Green and Gold Qualifier

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Event Information

Date

Sunday February 16, 2020
iCal

Venue

Emmaus High School
Cafeterias 1 and 2
800 Pine St
Emmaus, PA 18049

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
10:15 Robot and Field Inspection Ends
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 Semifinals
4:15 Finals
5:00 Awards and Closing Ceremonies
5:30 Event Complete

Event Host

FTC Team 118 Steel Hornets
Contact and follow them through their website or twitter

Registration Information

Participating Teams

Count	Team #	Team Name	Organization	Location
1	1	Team Unlimited	Team Unlimited	Sharon, MA
2	5484	The Enderbots	Corning, Inc. and Friends	Corning, NY
3	6931	The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team	BrainSTEM	Baden, PA
4	6964	Igutech	Neighborhood Team	Bethlehem, PA
5	7244	OUT of the BOX Robotics	OUT of the BOX Robotics	Coatesville, PA
6	7350	Watt's NXT?	Say Watt Robotics	Edison, NJ
7	7786	Blue Streaks	Manheim Township High School	Lancaster, PA
8	8405	Millburn Robotics	Millburn High School	Millburn, NJ
9	8528	Rhyme Know Reason	Homeschool Robotics Club of DE	Wilmington, DE
10	9979	Cougars	Lancaster Country Day School	Lancaster, PA
11	10096	Those Guys	West Morris Central High School	Long Valley, NJ
12	10194	Trojanauts	Pottstown High School	Pottstown, PA
13	10353	Metalworks	Independent	Lancaster, PA
14	10375	Bot Builders	Media Youth Center	Media, PA
15	10771	Le Pamplemousse	Freedom High School	Bethlehem, PA
16	11306	Prototype G	YWCA Princeton	Princeton, NJ
17	13669	Raiderbots	Coatesville Area High School	Coatesville, PA
18	14133	Lansdale Catholic Junior Crusaders	Lansdale Catholic High School	Lansdale, PA
19	14354	Inconceivable Robotics	Inconceivable Robotics, Inc.	Downingtown, PA
20	14530	Tech Turtles	Community	Blue Bell, PA
21	14842	The SpyGears	Downingtown Area Robotics	Exton, PA
22	16330	Javengers	PACAR	Mechanicsburg, PA
23	16466	Technological Intelligence	Covenant Christian Academy	Harrisburg, PA
24	16606	TechKnights Robotics	Penndale Middle School	Lansdale, PA

Tournament Results

Competition Results

Winning Alliance
Captain: 7244 OUT of the BOX Robotics

1st selected: 8405 Millburn Robotics
2nd selected: 13669 Raiderbots

Finalist Alliance

Captain: 6964 Igutech
1st selected: 6931 The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team
2nd selected: 11306 Prototype G

Team Rankings from the Qualifying Matches
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:

Even when nearly all the members graduated, this team wasn't ready to fold. Six new members came together under one experienced leader to restart the team. With the help of alumni and sponsors who mentored, and taught programming and 3D printing, this team really WORKS. FORGED from a common love of robotics, the "Fresh Start" award goes to team 10353, Metalworks!

Winner: Team 10353 Metalworks

Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc.

The Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc. celebrates 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:

This team demonstrated consistent performance during the autonomous period. Their camera and use of Vuforia allow them them to efficiently and accurately identify Skystones and deliver them to the building zone. In the end, this team wasn't CORNING around.

Winner: Team 5484 The Enderbots

2nd Place: Team 7244 OUT of the BOX Robotics 3rd Place: Team 6931 The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

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 makes a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout it's community. They motivated their sponsor to secure a new home for their team meetings. We can't wait to see WHAT'S NEXT for their community connections.

Winner: Team 7350 Watt's NXT?

2nd Place: Team 1 Team Unlimited 3rd Place: Team 9979 Cougars

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:

This team created an efficient and elegant system to move stones front to top in a fluid motion. Their clever management of electronic components into two well-organized lateral columns sets themselves apart. This OPENED THE BOX to a beautiful and simple industrial design.

Winner: Team 7244 OUT of the BOX Robotics

2nd Place: Team 6931 The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 3rd Place: Team 6964 Igutech

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 gripper was well-designed and effective. They leveraged CAD to build precise TECH into a critical system. There were IG-zactly 8 degrees of separation between their stone and the skyscraper.

Winner: Team 6964 Igutech

2nd Place: Team 5484 The Enderbots 3rd Place: Team 6931 The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

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. Their impressive network and database records all of their recruitments. They are the PROTOTYPE for how to create connections.

Winner: Team 11306 Prototype G

2nd Place: Team 7350 Watt's NXT? 3rd Place: Team 7244 OUT of the BOX Robotics

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 notebook took the judges with them on their journey through the engineering design process. They had a great notebook with a well- documented business plan, great engineering designs, meeting logs, reflections, and outreaches. They certainly did "show how it is done".

Winner: Team 1 Team Unlimited

2nd Place: Team 9979 Cougars 3rd Place: Team 16330 Javengers

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 excelled in all areas of FIRST. Their ONE function really delivered to their alliance partners. They've provided SUBSTANTIAL BRAIN POWER towards collaboration between their team and the STEM community.

Winner: Team 6931 The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

2nd Place: Team 9979 Cougars 3rd Place: Team 7350 Watt's NXT?

Advancing to the Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament

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
118 Steel Hornets Host Team
2
6931 The Substantial Monocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team Inspire Award Winner
3 8405 Millburn Robotics Winning Alliance 1st Team selected
4 7350 Watt's NXT? Inspire Award 3rd place

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