Event Information
Date Saturday January 6, 2018 Venue Oxford Area High School
Registration Registration opens after kickoff. Refreshments
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Participating Teams
Count | Team # | Team Name | Organization | Location |
1 | 118 | Steel Hornets | Emmaus High School | Emmaus, PA |
2 | 230 | Ampere | Upper Dublin High School | Fort Washington, PA |
3 | 365 | MOE FTC | First State Robotics | Wilmington, DE |
4 | 3283 | Scibot1 | SciTech High School | Harrisburg, PA |
5 | 3305 | Scibot2 | SciTech High School | Harrisburg, PA |
6 | 3795 | Jag-Wired | Garnet Valley High School | Glen Mills, PA |
7 | 4347 | NanoGurus | NanoGurus Robotics | Morris Plains , NJ |
8 | 4396 | Decepticons | TCHS Pickering Campus | Phoenixville, PA |
9 | 4433 | Smokin' Motors | Wyomissing | Wyomissing, PA |
10 | 5488 | Robodragons | Freire Charter School | Philadelphia, PA |
11 | 5910 | Sparks | Academy of Notre Dame de Namur | Villanova, PA |
12 | 6191 | Short Circuits | CBHS South | Warrington, PA |
13 | 6306 | Rising Sun Tiborgs | Rising Sun High School | North East, MD |
14 | 7055 | Cruzin' Comets | Abington Heights High School | Clarks Summit, PA |
15 | 7117 | The Blockheads | Family/Friends | Burke, VA |
16 | 7182 | Mechanical Paradox Cubed | Horizons 4-H | Catonsville, MD |
17 | 7244 | Out of the Box Robotics | Out of the Box Robotics | Downingtown, PA |
18 | 7423 | Flaming Phoenix | Unionville-Chadds Ford School District | Kennett Square, PA |
19 | 8297 | GEARED UP! | Ashburn Robotics | Ashburn, VA |
20 | 8468 | The Javengers | friends | Enola, PA |
21 | 8528 | Rhyme Know Reason | homeschool | Wilmington, DE |
22 | 8645 | Robotic Doges | Laurel Highlands Education and Robotics, Inc. | Hollsopple, PA |
23 | 9618 | Cyber Spartans | School District of Springfield Township | Oreland, PA |
24 | 9791 | Divide by Zero | Family and Friends | Harleysville, PA |
25 | 9872 | (In)Formal Logic | Covenant Christian Academy | Harrisburg, PA |
26 | 9979 | Cougars | Lancaster Country Day School | Lancaster, PA |
27 | 10353 | Metal Works | Independent | Lancaster, PA |
28 | 10375 | Bot Builders | Media Youth Center | Media, PA |
29 | 11208 | Kardia Robotics | Kardia Learning Center | Reading, PA |
30 | 11319 | La Salle Robotics BLUE | La Salle College High School | Wyndmoor, PA |
31 | 11349 | VorTech | McCaskey Campus | Lancaster, PA |
32 | 11540 | La Salle Robotics GOLD | La Salle College High School | Wyndmoor, PA |
33 | 11554 | Bot of Gold | Community | Pittsburgh, PA |
34 | 11830 | RarBots | Red Lion Area School District | Red Lion, PA |
35 | 13467 | Lyrics and Logic | Homeschool | Wilmington, DE |
Captain: 7244 Out of the Box Robotics1st selected: 8645 Robotic Doges2nd selected: 9872 (In)Formal Logic
Finalist Alliance
Captain: 7117 The Blockheads1st selected: 9979 Cougars2nd selected: 365 MOE FTC
Match Results Details for all Matches
Judged Awards
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 puts their best foot forward. And they display no sibling rivalry, as they sing their way to a bright future. The Rising Star Judges Award goes to team 13467, Lyrics and Logic!
Winner: Team 13467, Lyrics and Logic from Wilmington, DE
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:
The judges felt this team could really light it up on the field. Innovative programming allowed them to stalk the competition. Their use of LEDs allowed them to be the King of the Jungle.
Winner: Team 3795, Jag-Wired from Glen Mills, PA
2nd Place: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed 3rd Place: Team 8468, The Javengers
2nd Place: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed 3rd Place: Team 8468, The Javengers
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 showed the judges their outreach is far and wide. They built relationships small and large with their community and FIRST. Never was their motivation confined to a box.
Winner: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics from Downingtown, PA
2nd Place: Team 8297, GEARED UP! 3rd Place: Team 365, MOE FTC
2nd Place: Team 8297, GEARED UP! 3rd Place: Team 365, MOE FTC
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 robot was a blur of color as they sped to the top of the judges' list. Their engineering principals are out of this world. The decision wasn't black and white, it was black and red!
Winner: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix from Kennett Square, PA
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed
This robot was a blur of color as they sped to the top of the judges' list. Their engineering principals are out of this world. The decision wasn't black and white, it was black and red!
Winner: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix from Kennett Square, PA
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed
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. 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.
Here is what the judges had to say:
This team rocked the judges with their intake system. You would have to go to Mars to find another design this innovative. It's no paradox why this team wins, wins, wins.
Winner: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed from Catonsville, MD
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
This team rocked the judges with their intake system. You would have to go to Mars to find another design this innovative. It's no paradox why this team wins, wins, wins.
Winner: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed from Catonsville, MD
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
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 being recognized for their ability to connect to their community. They organized a STEM Day at an elementary school, hosted an FLL tournament, and even hosted an FTC kickoff and workshops. To top it off, they even reached out overseas for FIRST Global mentoring. Ottimo Lavoro!
Winner: Team 8297, GEARED UP! from Ashburn, VA
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7244, Out of the Box Robotics
Think Award
The Think 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:
This team's notebook was clear and concise, from strategy sessions to design, build, and outreach. The judges were carried along the mystic journey through their detailed documentation. These wise guys from the East accomplished no tiny feat.
Winner: Team 4347, NanoGurus from Morris Plains, NJ
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix
This team's notebook was clear and concise, from strategy sessions to design, build, and outreach. The judges were carried along the mystic journey through their detailed documentation. These wise guys from the East accomplished no tiny feat.
Winner: Team 4347, NanoGurus from Morris Plains, NJ
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix
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 was a solid performer across the board with a well designed and documented robot. Their outreach and dedication to FIRST is putting them on the map. With all the fetching of game elements this year, there's no surprise that they are leading the pack.
Winner: Team 8645, Robotic Doges from Hollsopple, PA
2nd Place: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed 3rd Place: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix
This team was a solid performer across the board with a well designed and documented robot. Their outreach and dedication to FIRST is putting them on the map. With all the fetching of game elements this year, there's no surprise that they are leading the pack.
Winner: Team 8645, Robotic Doges from Hollsopple, PA
2nd Place: Team 7182, Mechanical Paradox Cubed 3rd Place: Team 7423, Flaming Phoenix
The following teams* earned their way to the 2017-2018 Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament per FTC Game Manual 1 Order of Advancement:
* Team 7117 The Blockheads, the Finalist Alliance Captain, was eligible to advance. They graciously gave up their spot to another team as they will be participating in the Virginia State Championship.
Rank Team # Team Name Award 1 TBA Oxford Area Robotics Qualifier Host Team 2 8645 Robotic Doges Inspire Award Winner 3 7182 Mechanical Paradox Cubed Inspire Award Finalist 2 4 7423 Flaming Phoenix Inspire Award Finalist 3 5 4347 NanoGurus Think Award Winner 6 9979 Cougars Finalist Alliance First Pick
* Team 8297 GEARED UP!, the Connect Award Winner, was eligible to advance. They graciously gave up their spot to another team as they will be participating in the Virginia State Championship.