectivity solutions. I will now review highlight for each of our keys. I will start with GlocalMe Life, where we just unveil our first pet connectivity solution at MWCU 2025 PetPhone.A revolutionary addition to the digital ecosystem. PetPhone is the world's first smartphone for pets, offering fun, a pet interaction, 6-tech global positioning for safety, and AI Smart Guardian health is receiving exceptional market validation in the pet care market indicating that it will attract more users in the future. It enable pet owner to communicate with their pets while GlocalMe up allowing them to call, send a voice message, playing music, even set routines like set in reminders, pet can even initiate call. This device check exercise, running distance, calorie burning. And activity levels fostering a healthy lifestyle for owner can also join and create a com community globally to engage with others like never before. This innovative groundbreaking devices redefine the bond between pets and their owners and we enhance [MMO] and mobile network operators, subscribers, acquisition, and the revenue growth going forward alongside PetPhone, our UniCord long [path] solutions provide additional secure and unreliable connectivity for daily life, freeing users from cumbersome devices while ensuring seamless and convenient into the global commi IoT business where we introduced The cloud in and all in one game changing IoT solution. This this revolutionary plug and play IoT solutions was designed to deliver instant global full speed 4G and 5G connectivity for IoT and smart devices. This innovative solution can be similarly integrated into existing devices with the same [carlos] such as smartphone, CPE and the other IT enable is cost effect, enterprise great and offer superior network quality, ensuring the best coverage without the need for any hardware or software modifications. The plot and play nature of our cloud technologies transform ordinary devices into enhanced kinetic assets. It offers globally scalable assets with flexible carrier switching and a competitive the IoT ecosystem with seamless and reliable connectivity. We have already achieved significant penetration in the automotive, in fundament and camera markets, especially among the mainstream Chinese vehicle brands which are advancing breakthrough in specialized segments like security and dashboard cameras. Daily active IoT terminal daily active IoT terminals increased 12 fold year over year in year [2025] Q1 with positive user GlocalMe SIM business just on another game change revolutionary leap in same technology is true position as the best second thing and you can have. It enhance both domestic and international coverages by providing consumer with a single the solutions for seamless local and global addresses core challenges faced by MVNO and mobile network operators such as poor network performance and limited international learning. And the empowers tier 2 and tier 3 operator and MVNO that are able to build independent network widely to deliver superior services and expand their market research, a market seems to offer enterprise great security, global coverage and at the best price eliminate costly international roaming, delivery reliable high-speed connectivity across multiple networks. Lastly, our people centric GlocalMe mobile/fixed broadband business just unveiled the MeowGo G50 Max, a HyperConn 5G mobile Wifi hotspot with AI-driven sky to ground device enhance network quality through AI power real-time congestion detection. Ensuring seamless connection regardless of where you are. Our other advanced hypercontact technology, delivery hyperlocal global international access, ensuring that user have high speed connections and reliable network wherever they go without the limitation of traditional loaming and or carrier upgrading G4G model, supposed to speak three times faster than the traditional 4G device. Is the world that enabled in flight Wi Fi connectivity. And the integrating Wifi network across various environments such as homes, airports, office, and the four business lines are now market ready, which will be commercially available in Q2 year 2025 and attracting strong interest from partners, including global pet stock chains. Signaling significant market expansion potential as we engage in commercial we innovative business lines increasingly diversify our revenue streams to a mix of value added services and mobile data traffic solutions, let's fed into our marketplace. Our user base is gradually diversifying and scaling up with our expanding product portfolio, depending a partnership and AI integration. We are confident in driven growth through the reminder of the year, remainder of the year as the mature regular disclosures of key metrics that we began in 2025, are better reflect the direction our business is heading and provide the investors with a clear understanding of the strategic progress we are making in building comprehension, comprehensive global mobile data traffic sharing 2025 marks our transformation year during which our business expanded from one thing from a single line to four (inaudible) And the user figures to be released in Q3 will be crucial indicators of this transformation. With the--optimism for the future in the mind. I will conclude with our guidance for the next the second quarter of the year 2025, we expect the total revenue will be between USD23 million to USD25 million representing an increasing of 2.7% to 11.6% compared to the same period of year 2024. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Shi. Yimeng Shi Thank you, Mr. Chen. Hello everyone, I will go over our operational and financial highlights for the first quarter of 2025. Average daily active terminal is an important operating matrix for us as it measures customer usage trends over the period and is reflective of business the first quarter of 2025 average DAT was 308,863, of which 17,803 owned by the company and 29,1060 owned by our business partners, representing a decrease of 0.3% from the 309,906 in the first quarter of average daily active terminal in the first quarter comp comprise 296,597 from GlocalMe mobile and fixed broadband business. 621 from GlocalMe Life business, 5,219 from GlocalMe SIM business and 6,426 from GlocalMe IoT business compared to 308,375, 201, 829 and 501 respectively in the first quarter the first quarter of 2025, 56.2% of DAT were from equaling 1.0 in international data connectivity service and the 43.8 were attribute to equaling 2.0 local data connectivity service. In March 2025, the average daily data usage per terminal was 1.59 of March 31, 2025, the company had served 2,878 business partners in 63 countries and regions. The company has 183 patent applications with 169 approved and 14 pendings approval while the pools of the SIM card was from 391 MNOs globally as of March 31, revenue for the first quarter of 2025 was USD18.6 million, representing an increase of 3.4% from USD18.1 million in the same period of 2024. Revenue from service in the first quarter of 2025 was USD14.2 million representing an increase of 4.9% from USD13.5 million in the same period of from service as a percentage total revenue was 75.7% during the first quarter of 2025, slightly up from 74.7% during the same period last year. Geographically speaking, during the first quarter of 2025, Japan contributed 40.4% of our total China contributed 31.2%, North America contributed 12.9%, and other regions and countries contributed the remaining 15.5% compared to 40.9%, 25.3%, 15.8%, and 17% respectively in the first quarter of gross profit was USD9.7 million in the first quarter of 2025, representing a decrease of 3.1% from USD10 million in the first quarter of 2024. Overall gross margin in the first quarter of 2025 was 51.7% compared to 55.2% in the same period of gross margin on service was 57.3% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 65% in the same period of 2024. The gross margins on sales of products was 34.3% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 26.2% in the same period of share-based compensations, total operating expenses were USD9.9 million or 53% of the total revenue in the first quarter of 2025 compared to USD8.5 million or 47% of total revenues in the same period in record an adjusted net income non-GAAP USD0.4 million compared to USD1.3 million in the first quarter of 2024. Adjusted EBITDA was USD1.4 million in the first quarter of 2025 compared to USD1.7 million in the same period of the first quarter of 2025, we achieved an operating cash inflow of USD0.2 million compared to USD1.9 million in the same period of the first quarter of 2025, our capital expenditure was USD0.3 million compared to USD0.6 million in the same period in 2024. We maintained a solid balance sheet with a cash equivalent of USD31.1 million as of March 31, 2025, up from USD30.1 million on December 31, 2024, with operators, this open up for Q&A. Operator Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session.(Operator Instructions) Theodore O'Neill, Litchfield Hills Research. Theodore O'Neill Thank you and congratulations on the results for the quarter and your outlook. My first question is about about the PetPhone products, and if you could give us any highlights into the regions or the demographics of the customers you expect will be the most likely to the early adopters of this product. Daniel Gao Yes, I think we will launch, we in Barcelona exhibition, we first, announced we will launch the PetPhone, in this industry, so it costs a lot of interesting. So, since we will launch this product in the end of the May. For commercial launch we have many products. There are 3 main types of first one is, we wire the channel, while the channel or channel like a pet channel. So, we approach a lot of the pet channel like in Europe, in Asia. And also in like a cherry, so we already already on a commercial progress. So it's quite attracting and I think we will be closed recently, so in a fourth channel. The second channel is wire the carrier, while the mobile virtual operator or virtual mobile operator or virtual operator. So, they, we have them to promote three of sim card into our PetPhone and have the carrier to acquire pet it can create a new, we have pet carrier not only just from the traditional people, IoT now expand to the pet users. So we already have several carrier, nearly finished the contract with us about the reset our PetPhone is our traditional electronic channel. So also interesting to sell our product. So, I think so far everything's progress and testing is so good. Now waiting for our commercial commercial version available and this this month. Theodore O'Neill Oh, that's very helpful. My second question is about sort of the tariffs that are being raised and lowered. I'm wondering if it changes all these tariffs are having any impact on your business. Yimeng Shi So, and the question regarding the tariffs, so far we don't have, implications, by this tariff barriers between US and China. We have a stock product in US in US channel, so that's available for our sale for a also we have we have outsourcing manufacturers in other say [Van] and we recruit the manufacturers outsourcing and manufactures terminal device in Mainland and other countries. We are, we have a no tariffs between the US and the countries. So, we expect, we expect that the US market is a growing market for our new business lines like pay the phone. Like it's, IoT we prepare this, we prepare this solutions and the place to manufacture, our product to overcome this type barriers between the US and China. Theodore O'Neill Okay, thank you very much. That my questions. Operator Thank you. Vivian Zong, Diamond Equity Research. Vivian Zhang Hello. Thank you so much. So, firstly, can you explain in detail the reason for the increase in the cost of services and whether you will take any measures to control this cost extension. Yimeng Shi Yeah, you have two relevant one is regarding the cost of service, that's reflecting, you, as we discussed disclose the service cost margins a little bit lower than the same period last year, and that's because we, the.A mixture different sales categories across the region and country. For instance, in the first quarter of this year, our outbounding, roaming service for Chinese outbound travelers, increase significant. And this Chinese outbounding travelers rent our terminus, Wi-Fi hotspot terminals for their roaming connections that are traveling in that case, there's a revenue or service generated by the Chinese outbound traveler have a significant weight in the overall service. So that that's that's something impact our overall service margins a little bit lower than the same period last there's the first, answer your first questions regarding the cost, service, and the second is regarding the expenditures, related to expansion and balance. Yes, as we disclosed the first quarter of this year, we spent, more expenditure than the first quarter of last extra expenditures on sales and marketing for this new business. So we attend quite a lot of market exhibitions across the worldwide, and we invest over more than USD1 million compared to last year on this marketing and promotions. We believe this is expeditious on the marketings will bring more volumes of to our future I think that's the revenues related to the new business line will come into account later this year or next year. So one other matrix, as we disclose is a daily active terminal related there's three new business line, especially for IoT daily active terminal is increased twelfth-third compared to last year's period. So this year, we expect the three new business mind IoT sim and Life series, their daily terminant number will increase over 100 time compared with last we are on the right track to deploy our strategies from [one ben 9 MBB expansion to 4 ben 9] to grow, we believe that I think that we follow the right strategies to support growth. Vivian Zhang Okay, I see. Okay, I see, that makes sense. My next question is that is about the partnership you mentioned. Can you please share, like, can you please provide some information on the areas of collaboration you expect to see in the coming months? Daniel Gao So, in the last question, I already mentioned some partners in the past, our partners is more, like, international data and the local mobile broadband, that's more our partners in the in the airport is in the airport in the MMO. So, since we have three new products, so our partner the partner become more and more partner. For example, first is our carrier customer to in our product and for example, like our mobile virtual operator and the tier 2, tier 3 carrier operator. They are now very interesting our sim they think this is a killer application product because we bring, international roaming to mobile virtual operator that this never happen to the to this industry for mobile operator first and the second, we have tier 2, tier 3 carrier, improve their longing buying power and their longing service quality. Normally compared with the tier 1 carrier, tier 2, tier 3 carrier, they are loaming quality and network and partner is very working with us, they can become the superior to the number one of the carrier for the quality of the loaming. And also that we can have the carrier and tier two and mobile operator compromise of coverage in local. So normally they have a few investments in the base station. They have poor coverage with our solution now under their coverage they can use their original sim card, original sim information, but outside their coverage they can use our, sim card and data traffic. So let's, that's quite help them to, improve their quality for roaming and create a new revenue that's for our our new product for Petphone, I think it's very popular no matter tier one or tier two carrier or MMO carrier. They all like this solution because we create new revenue for this these partners. So, and that that's the fo the product in the industry, carrier promote the product is much faster than, traditional, other channels. So they can, for example, buy data and give a free, a device, have them to develop, to gain the new users from the pet market. So, also our Uni call, our life product can enhance the loyalty of the customer can the retention of customers become more loyalty. So, let's have the customer, to get more revenue from the retention also from the I think the com combining with the sim card and our life product with a bundle package has become more loyalty. So that the all these reasons that that that means in the last year we have very we have very few or this carrier now, since the MWC and last week, MMO Congress, so we get a lot of interesting. So recently, I think we will close some deal with this carrier. You can waiting for our IR in the coming months. And finally, so we also we have invested into still invested in our traditional mobile broadband product and our traditional product majorly is used for travel for people travel outside, but now our new product in one device, one account to let our users, not only for travel, but also in a home and office, even in the air flight, they don't need to switch the account and the and the and the device. Just one device, one account they can enjoy the best network quality worldwide and for the best also they can get the most cost effect. So for example, like a home and office, we prefer to use the free Wi-Fi, office Wi-Fi or home Wi-Fi, but once the Wi Fi coverage is poor or coverage is bad, we can back up. By the 4G and 5G network, that means we can provide the best connection and cost the effect in the world with one device and one here also more enterprise user now or travel users interested working with us. So I just give this information about a new partner and then new channel working with us. Vivian Zhang Okay. Got it. That's very helpful. Thank you. That's all my questions. Operator Thank you. This concludes the question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the con conference back over to Daniel Gao for any closing remarks. Daniel Gao Thank you once again for joining us today. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact our colleagues, Investor Relations through the contact information provided on our website or speak to our investor relations form and adversary. We look forward to speaking to you again on our next quarterly call. Thank you. Operator Thank you. This concludes today's conference call. We thank you all for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect your minds and have a wonderful day. 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14-03-2025
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Ucloudlink Group Inc (UCL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Highlights: Revenue Growth Amidst Mixed ...
Total Revenue (2024): USD91.6 million, a 7.1% increase year over year. Net Income (2024): USD4.6 million. Net Cash Flow from Operations (2024): USD9.2 million, a 41.2% increase from the previous year. Fourth Quarter Revenue (2024): USD26 million, a 19.5% increase from USD21.7 million in Q4 2023. Gross Margin (Q4 2024): 43%, compared to 52% in Q4 2023. Net Loss (Q4 2024): USD1.5 million, compared to USD1.8 million in Q4 2023. Adjusted EBITDA (Q4 2024): Negative USD2.3 million, compared to positive USD1.5 million in Q4 2023. Revenue from Services (Q4 2024): USD15 million, a 0.6% increase from USD14.9 million in Q4 2023. Overall Gross Margin (2024): 48.4%, stable compared to 49% in 2023. Operating Expenses (2024): USD40.8 million, or 45% of total revenues. Cash and Cash Equivalents (Dec 31, 2024): USD30.1 million. Capital Expenditures (2024): USD4.0 million. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with UCL. Release Date: March 13, 2025 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Ucloudlink Group Inc (NASDAQ:UCL) reported a 7.1% year-over-year increase in revenues for 2024, reaching USD91.6 million. Net income for 2024 was USD4.6 million, a significant increase from USD2.8 million in 2023. The company achieved a positive operating cash flow of USD9.2 million in 2024, up from USD6.5 million in 2023. Ucloudlink's GlocalMe ecosystem continues to expand, with services now covering over 150 countries and serving 2,818 business partners. The company received approval from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for pilot operations of value-added telecommunications services, marking a pivotal step in expanding its global footprint. Ucloudlink Group Inc (NASDAQ:UCL) reported a net loss of USD1.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to USD1.8 million in the same period of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA was negative USD2.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to positive USD1.5 million for the same period of 2023. Overall gross margin decreased to 43% in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 52% in the same period of 2023. Sales and marketing expenses increased significantly in 2024, impacting overall profitability. Revenue from North America decreased to 12.1% of total revenues in the fourth quarter of 2024, down from 24.3% in the same period of 2023. Q: What is the benefit of the PetPhone, and what will it allow users to do? A: Chaohui Chen, CEO, explained that the PetPhone enables pets to communicate with their owners and other pets, expressing needs such as hunger or wanting to go outside. It also features AI Pet Interaction, safety with 6-tech global positioning, and community engagement through a Global Pet Community. The PetPhone has attracted significant attention and is expected to open new markets for carriers by selling SIM cards for pets. Q: Of the new products introduced at MWC, which do you think will have the biggest impact in 2025? A: Chaohui Chen, CEO, believes the PetPhone will have a significant impact due to its uniqueness and market potential. The eSIM Trio and CloudSIM Kit are also expected to be impactful by solving coverage, roaming, and congestion issues, especially for Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers. Q: What assumptions were made about international travel in the full-year 2025 revenue forecast? A: Yimeng Shi, CFO, stated that the forecast assumes a 10% to 20% growth in international travel, contributing to the revenue increase. The forecast also considers growth from new business lines like the PetPhone, CloudSIM Kit, and eSIM Trio. Q: Can you elaborate on the trends in your cost structure, particularly the increase in sales and marketing expenses? A: Yimeng Shi, CFO, noted that the increase in sales and marketing expenses is due to investments in new business lines launched in the second half of 2024. These investments are expected to yield returns in 2025, with continued investment in sales and marketing to support long-term growth. Q: What were the key drivers of revenue growth from Mainland China last year, and how do you expect this to evolve? A: Yimeng Shi, CFO, attributed the growth to increased Chinese outbound travel and the company's strong brand recognition. The recent approval for pilot operations of value-added telecom services in China is expected to drive further growth domestically and internationally. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
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11-02-2025
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MISD robotics teams advance to area competition
Feb. 10—MIDLAND — Midland ISD's Career and Technical Education (CTE) program hosted the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics Tournament at the Midland Horseshoe Pavilion Feb. 8. The event brought together 26 teams from across the Midland area, highlighting students' ingenuity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. It also served as a qualifying event for the UIL State Robotics Competition. The tournament was made possible thanks to volunteers from Midland ISD CTE, Midland College Engineering and Computer Science, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron Permian Basin. Their support helped create an engaging environment where students could collaborate, innovate, and apply STEM concepts in real-world challenges, a news release said. "Today's competition underscores the incredible potential of our students in STEM fields," said Jeff Horner, Executive Director of Midland ISD's CTE. "We extend our gratitude to our volunteers, community partners, and robotics coaches whose contributions made this event a reality, furthering our mission to advance STEM education in Midland ISD through enriching student experiences." The tournament showcased standout performances earning the following FTC awards: — Judges' Choice Award — Voltage (YWLA) — Design Award — Alpha Dawgs (Midland High) — Control Award — Hotbots (Midland Classical) — Innovate Award — Knight Dawgs (Midland High) — Connect Award — Junkyard Dawgs (Midland High) — Motivate Award — Beskar Bots (Midland Classical) — Think Award — Robo Junkies (Legacy High) Inspire Award Winners: — Third place — Robo Junkies (Legacy High) — Second place — Hotbots (Midland Classical) — First place — Samurai Robotics (Legacy High) The Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Chaohui Chen, an engineer at ConocoPhillips who has been a dedicated volunteer at FIRST LEGO League (FLL) practice events and a mentor for elementary robotics teams. In the final round, an alliance of Lead Alpha Dawgs (Midland High) and Partner Samurai Robotics (Legacy High) faced off against an alliance of Lead Robo Junkies (Legacy High) and Partner Hotbots (Midland Classical) in a double-elimination bracket. Robo Junkies and Hotbots claimed first place. Nine teams earned qualifying scores to advance to the FLL Panhandle Area Championship on Feb. 22 at Lubbock-Cooper High School: — Samurai Robotics — Legacy High — Cougar Robotics — Christoval High — Robo Junkies — Legacy High — Knight Dawgs — Midland High — Hotbots — Midland Classical — Beskar Bots — Midland Classical — Alpha Dawgs — Midland High — Iron Lions — San Angelo Central — Junkyard Dawgs — Midland High The FIRST Tech Challenge Midland Robotics Tournament was proudly sponsored by ConocoPhillips.
