DateSunday, December 14, 2014 Venue
RegistrationRegistration for this event is now closed. Parking:The parking lot is accessible from Western Avenue on the south side of the building. Guests should enter the building via Door M, the parking lot entrance. Refreshments:Pizza, chips and soda will be served on site. $1 per slice of pizza, $10 per whole pizza, $1 per drink (water, Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke) and $0.75 per bag of chips. Lodgings:Recommended hotels include Days Inn Chicago, 644 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60614 and Best Western Plus Hawthorne Terrace Hotel, 3434 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657 Wifi:Wifi will be available at this venue, but In order to eliminate the possibility of interference with the FTC Field Control System,we request you and your guests please limit the use of all wifi devices at this event. |
Agenda
Note: All times are subject to change. We will work hard to maintain this agenda but occasionally things happen outside our control. Please pay attention to announcements in case changes are necessary. |
| # | Team # | Team Name | Location |
| 1 | 4115 | Men in Kilts | Mequon, WI |
| 2 | 4442 | Robotics Done Right | Highland Park |
| 3 | 5209 | Operation: BisonBot | Wood Dale |
| 4 | 5294 | THE j IS SILENT | Batavia |
| 5 | 5451 | Robot Wranglers | Highland Park |
| 6 | 5495 | Iron Eagles | Lake Villa |
| 7 | 6199 | Team sportz | Barrington |
| 8 | 6201 | QWOP Bots |
Barrington |
| 9 | 7284 | GadsHill Center | Chicago |
| 10 | 8685 | Boone County 4-H Techno Tamarins | Belvidere |
| 11 | 8899 | EP Robo Raiders | East Peoria |
| 12 | 9162 | ITW David Speer Academy | Chicago |
| 13 | 9166 | The HP-Y Team | Yerucham, Israel |
| 14 | 9241 | Team Robo-Beam | Chicago |
| 15 | 9389 | TecKnowLogic | Batavia |
| 16 | 9411 | Aurora Borealis | Aurora |
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| Motivate Award | |
| The Motivate Award recognizes outstanding team spirit shown though costumes and outfits, team support, and other methods of standing out and raising attention. Teams that reach out to their schools and community to raise awareness of FIRST and their FTC efforts have done so in a variety of cool and inventive methods - this winner is no exception. Here is what the judges had to say: | |
| This squad communicated their roles well and all contributed equally to their success. They grew together in FLL and blazed a path in their Rookie FTC. Despite the bad taste of the root beer in their design, this team raided the competition. | |
| Winner: | 8899, EP Robo Raiders, East Peoria, IL |
| Connect Award | |
| The Connect Award is a bit different than the Motivate Award. Winners of the Connect Award have done a great deal of community outreach not only to spread the word about FIRST but specifically to include engineers, scientists, and other technology professionals into their outreach efforts. This creates connections between teams, FIRST, and the professional world that can last years beyond their participation in FTC. Connect Award winners also develop and execute plans to fund their team including clear goals and objectives - including how they can give back to their community in the future. Here is what the judges had to say: | |
| This mean marches at the front of its community. You can always point them out in a crowd, because they dress to impress! Whoops! My bad! I didn't mean dressses, I meant kilts! | |
| Winner: | 4115, Men in Kilts, Mequon, WI |
| Rockwell Collins Innovate Award | |
| The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is robot specific. It celebrates teams who come up with innovate solutions to the Game Challenge that most others have overlooked. These solutions can't just look good - they've got to work... at least most of the time. Historically, some of the most innovative breakthroughs in science and technology have come when fresh thinking is applied to a known problem. This year's Rockwell Collins Innovate Award winners demonstrated that type of thinking. Here is what the judges had to say: | |
| When it comes to being true innovators, not much went wrong for this team. This robot zipped around the field and got its job done. Their robot didn't do everything, but what it did do, it did it right. | |
| Winner: | 4442, Robotics Done Right, Highland Park, IL |
| PTC Design Award | |
| We are happy that PTC has offered to sponsor the PTC Design Award. The intent of this award is to expand the 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, and how the design allows us to think of robots in new ways. The Design aspects must serve a function - but they should also differentiate the robot in a unique fashion - not an easy task with a limited set of parts and game challenge. Here is what the judges had to say: | |
| This team's tubular approach to scoring was an ocean apart. It made all the judges very HaPpY. | |
| Winner: | 9166, HP-Y Team, Yerucham, Israel |
| Highest Ranked Rookie Award | |
| Celebrates the highest-seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds. | |
| Winner: | 9166, HP-Y Team, Yerucham, Israel |
| Judge's 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: | |
| Juges were impressed with this team's determination. They connected their team to the community like no other. They even searched everywhere for spare parts; from basement boards to rafter beams. | |
| Winner: | 9241, Team Robo-Beam, Chicago, IL |
| Think Award | |
| Every team at this event has had to think - hopefully a lot. The Think Award recognizes the team that has successfully thought, organized, and documented their journey from their starting point to their final design. The engineering notebook is the record of this journey. Just like in real life, teams that can document their process have the best chance at learning from it and improving on it. Here is what the judges had to say: | |
| This team's thinking process to create original 3D parts really came to life in their engineering journal. Unlike a certian Internet game, their controls were not awkward at all. | |
| Winner: | 6201, QWOP, Barrington, IL |
| Control Award | |
| The Control Award is given to 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's steadfast strategy allowed a stampede of points. Their consistent approach to herding tubes into scoring position really helped us make this decision. | |
| Winner: | 5209, Operation: BisonBot, Wood Dale, IL |
| Inspire Award | |||
| The Inspire Award is the highest award given by FTC. The winner of the Inspire Award is automatically eligible for advancement to the next tournament level. The Inspire Award winner is the 'prototype' for what we'd like to see all teams achieve as part of the FIRST Tech Challenge. They do many of the things mentioned in the other awards. The difference is that they've tied these together in a comprehensive manner resulting in success in the competition, outreach to the community, robot design, team spirit, and engineering accomplishment. That's a tall order but we've got some great candidates for this award today. Here is what the judges had to say: | |||
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This team promotes FIRST at home and abroad. They are continually giving to others, even giving their team members to a sister team. Their innovative design and outreach efforts lifted whiffle balls andd other teams to new heights. |
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| Winner: | 5451, Robot Wranglers, Highland Park, IL | ||
| 2nd Place: | 9166, HP-Y team, Yerucham, Israel | 3rd Place: | 4115, Men in Kilts, Mequon, WI |
| Rank | Team # | Team Name | Award | Qualify for IL FTC Championship Tournament |
| 1 | 9150 | Dragon Droids | Qualifier Host Team | yes |
| 2 | 5451 | Robot Wranglers | Inspire Award Winner | yes |
| 3 | 9166 | HP-Y Team | Winning Alliance Captain | yes |
