Lehigh Valley Qualifier

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Event Information

Date

Saturday February 15, 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
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Registration Information

Participating Teams

Count	Team #	Team Name	Organization	Location
1	230	Ampere	Upper Dublin High School	Fort Washington, PA
2	4149	Terabytes	Terabytes Robotics	Murrysville, PA
3	4396	Decepticons	TCHS Pickering	Phoenixville, PA
4	5862	Techno Tigers	Marple Newtown High School	Newtown Square, PA
5	5910	Sparks	Academy of Notre Dame	Villanova, PA
6	6378	Jay Bots	Central Columbia High School	Bloomsburg, PA
7	7314	Sab-BOT-age	Downingtown Area Robotics	Exton, PA
8	8393	The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team	BrainSTEM	Baden, PA
9	9085	Pottsgrove Robotics	Pottsgrove High School	Pottstown, PA
10	9486	Scigearian Tigers	Marple Newtown High School	Newtown Square, PA
11	9791	Divide By Zero	Family and Friends	Lansdale, PA
12	10098	2 Eyed Illuminati	Unionville High School	Chadds Ford, PA
13	11208	Kardia Robotics	Kardia Learning Center	Reading, PA
14	12007	Jay Borgs	Central Columbia High School	Bloomsburg, PA
15	12564	Technion	Friends	Mechanicsburg, PA
16	14130	To Be Determined	Independent	Lancaster, PA
17	14423	RoboCorns	Downingtown Area Robotics	Exton, PA
18	14738	Cougars	Calvary Christian Academy	Philadelphia, PA
19	16164	DynaBots	Patton Middle School	Kennett Square, PA
20	16269	Guthrie Geeks	Hanover Library Robotics Club	Hanover, PA
21	16800	CalvaryRobot	Calvary Christian Academy	Philadelphia, PA
22	17334	Panthera Robotica	Saucon Valley High School	Hellertown, PA
23	17457	Millenium Owls	Robert K. Shafer Middle School	Bensalem, PA
24	17458	Bensalem Builders	Cecelia Snyder Middle School	Bensalem, PA

Tournament Results

Competition Results

Winning Alliance
Captain: 11208 Kardia Robotics

1st selected: 8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team
2nd selected: 5862 Techno Tigers

Finalist Alliance

Captain: 9791 Divide By Zero
1st selected: 7314 Sab-BOT-age
2nd selected: 6378 Jay Bots

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:

This former FLL team demonstrated to the judges that since becoming an FTC team they learned the importance of planning a design before just building their first idea. As a rookie FTC team, they learned that teamwork and time management are really important. In other words, they learned that building a robot in FTC is a lot different than building a robot in FLL, no matter how DYNAMIC they are. The "Lessons Learned" award goes to team 16164, Dynabots!

Winner: Team 16164 DynaBots

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 used intelligent positioning and placement to lay the foundation for success. They measured every step for smooth, accurate movement to achieve better field results. The autonomous machine vision code located and focused on Skystones with error approaching ZERO.

Winner: Team 9791 Divide By Zero

2nd Place: Team 14423 RoboCorns 3rd Place: Team 11208 Kardia Robotics

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 wowed the judges with their commitment to spreading awareness of and fostering enthusiasm for STEM. From running STEM days that generated new FLL and FTC teams, to recruiting mentors from the professional community to mentor their adopted FLL teams, this team focuses on winning over young hearts and minds to STEM. For analyzing demographics to target under-served areas of high unmet needs, their team name should be displayed in NEON lights.

Winner: Team 12564 Technion

2nd Place: Team 8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 3rd Place: Team 10098 2 Eyed Illuminati

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 was unique in its design process. They designed the components and put them together in a modular way. The teams philosophy "to get it right" up front works!

Winner: Team 14423 RoboCorns

2nd Place: Team 8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team 3rd Place: Team 5910 Sparks

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 were impressed with this team and the innovative way they solved the game challenges. Their solution to collecting stones was very effective. This team was really inVESTed in their robot design.

Winner: Team 6378 Jay Bots

2nd Place: Team 5910 Sparks 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 is supported by their alumni base who have recently entered the STEM workforce. They hosted TALKS and presentations with STEM professionals to learn about technical life after FTC. Their efforts to engage with the engineering community really SPARKED the judges interest.

Winner: Team 5910 Sparks

2nd Place: Team 10098 2 Eyed Illuminati 3rd Place: Team 8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

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:

With clearly laid out plans and processes, this team's journal captures the joy they shared with the community. The technical knowledge they documented ENLIGHTENED the judges. One needs more than 2 EYES to truly appreciate their wisdom.

Winner: Team 10098 2 Eyed Illuminati

2nd Place: Team 9791 Divide By Zero 3rd Place: Team 8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

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 with this team's well-rounded involvement in robotics. They performed well today in both HEMISPHERE's of FIRST; their MOMs should be proud. However, the judges remain eternally PUZZLED on how to pronounce their name.

Winner: Team 8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

2nd Place: Team 5910 Sparks 3rd Place: Team 14423 RoboCorns

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
8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team Inspire Award Winner
2
5910 Sparks Inspire Award 2nd place
3 5862 Techno Tigers Winning Alliance 2nd Team selected
4 7314 Sab-BOT-age Finalist Alliance 1st Team selected

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