Lehigh Valley Regional Qualifying Tournament

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Event Information

Date

Saturday February 13, 2016

Venue

Emmaus High School
Cafeterias 1 and 2
800 Pine St., Emmaus, PA

Registration

Registration is open.
Go to Event Registration to submit a registration request for this event.

Refreshments

Lunch items available for purchase.

Agenda

7:00 Volunteers Arrive and Check-in
7:45
Teams Arrive and Check-in
Robot and Field Inspection Begins
8:15 Judge Interviews Begin
10:30 Drivers Meeting On Competition Field
10:45 Opening Ceremonies
11:00 Qualification Matches Begin
12:30 Lunch Break
1:00 Qualification Matches Resume
3:00 Start Semifinals
4:00 Start Finals
4:45 Awards and Closing Ceremonies
5:15 Event Complete

Registration Information

Participating Teams

Count	Team #	Team Name	Organization	Location
1	61	Ozone	Oxford Robotics	Oxford, PA
2	4077	MASH	Friends of 401	Chester Springs, PA
3	4149	Terabytes	Independent	Murrysville, PA
4	4433	Smokin' Motors	Wyomissing Area	Wyomissing, PA
5	5488	RoboDragons	Freire Charter School	Philadelphia, PA
6	5862	TechnTigers	Marple Newtown High School	Newtown Square, PA
7	5910	Sparks	Academy of Notre Dame	Villanova, PA
8	6045	foobar	Oxford Robotics	Oxford, PA
9	6378	Jaybots	Central Columbia High School	Bloomsburg, PA
10	6719	Piotech	Pioneer Academy	Wayne, NJ
11	7244	OUT of the BOX	Independent	Thorndale, PA
12	7883	Iron Patriots	Penn Wood High School	Lansdowne, PA
13	7888	RoboChicks	Marple Newtown School District	Springfield, PA
14	8306	Danville Area SHS	Danville Area High School	Danville, PA
15	9085	gPARSEC & Pottsgrove SHS	Pottsgrove High School	Pottstown, PA
16	9486	SciGearian Tigers	Marple Newtown High School	Newtown Square, PA
17	9791	Divide by Zero	Family Friends	Lansdale, PA
18	9863	MASHellaneous	Friends of 401	South Coventry, PA
19	10375	Bot Builders	Media Youth Center	Media, PA
20	10490	Fiddling Fixers	Panther Valley School District	Lansford, PA
21	10771	Le Pamplemousse	Freedom High School	Bethlehem, PA

Tournament Results

Competition Results

Winning Alliance

Captain: 4433 Smokin' Motors
1st selected: 6378 Jaybots
2nd selected: 9863 MASHellaneous

Finalist Alliance

Captain: 7244 OUT of the BOX
1st selected: 10771 Le Pamplemousse
2nd selected: 6045 foobar

Team Rankings from the Qualifying Matches
Match Results Details for all Matches

Team Statistics for all Matches

Competition Fun Facts

Fun Fact	Qualification Matches	Elimination Round Matches
Number of Matches	27	7
Maximum Score	206	228
Minimum Score	1	57
Average Score	65.3	135.4
Average Margin of Victory	61	66.9
Average Penalty	1.1	1.4
Maximum Penalty	30	20
Penalty Free Matches	24	6
Matches Decided by Penalty	0	0

Number of Autonomous Beacons	0	0
Number of All Clear Signals	5	3
Number of Hanging Robots	10	6

Judged Awards

Motivate Award - More than Robots!

The Motivate Award celebrates the team that exemplifies the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through team building, team spirit and exhibited enthusiasm. This team celebrates their team, their individuality and their spirit through team attire, and exhibits their outstanding team spirit. This teams enthusiasm and spirit motivates others to embrace the culture of the competition and FIRST. The team has also made a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school and community.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team reaches out across borders and has been able to reach new heights. Even though they speak different languages, they all speak robotics.

Winner: Team 6719, Piotech from Wayne, NJ

2nd Place: Team 7244, OUT of the BOX 3rd Place: Team 5910, Sparks

PTC Design Award - Industrial design at its best

The intent of the PTC Design Award is to expand the challenge, inspiring Teams to incorporate industrial design into their robots. These elements can be shown in the simplicity of the design as it applies to the tasks, the look and feel of the robot, and how the design allows us to think of robots in new ways. The Design aspect must serve a function but they should also differentiate the robot in a unique fashion not an easy task with a limited set of parts and game challenge.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team plowed their way to earning points. Their custom gears came together better than fruit salad. When hanging, they appeared light as mousse.

Winner: Team 10771, Le Pamplemousse from Bethlehem, PA

2nd Place: Team 6378, Jaybots 3rd Place: Team 5910, Sparks

Rockwell Collins Innovate Award - Bringing great ideas from concept to reality

The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award celebrates a Team that not only thinks outside the box, but also has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team's robot had a uniquely controlled drive train. They used their innovative appendages to reach new heights. Defying conventional wisdom, they skeed up the mountain instead of down.

Winner: Team 4149, Terabytes from Murrysville, PA

2nd Place: Team 6378, Jaybots 3rd Place: Team 7244, OUT of the BOX

Connect Award - Connecting the dots between community, FIRST, and the business world

The Connect Award, is presented to the Team that the Judges feel most connected with their local community and the engineering community. The best Team is more than the sum of its parts, and recognizes that their schools and communities play an essential part to their success. The recipient of this Award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the Team itself. In addition, the Team that wins this Award is aggressively seeking engineers and exploring the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and technology.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team understands that you have to build from within and knows how to connect with others to accomplish their goals. This team understood that they needed to manage their assets and time and not just burn through their money.

Winner: Team 4433, Smokin' Motors from Wyomissing, PA

2nd Place: Team 6045, foobar 3rd Place: Team 4149, Terabytes

Think Award - Removing engineering obstacles through creative thinking

The Think Award is given to the Team that the Judges feel best understood the role of the engineering notebook in the design process. The Engineering Notebook is the key reference for Judges to help them identify the most deserving Team. This Team's Engineering Notebook focused on the design and build stages of the Team's robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team's engineering notebook documented their understanding of the complete FIRST philosophy; showing their learning curve with CAD drawings, formulas, and pictures. Both rookies and veteran members participated in extensive diverse community outreach. This caused the team to grow "out of its container".

Winner: Team 7244, OUT of the BOX from Thorndale, PA

2nd Place: Team 5910, Sparks 3rd Place: Team 6378, Jaybots

Inspire Award

The Inspire Award is given to the Team that the Judges felt truly embodied the challenges of the FTC program. This Team serves as an inspiration to what this program, and the young minds involved, can accomplish. The Team that receives this Award has performed well in all Judging categories and was chosen by the Judges as a model FIRST Tech Challenge Team. The Judges used Match performance, observations made during interviews and in the pit area, the Team's Engineering Notebook, and performance on the playing field in determining the winner.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team's tech prowess is evident in their robot's design, and their outreach has spread FIRST ideas to schools, businesses, and communities. This happy robotics team did not rest and nest, but expanded their flock. This team was eggs-ellent on and off the field.

Winner: Team 6378, Jaybots from Bloomsburg, PA

2nd Place: Team 7244, OUT of the BOX 3rd Place: Team 4149, Terabytes

Judge's Award

The Judges Award is given at the discretion of the Judges to a Team they have encountered whose unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition, yet the Team does not fit into any of the existing Award categories.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team may be rookies but showed they know what Gracious Professionalism means. When they saw a team on the field in trouble, it didin't matter to them that the other team was on the other alliance and they came to rescue! The Helping Hand award goes to team 10490, the Fiddling Fixers!

Winner: Team 10490, Fiddling Fixers from Lansford, PA

Advancing to the Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament

The following teams earned their way to the 2015-2016 Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament:

Rank Team # Team Name Award
1
6378 Jaybots Inspire Award Winner
2
4433 Smokin' Motors Winning Alliance Captain
3
7244 OUT of the BOX
Inspire Award Finalist 2
4 4149 Terabytes Inspire Award Finalist 3

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