Event Information
Date Saturday January 13, 2018 Venue
Registration Registration opens after kickoff. Refreshments
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Participating Teams
Team # | Team Name | School / Organization | Location | |
1 | 2818 | G-FORCE | GEARS & 4-H | McHenry, MD |
2 | 3900 | MechaSharks | Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy | Pittsburgh, PA |
3 | 4149 | Terabytes | Independent | Murrysville, PA |
4 | 5501 | USS Enterprise | Van Wert High School | Van Wert, OH |
5 | 6133 | The NUTS! | Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH |
6 | 6549 | Whoa!Bots | Sewickley Academy | Sewickley, PA |
7 | 8509 | STEEL Serpents | STEEL Corp/Team RobotiX | Pittsburgh, PA |
8 | 8645 | Robotic Doges | Laurel Highlands Education and Robotics, Inc. | Hollsopple, PA |
9 | 8867 | Broken Image Link | Independant | Franklin Park, PA |
10 | 9820 | Girls of Steel Hypatia | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA |
11 | 9981 | Girls of Steel Lovelace | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA |
12 | 10144 | Trial and Error | Aurora Robotics | Aurora, OH |
13 | 10464 | The Bionic Tigers | Loveland High School | Loveland, OH |
14 | 11027 | NA Cyber Tigers | North Allegheny Intermediate | Pittsburgh, PA |
15 | 11210 | Infinity Robotechs | Infinity Robotics | McMurray, PA |
16 | 11792 | BotsBurgh | Community | Pittsburgh, PA |
17 | 12556 | Apollo VI | None | Moon Township, PA |
18 | 12578 | dietTROJANATORS | Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School | Cranberry, PA |
19 | 13336 | Martians | Mars Area Middle School | Mars, PA |
20 | 13474 | MARS | Mars Robotics Association | Mars, PA |
21 | 13535 | Brain Botz | Community Team | Salisbury, PA |
Captain: 8645 Robotic Doges1st selected: 6133 The NUTS!2nd selected: 13535 Brain Botz
Finalist Alliance
Captain: 10144 Trial and Error1st selected: 2818 G-FORCE2nd selected: 6549 Whoa!Bots
Match Results Details for all Matches
Judged Awards
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:
There may have been some tribulations when working out this team's control scheme. But, eventually all the program pathways were bug-free. So, the judges didn't have to worry about error messages when selecting this team for the Control Award.
Winner: Team 10144, Trial and Error from Aurora, OH
2nd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE 3rd Place: Team 8509, STEEL Serpents
2nd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE 3rd Place: Team 8509, STEEL Serpents
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 has traveled light years to get here today. They may not have been on a mission to explore other worlds, but they came and conquered today with how they expanded FIRST in their area. This is a team that has gone boldly where no other team has gone before.
Winner: Team 5501, USS Enterprise from Van Wert, OH
2nd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE 3rd Place: Team 10464, The Bionic Tigers
2nd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE 3rd Place: Team 10464, The Bionic Tigers
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 displayed a super strong effort. They emerged from a jungle of competition. To catch bigger game, they redesigned their robot in just 4 weeks.
Winner: Team 10464, The Bionic Tigers from Loveland, OH
2nd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE 3rd Place: Team 10144, Trial and Error
This team displayed a super strong effort. They emerged from a jungle of competition. To catch bigger game, they redesigned their robot in just 4 weeks.
Winner: Team 10464, The Bionic Tigers from Loveland, OH
2nd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE 3rd Place: Team 10144, Trial and Error
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. 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.
Here is what the judges had to say:
When it comes to innovative design, this team is no dummy. They certainly chewed up the competition. Their robot is no dog on the field.
Winner: Team 8645, Robotic Doges from Hollsopple, PA
2nd Place: Team 11210, Infinity Robotechs 3rd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE
When it comes to innovative design, this team is no dummy. They certainly chewed up the competition. Their robot is no dog on the field.
Winner: Team 8645, Robotic Doges from Hollsopple, PA
2nd Place: Team 11210, Infinity Robotechs 3rd Place: Team 2818, G-FORCE
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's list of connections with engineering labs is never ending. Their possibilities for community outreach seem endless. This team has gone to Infinity and beyond with their Engineering of robotic body parts outreach.
Winner: Team 11210, Infinity Robotechs from McMurray, PA
2nd Place: Team 6133, The NUTS! 3rd Place: Team 8509, STEEL Serpents
2nd Place: Team 6133, The NUTS! 3rd Place: Team 8509, STEEL Serpents
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:
Winner: Team 6133, The NUTS! from Cincinnati, OH
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 5501, USS Enterprise
This team is crazy about Robotics, and it shows in their notebook. There are many positive facets to this team. They have no need to squirrel away this award.
Winner: Team 6133, The NUTS! from Cincinnati, OH
2nd Place: Team 8645, Robotic Doges 3rd Place: Team 5501, USS Enterprise
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 heavily involved in mentoring and motivating the next generation of FTC. Their robot is a Temple of Inspiration. This team was a FORCE to be reckoned with at today's competition.
Winner: Team 2818, G-FORCE from McHenry, MD
2nd Place: Team 11210, Infinity Robotechs 3rd Place: Team 5501, USS Enterprise
This team is heavily involved in mentoring and motivating the next generation of FTC. Their robot is a Temple of Inspiration. This team was a FORCE to be reckoned with at today's competition.
Winner: Team 2818, G-FORCE from McHenry, MD
2nd Place: Team 11210, Infinity Robotechs 3rd Place: Team 5501, USS Enterprise
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 11554 Bot of Gold Qualifier Host Team 2 2818 G-FORCE Inspire Award Winner 3 11210 Infinity Robotechs Inspire Award Finalist 2 4 6133 The NUTS! Winning Alliance First Pick