This 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:

The Design Award expands on this year's 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 in 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's well designed robot sent the judges' hearts racing. No surgery was required to help this robot perform. This lean and mean machine obviously does Cardio.

Winner: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics 

2nd Place: Team 7149 Enforcers        3rd Place: Team 8468 The Javengers 

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 game. 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.am'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:

The logic behind this selection was obvious to the Judges. This team's use of colorful 3D printing for their collection mechanism could have come from another planet. Their innovation will allow them to Live Long and Prosper for many seasons to come. 

Winner: Team 4914 Vulcan Robotics 

2nd Place: Team 7244 Out of the Box Robotics        3rd Place: Team 7149 Enforcers 

Here is what the judges had to say:This team's efforts to connect with STEM professionals in their area is truly impressive. All of the contacts they made could make others green with envy. Their efforts truly showed the heroes within!

Here is what the judges had to say:

The Judges felt this team's notebook is as thorough as it gets. The information provided pushed them passed all others. With data driven design, they reINFORCEd their position in the competition.

Winner: Team 7149 Enforcers 

2nd Place: Team 7244 Out of the Box Robotics       3rd Place: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics

Here is what the judges had to say:

Like a constellation, this team shines like a collection of stars from different places. Their robot flew over the competition like a Star Destroyer. Their complete package of design, motivation, and inspiration fit like a glove in a box.

Winner: Team 7244 Out of the Box Robotics 

2nd Place: Team 8468 The Javengers      3rd Place: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics