Event Information
Date Saturday December 2, 2017 Venue Hatboro-Horsham High School Registration Registration opens after kickoff. Refreshments
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Participating Teams
Count | Team # | Team Name | Organization | Location |
1 | 230 | Ampere | Upper Dublin High School | Fort Washington, PA |
2 | 3795 | Jag-Wired | Garnet Valley High School | Glen Mills, PA |
3 | 4185 | Silver Soldiers | Owen J. Roberts High School | Pottstown, PA |
4 | 4914 | Vulcan Robotics | SCH Academy | Philadelphia, PA |
5 | 5320 | RoboLancers Gold | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA |
6 | 5910 | Sparks | Academy of Notre Dame de Namur | Villanova, PA |
7 | 6191 | Short Circuits | CBHS South | Warrington, PA |
8 | 6676 | RoboLancers Crimson | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA |
9 | 7244 | Out of the Box Robotics | Out of the Box Robotics | Downingtown, PA |
10 | 7314 | Sab-bot-age | Downingtown Area robotics | Downingtown, PA |
11 | 7416 | Silver Spartans | Owen J. Roberts High School | Pottstown, PA |
12 | 7423 | Flaming Phoenix | Unionville-Chadds Ford School District | Kennett Square, PA |
13 | 8528 | Rhyme Know Reason | Homeschool | Wilmington, DE |
14 | 9242 | GearHounds | York Country Day School | York, PA |
15 | 9799 | Ingenerds | Homeschool | Gaithersburg, MD |
16 | 9889 | Cruise Control | Homeschool | Flanders, NJ |
17 | 10098 | 2 Eyed Illuminati | Unionville Chaddsford | Kennett Square, PA |
18 | 10333 | TechSpark | TechFire Robotics of York | York, PA |
19 | 10375 | Bot Builders | Media Youth Center | Media, PA |
20 | 11208 | Kardia Robotics | Kardia Learning Center | Reading, PA |
21 | 11319 | La Salle Robotics BLUE | La Salle College High School | Wyndmoor, PA |
22 | 11349 | VorTech | McCaskey Campus | Lancaster, PA |
23 | 11493 | The Upside Down | Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber | Philadelphia, PA |
24 | 11540 | La Salle Robotics GOLD | La Salle College High School | Wyndmoor, PA |
25 | 11672 | Keith Valley Robo Hatters Red | Keith Valley Middle School | Horsham, PA |
26 | 11673 | Keith Valley Robo Hatters Black | Keith Valley Middle School | Horsham, PA |
27 | 11830 | RarBots | Red Lion Area School District | Red Lion, PA |
28 | 12871 | Keith Valley Robo Hatters Gray | Keith Valley Middle School | Horsham, PA |
29 | 13467 | Lyrics and Logic | Homeschool | Wilmington, DE |
30 | 13585 | Garage Mechanics | none | Putnam Valley, NY |
1st selected: 7244 Out of the Box Robotics2nd selected: 5320 RoboLancers Gold
Finalist Alliance
Captain: 10333 TechSpark1st selected: 4914 Vulcan Robotics2nd selected: 9242 GearHounds
Match Results Details for all Matches
Judged Awards
Judges 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 is being recognized for their commitment to FIRST. Even though their school decided to leave FIRST, they decided to stick with FTC. They continue to reach out to the community, work with their mentors, and build their robot from a garage. The judges award for a PASSION FOR FIRST goes to team 13585 Garage Mechanics.
Winner: Team 13585, Garage Mechanics from Putnam Valley, NY
Here is what the judges had to say:
This team is being recognized for their commitment to FIRST. Even though their school decided to leave FIRST, they decided to stick with FTC. They continue to reach out to the community, work with their mentors, and build their robot from a garage. The judges award for a PASSION FOR FIRST goes to team 13585 Garage Mechanics.
Winner: Team 13585, Garage Mechanics from Putnam Valley, NY
Control Award
The Control Award is given to the Team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve Game challenges such as Autonomous Operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the Field.
Here is what the judges had to say:
When it comes to robots they were soon leading by a distance. Using sensors and software, it came down to the "wire." They are hoping to put a win in the "bag."
Winner: Team 3795, Jag-Wired from Glen Mills, PA
2nd Place: Team 9242, GearHounds 3rd Place: Team 9889, Cruise Control
2nd Place: Team 9242, GearHounds 3rd Place: Team 9889, Cruise Control
Motivate Award
The Motivate Award celebrates the Team that exemplifies the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition and embraces the culture of FIRST while making a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school, and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.
Here is what the judges had to say:
This team is very active in their community. Their numerous outreach and demonstrations garnered enough interest in FIRST that they were able to form a new team. They gave the judges plenty of REASONS to recognize them for this award.
Winner: Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason from Wilmington, DE
2nd Place: Team 9889, Cruise Control 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
2nd Place: Team 9889, Cruise Control 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
Design Award
The intent of the Design Award is to expand on 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.
Here is what the judges had to say:
This team designed their robot with sketches and sharp, clean lines. With its "all seeing" front-facing eyes viewing the colorful jewels, their mechanical creation was extremely effective. Their "ROCKY" arms cruised the dual glyphs into the crypto boxes with precision.
Winner: Team 9889, Cruise Control from Flanders, NJ
2nd Place: Team 9799, Ingenerds 3rd Place: Team 9242, GearHounds
This team designed their robot with sketches and sharp, clean lines. With its "all seeing" front-facing eyes viewing the colorful jewels, their mechanical creation was extremely effective. Their "ROCKY" arms cruised the dual glyphs into the crypto boxes with precision.
Winner: Team 9889, Cruise Control from Flanders, NJ
2nd Place: Team 9799, Ingenerds 3rd Place: Team 9242, GearHounds
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award celebrates a Team that has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This Award is given to the Team that the Judges feel has the most Innovative and Creative Robot design solution to the FIRST Tech Challenge. Elements of this Award include elegant design, robustness and 'out of the box' thinking with regard to design. This Award may address the design of the whole robot or some sub-assembly component of the robot. The creative component needs to work consistently, but a robot does not have to work all of the time during Matches to be considered for this Award. The Team's Engineering Notebook showed the design of the component(s) and the Team's robot, and clearly explains how the Team arrived at their solution.
Here is what the judges had to say:
When it comes to Glyph Lift, this team proved that two stages are better than one. This hot little robot impressed the judges with its stacking ability. In spite of their bird being cooked last night, their dual glyph lift, lifted them to victory!
Winner: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix from Kennett Square, PA
2nd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics 3rd Place: Team 9799, Ingenerds
When it comes to Glyph Lift, this team proved that two stages are better than one. This hot little robot impressed the judges with its stacking ability. In spite of their bird being cooked last night, their dual glyph lift, lifted them to victory!
Winner: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix from Kennett Square, PA
2nd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics 3rd Place: Team 9799, Ingenerds
Connect Award
The Connect Award is presented to the Team that the Judges' feel most connected with their local community, FIRST and the business world. 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 is as colorful as they are multi-dimensional. Taking what they have learned from their technical network, they are passing their knowledge on to the community. They have even INFILTRATED their local library to teach 3D printing.
Winner: Team 7314, Sab-bot-age from Downingtown, PA
2nd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics 3rd Place: Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason
2nd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics 3rd Place: Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason
Think Award
This judged award is given to the Team that best reflects the journey the Team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season. The Engineering Notebook is the key reference for judges to help 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:
No matter where this team goes to do their learning, they are always thinking. The documentation in their notebook is detailed from design to prototyping and construction. This team's process gives their brains a cardio workout.
Winner: Team 11208, Kardia Robotics from Reading, PA
2nd Place: Team 9242, GearHounds 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
No matter where this team goes to do their learning, they are always thinking. The documentation in their notebook is detailed from design to prototyping and construction. This team's process gives their brains a cardio workout.
Winner: Team 11208, Kardia Robotics from Reading, PA
2nd Place: Team 9242, GearHounds 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
Inspire Award
The Inspire Award is given to the Team that the Judges felt truly embodied the 'challenge' of the FIRST Tech Challenge program. The Team that receives this award is a strong ambassador for FIRST programs and works to promote FIRST and make it loud in their community. 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 on and off the playing field. 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 is the whole package, with outstanding robot design, engineering notebook and community outreach. Their glyph intake impressed the judges with their "tiny" wheeled design. Their inspiration cannot be contained!
Winner: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics from Downingtown, PA
2nd Place: Team 11208, Kardia Robotics 3rd Place: Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason
This team is the whole package, with outstanding robot design, engineering notebook and community outreach. Their glyph intake impressed the judges with their "tiny" wheeled design. Their inspiration cannot be contained!
Winner: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics from Downingtown, PA
2nd Place: Team 11208, Kardia Robotics 3rd Place: Team 8528, Rhyme Know Reason
The following teams earned their way to the 2017-2018 Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament per FTC Game Manual 1 Order of Advancement:
Rank Team # Team Name Award 1 7244 Out of the Box Robotics Inspire Award Winner 2 9889 Cruise Control Winning Alliance Captain 3 11208 Kardia Robotics Inspire Award Finalist 2 4 8528 Rhyme Know Reason Inspire Award Finalist 3 5 5320 RoboLancers Gold Winning Alliance Second Pick