South Central Pennsylvania Qualifier

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Event Information

Date

Saturday February 2, 2019
iCal

Venue

Penn State York
Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center

Irving Ave

York, PA 17403

Registration

Registration is required and opens after kickoff.
Registration closes two weeks before event date.

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
8:20 Judge Interviews Begin
10:30 Drivers Meeting On Competition Field
10:45 Queue First 2 Matches
11:00 Opening Ceremonies
11:15 Qualification Matches Begin
12:30 Lunch Break
1:00 Qualification Matches Resume
3:15 Start Semifinals
4:15 Start Finals
5:00 Awards and Closing Ceremonies
5:30 Event Complete

Event Host

Penn State York

Event Host Special Requirements

All event participants - volunteers, team adults, and team minors - are required to comply with Penn State policies, specifically AD39 Minors Involved in University-Sponsored Programs.

Coaches are responsible for ensuring their team members understand
and follow all relevant aspects of Penn State Policy AD39

Registration Information

Participating Teams

Count	Team #	Team Name	Organization	Location
1	61	OZone	Oxford Robotics	Oxford, PA
2	4149	Terabytes	Independent	Plum, PA
3	4185	Silver Soldiers	Owen J. Roberts High School	Pottstown, PA
4	5910	Sparks	Academy of Notre Dame	Villanova, PA
5	6045	Ohm Boys	Oxford Robotics	Oxford, PA
6	6051	Quantum Mechanics	Dalton School	New York, NY
7	6378	JayBots	Central Columbia High School	Bloomsburg, PA
8	7416	Silver Spartans	Owen J. Roberts High School	Pottstown, PA
9	7786	Blue Streaks	Manheim Township High School	Lancaster, PA
10	8867	Bit Breakers	Independant	Franklin Park, PA
11	9371	General Relativity	Dalton School	New York, NY
12	9372	Standard Model	Dalton School	New York, NY
13	9791	Divide by Zero	Home	Harleysville, PA
14	10098	2 Eyed Illuminati	Unionville High School	Chadds Ford, PA
15	10353	Metal Works	Independent	Lancaster, PA
16	10490	Fiddling Fixers	Panther Valley Junior/Senior High School	Lansford, PA
17	11208	Kardia Robotics	Kardia Learning Center	Reading, PA
18	11210	Infinity Robotechs	Infinity Robitics	McMurray, PA
19	11349	VorTech	McCaskey Robotics - School District of Lancaster	Lancaster, PA
20	12007	JayBorgs	Central Columbia High School	Bloomsburg, PA
21	12564	Technion	Friends	Mechanicsburg, PA
22	12593	Yantrik	Community Team	Bridgeville, PA
23	14130	To Be Determined	Friends	Lancaster, PA
24	14282	Fracture Critical	SYC Robotics Club	New Freedom, PA
25	14364	Loose Screws	St Leo The Great	Lancaster, PA
26	14382	CC4H Robotics - Flex Force 1	Centre County 4H	State College, PA
27	14427	Aquinas Robotics	Aquinas Academy	Gibsonia, PA
28	14530	TechTurtle	Independent	Blue Bell, PA
29	14804	Susquehannock Warriors	Susquehannock High School	Glen Rock, PA
30	14842	SpyGears	Downingtown Area Robotics	Glenmoore, PA

Tournament Results

Competition Results

Winning Alliance
Captain: 6378 JayBots

1st selected: 9791 Divide by Zero
2nd selected: 12007 JayBorgs

Finalist Alliance

Captain: 6045 Ohm Boys
1st selected: 10353 Metal Works
2nd selected: 11208 Kardia Robotics

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

Judged Awards

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 had wide range of methods to spread the message of FIRST. Not only did they help FLL team reach the stars, they worked to better their future prospects. They are always keeping their eyes open to further the message of STEM.

Winner: Team 10098 2 Eyed Illuminati

2nd Place: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics 3rd Place: Team 9791 Divide by Zero

Design Award

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 attention to details really impressed the judges. Their use of common household items was both functional and effective. They are really indivisible.

Winner: Team 9791 Divide by Zero

2nd Place: Team 4149 Terabytes 3rd Place: Team 11210 Infinity Robotechs

Collins Aerospace Innovate Award

The Collins Aerospace 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.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team's robotic arm deployed like no other robots'. Using renewable materials this 21st century robot exhibited fine craftsmanship. They gave us a "BREAK" by using non traditional materials.

Winner: Team 8867 Bit Breakers

2nd Place: Team 4149 Terabytes 3rd Place: Team 11208 Kardia 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 other STEM professionals and exploring the opportunities available in the world of science and technology.

Here is what the judges had to say:

This team demonstrated multiple ties to their engineering community. Their relationships helped bridge the past, present and the future. They showed that all you need to spread STEM like a wild fire is a SPARK.

Winner: Team 5910 Sparks

2nd Place: Team 4149 Terabytes 3rd Place: Team 11210 Infinity Robotechs

Think Award

The Think Award is given to the team that the Judges feel best reflects the journey of the engineering 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 impressed the judges with the way they documented every beat of their journey. It was not always in the cards, but they had the formula for success. If you put all the Kardashians together, they couldn’t have done this well.

Winner: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics

2nd Place: Team 4149 Terabytes 3rd Place: Team 5910 Sparks

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 both 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:

The judges were impressed by the team in all areas of the competition. They brought their long arms a long way to compete today. They have developed a large support network of mentors and they use every bit of guidance provided to them. Don’t get too close to this robot or you might you get a TERR-able BYTE.

Winner: Team 4149 Terabytes

2nd Place: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics 3rd Place: Team 9791 Divide by Zero

Advancing to the Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament

The following teams earned their way to the 2018-2019 Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament per FTC Game Manual 1 Order of Advancement:

Rank Team # Team Name Award
1
4149 Terabytes Inspire Award Winner
2
6378 JayBots Winning Alliance Captain
3 9791 Divide by Zero Winning Alliance 1st Team selected
4 12007 JayBorgs Winning Alliance 2nd Team selected
5 6045 Ohm Boys Finalist Alliance Captain

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