Event Information
Date Sunday January 26, 2020 Venue 725 Hamilton Road Registration Registration is required and opens after kickoff. Refreshments
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Participating Teams
Count | Team # | Team Name | Organization | Location |
1 | 4174 | Atomic Theory | Dalton School | New York, NY |
2 | 5029 | Powerstackers | Innovators Robotics | Dayton, OH |
3 | 5488 | Friere RoboDragons | Freire Charter High School | Philadelphia, PA |
4 | 5910 | Sparks | Academy of Notre Dame | Villanova, PA |
5 | 6051 | Quantum Mechanics | Dalton School | New York, NY |
6 | 7786 | Blue Streaks | Manheim Township High School | Lancaster, PA |
7 | 8221 | Cubix^3 | ETC Robotics | Hampstead, MD |
8 | 8788 | Hexadecimal | Nansemond Suffolk Academy | Suffolk, VA |
9 | 9371 | General Relativity | Dalton School | New York, NY |
10 | 9372 | Standard Model | Dalton School | New York, NY |
11 | 9773 | Robocracy | 4H | Chappaqua, NY |
12 | 10194 | Trojanauts | Pottstown High School | Pottstown, PA |
13 | 10353 | Metalworks | Independent | Lancaster, PA |
14 | 11112 | RoboLords | Community Team | Ashburn, VA |
15 | 11672 | Hatters Robotics - Red | Keith Valley MS / Hatboro-Horsham HS | Horsham, PA |
16 | 11673 | Hatters Robotics - Black | Keith Valley MS / Hatboro-Horsham HS | Horsham, PA |
17 | 11830 | rarBots | Red Lion Senior High | Red Lion, PA |
18 | 12676 | siSTEM.io | siSTEM.io 4H club | Plainsboro, NJ |
19 | 14423 | RoboCorns | Downingtown Area Robotics | Exton, PA |
20 | 16087 | Klinger Klippers | Klinger Middle School | Southampton, PA |
21 | 16300 | Mariachi Startup | Unionville-Chadds Ford School District | West Chester, PA |
22 | 16466 | Technological Intelligence | Covenant Christian Academy | Harrisburg, PA |
23 | 17143 | Central Processing Unit | Central York School District | York, PA |
24 | 17596 | START | Wilkes-Barre Area STEM Academy | Wilkes Barre, PA |
1st selected: 8221 Cubix^32nd selected: 17596 START
Finalist Alliance
Captain: 14423 RoboCorn1st selected: 9773 Robocracy2nd selected: 16300 Mariachi Startup
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 rookie team's enthusiasm really impressed the judges. Their grit and passion helped get this team off the ground. This STEM academy is just getting START-ed! The Rising Star Award goes to team 17596, START!
Winner: Team 17596 START
Motivate Award
The team that receives the Motivate Award has the culture of FIRST and clearly shows what it means to be a team. This award celebrates the team that represents the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through team building, team spirit, and displayed enthusiasm. This is a team who makes 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 impressed the judges with their effort to promote FIRST to their community. Having their practice session out in the community naturally draws people to their front door, and they answer. While they hang out with Santa, their magical sparkle dust helps their unicorn fly.
Winner: Team 14423 RoboCorns
2nd Place: Team 9773 Robocracy 3rd Place: Team 12676 siSTEM.io
2nd Place: Team 9773 Robocracy 3rd Place: Team 12676 siSTEM.io
Design Award
The Design Award expands on this year's challenge, inspiring teams to incorporate industrial design into their robots. These elements are functional and aesthetic, and 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 robot should be durable, efficiently designed, and effectively address the game challenge.
Here is what the judges had to say:
The judges felt the power in this robot's design. Their many parts were held together with a force that made them indivisible. Like tiny atoms aligning, all of the components of this robot lined up to create a powerful design that allowed them to accomplish the tasks of the game.
Winner: Team 4174 Atomic Theory
2nd Place: Team 8221 Cubix^3 3rd Place: Team 5029 Powerstackers
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:
The judges thought this team doubled down on the effort to design an innovative robot mechanism. These creative girls designed in CAD and printed many 3D parts. Their stacking "SIS-tem" helped them reach new heights.
Winner: Team 12676 siSTEM.io
2nd Place: Team 4174 Atomic Theory 3rd Place: Team 11112 RoboLords
The judges thought this team doubled down on the effort to design an innovative robot mechanism. These creative girls designed in CAD and printed many 3D parts. Their stacking "SIS-tem" helped them reach new heights.
Winner: Team 12676 siSTEM.io
2nd Place: Team 4174 Atomic Theory 3rd Place: Team 11112 RoboLords
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 impressed the judges with their engineering connections. They learned advanced math and physics principles that they used to incorporate and improve their robot. In the age of self driving robots, this team ensures autonomy.
Winner: Team 9773 Robocracy
2nd Place: Team 12676 siSTEM.io 3rd Place: Team 8221 Cubix^3
2nd Place: Team 12676 siSTEM.io 3rd Place: Team 8221 Cubix^3
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's engineering notebook STEMs from a POWERful CUBE of knowledge. These students' reflections look at home in any professional tome. Their process was well documented, rife with CAD, calculations, and code, or C-cubed.
Winner: Team 8221 Cubix^3
2nd Place: Team 5029 Powerstackers 3rd Place: Team 12676 siSTEM.io
This team's engineering notebook STEMs from a POWERful CUBE of knowledge. These students' reflections look at home in any professional tome. Their process was well documented, rife with CAD, calculations, and code, or C-cubed.
Winner: Team 8221 Cubix^3
2nd Place: Team 5029 Powerstackers 3rd Place: Team 12676 siSTEM.io
Inspire Award
The Inspire Award is presented 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. This team shares their experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge with other teams, sponsors, their community, and the Judges. Working as a unit, this team will have shown success in performing the task of designing and building a robot. The Judges used 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 demonstrated strong attributes in all judging categories. During the interview, they articulated the design process of their many custom components, which they used to great effectiveness on the competition field. This team STACKS their way through their 60-mile wide community with great POWER.
Winner: Team 5029 Powerstackers
2nd Place: Team 9773 Robocracy 3rd Place: Team 11112 RoboLords
This team demonstrated strong attributes in all judging categories. During the interview, they articulated the design process of their many custom components, which they used to great effectiveness on the competition field. This team STACKS their way through their 60-mile wide community with great POWER.
Winner: Team 5029 Powerstackers
2nd Place: Team 9773 Robocracy 3rd Place: Team 11112 RoboLords
The following teams earned their way to the 2019-2020 Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament per FTC Game Manual 1 Order of Advancement:
Rank Team # Team Name Award 1 9979 Cougars Host Team 2 5029 PowerStackers Inspire Award Winner 3 4174 Atomic Theory Winning Alliance Captain 4 9773 Robocracy Inspire Award 2nd place