Event Information
Date Saturday February 8, 2020 Registration Registration for this Qualifier is limited to Philadelphia city and select nearby schools. Contact ftc.events@pennfirst.org for details. Refreshments
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Participating Teams
1 | 4400 | GearHead Group | Parkway Center City Middle College | Philadelphia, PA | 9 |
2 | 5320 | RoboLancers Gold | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA | 19 |
3 | 5321 | Tech Heroes | Carver HSES | Philadelphia, PA | 17 |
4 | 5488 | Friere RoboDragons | Freire Charter High School | Philadelphia, PA | 12 |
5 | 5514 | Parkway RoboHounds | Parkway Center City Middle College | Philadelphia, PA | 16 |
6 | 6540 | Railsplitter | Abraham Lincoln High School | Philadelphia, PA | 14 |
7 | 6552 | N.E.R.D.S. | Northeast High School | Philadelphia, PA | 25 |
8 | 6606 | Cyber Mustangs | Murrell Dobbins CTE | Philadelphia, PA | 11 |
9 | 6676 | RoboLancers Crimson | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA | 19 |
10 | 7883 | Iron Patriots | Penn Wood High School | Lansdowne, PA | 9 |
11 | 8480 | Technabots | Philadelphia HS for Girls | Philadelphia, PA | 14 |
12 | 8730 | Robogriffins | Academy @ Palumbo High School | Philadelphia, PA | 24 |
13 | 9568 | Olney Trojan Robotics | Olney Charter High School / ASPIRA of PA | Philadelphia, PA | 7 |
14 | 9570 | Gear Girls | Carver HSES | Philadelphia, PA | 17 |
15 | 9734 | JasAva | NAVSUP WSS | Philadelphia, PA | 9 |
16 | 9854 | Penn Charter Robotics | William Penn Charter School | Philadelphia, PA | 18 |
17 | 10002 | Ms. Stembot | NAVSUP WSS | Philadelphia, PA | 11 |
18 | 11154 | Widener-Chester | STEM Academy at Showalter | Chester, PA | 13 |
19 | 11493 | Upside Down | Science Leadership Academy at Beeber | Philadelphia, PA | 17 |
20 | 12084 | Really... Simple Machines | Cedarbrook Middle School | Wyncote, PA | 17 |
21 | 12308 | Bodine Ambassadors | Bodine High School | Philadelphia, PA | 15 |
22 | 12455 | Workshop | The Workshop School | Philadelphia, PA | 9 |
23 | 13347 | Binary Bots | Project HOME | Philadelphia, PA | 8 |
24 | 14738 | Cougars | Calvary Christian Academy | Philadelphia, PA | 25 |
25 | 15521 | U-Botics | The U School | Philadelphia, PA | 5 |
26 | 16661 | Mansion RoboKnights | Strawberry Mansion High School | Philadelphia, PA | 7 |
27 | 16663 | High School of the Future | High School of the Future | Philadelphia, PA | 17 |
28 | 16664 | Genbots | Constitution High School | Philadelphia, PA | 18 |
29 | 16665 | Falcon Robotics | Furness High School | Philadelphia, PA | 9 |
30 | 16800 | CalvaryRobot | Calvary Christian Academy | Philadelphia, PA | 25 |
31 | 16941 | Wrench Toast | Central High School | Philadelphia, PA | 21 |
1st selected: 8730 Robogriffins2nd selected: 12308 Bodine Ambassadors
Finalist Alliance
Captain: 14738 Cougars1st selected: 8480 Technabots2nd selected: 16800 CalvaryRobot
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 team showed tremendous resolve under pressure. They learned many things today, including how to keep their robot updated. This bird kept their cool no matter how close they flew to the sun. The Unflappable Award goes to team 16665, Falcon Robotics!
Winner: Team 16665 Falcon Robotics
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:
The judges saw this team consistently perform their autonomous program. Their robot collected stones from the quarry and delivered them to the building zone quickly and efficiently. The CALVARY has arrived!
Winner: Team 16800 CalvaryRobot
2nd Place: Team 16941 Wrench Toast 3rd Place: Team 14738 Cougars
2nd Place: Team 16941 Wrench Toast 3rd Place: Team 14738 Cougars
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:
The judges were very impressed with this team's outreach. With their many presentations and demonstrations to local groups, they embody the FIRST priority of promoting STEM in the community. Like this team's Nordic mascot, they charge fearlessly into the public eye.
Winner: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S
2nd Place: Team 8480 Technabots 3rd Place: Team 13347 Binary Bots
2nd Place: Team 8480 Technabots 3rd Place: Team 13347 Binary Bots
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's lift and grabber worked flawlessly to collect and distribute blocks. They stacked several blocks fit for a KNIGHT's CASTLE. Their design left the judges with a heart of GOLD.
Winner: Team 5320 RoboLancers Gold
2nd Place: Team 16941 Wrench Toast 3rd Place: Team 8480 Technabots
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 minimalistic use of materials impressed the judges. Although the judges are crusty on the outside, the team's performance left the judges warm and soft on the inside. Nothing could throw a wrench into this robot.
Winner: Team 16941 Wrench Toast
2nd Place: Team 9570 Gear Girls 3rd Place: Team 9854 Penn Charter Robotics
This team's minimalistic use of materials impressed the judges. Although the judges are crusty on the outside, the team's performance left the judges warm and soft on the inside. Nothing could throw a wrench into this robot.
Winner: Team 16941 Wrench Toast
2nd Place: Team 9570 Gear Girls 3rd Place: Team 9854 Penn Charter 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:
The judges were impressed with how this team has maintained connections with their alumni who are pursuing engineering degrees, bringing them back to share what they are learning in college. They have further leveraged the academic community by bringing PhD candidates in to help with their programming. It must be working because now their GEARS are really meshing.
Winner: Team 9570 Gear Girls
2nd Place: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S. 3rd Place: Team 8480 Technabots
2nd Place: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S. 3rd Place: Team 8480 Technabots
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:
The judges were impressed by how well-organized this team's engineering notebook is. It clearly documents the team's journey throughout the season and comprehensively depicts the evolution of their robot. They could serve as AMBASSADORS for notebook writing.
Winner: Team 12308 Bodine Ambassadors
2nd Place: Team 8730 Robogriffins 3rd Place: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S
The judges were impressed by how well-organized this team's engineering notebook is. It clearly documents the team's journey throughout the season and comprehensively depicts the evolution of their robot. They could serve as AMBASSADORS for notebook writing.
Winner: Team 12308 Bodine Ambassadors
2nd Place: Team 8730 Robogriffins 3rd Place: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S
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's elegantly designed robot and multiple outreach programs made this team stand out to the judges. With their performance today, this team leapt to the front of the herd. This team conquered the judges by conquering themselves.
Winner: Team 8480 Technabots
2nd Place: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S. 3rd Place: Team 9570 Gear Girls
This team's elegantly designed robot and multiple outreach programs made this team stand out to the judges. With their performance today, this team leapt to the front of the herd. This team conquered the judges by conquering themselves.
Winner: Team 8480 Technabots
2nd Place: Team 6552 N.E.R.D.S. 3rd Place: Team 9570 Gear Girls
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 8480 Technabots Inspire Award Winner 2 16941 Wrench Toast Winning Alliance Captain 3 6552 N.E.R.D.S. Inspire Award 2nd place 4 8730 Robogriffins Winning Alliance 1st Team selected 5 9570 Gear Girls Inspire Award 3rd place