DateSaturday February 1, 2014 Venue
Easily accessible from I-72, located 25 minutes north of Decatur, 3 hours south of Chicago, 1 hour east of Springfield, 40 minutes west of Champaign, and 2 1/2 hours north of St. Louis, Mo Hosted by:
RegistrationRegistration is now open for all Illinois FTC teams. Click here to get started. RefreshmentsOn Site Concession Stand - 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Other options: Casey’s General Store, Argenta; 10 min. south on Rt. 48 McDonalds & Subway at Pilot Gas Station, more restaurants 15-25 min. away
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Agenda
note: Agenda is tentative. Final agenda will be updated prior to the event. |
| Count | Team # | Team Name | School / Organization | Location |
| 1 | 116 | Crazy Eights | Community Based | Chicago |
| 2 | 3785 | beastie bots | Highland Park High School | Highland Park |
| 3 | 4442 | X-Bots | Highland Park High School | Highland Park |
| 4 | 5085 | Newtons Lawyers | The Science and Technology Education Project, NFP | O Fallon |
| 5 | 5187 | Transistor Titans | Marion High School | Marion |
| 6 | 5202 | Try to Understand | Caterpillar | Decatur |
| 7 | 5294 | What the Heck is Pi? | Fox Valley Robotics | Batavia |
| 8 | 5451 | big meks | Highland Park High School | Highland Park |
| 9 | 5452 | robot to the knee | Highland Park High School | Highland Park |
| 10 | 6007 | Octopi | Motorola Solutions, Inc; Aptar | Crystal Lake |
| 11 | 6206 | Ohm's Olympians | Marion High School | Marion |
| 12 | 6222 | SaintBots | Quincy Area Christian Home Educators | Quincy |
| 13 | 6287 | warbots | Deerfield High School | Deerfield |
| 14 | 6429 | Wired Thins | Highland Park High School | Highland Park |
| 15 | 6675 | Chargers | Illini West High School | Carthage |
| 16 | 6933 | Construction Zone | Community Based | Pontiac |
| 17 | 6994 | Robotic Pirates | Ottawa Township High School | Ottawa |
| 18 | 6995 | Pirate Robots | Ottawa Township High School | Ottawa |
| 19 | 7317 | Quest Gators | Quest Charter Academy | Peoria |
| 20 | 7421 | SystemX | Science Academy Of Chicago | Mount Prospect |
| 21 | 7466 | Robotic Sudsy | Ottawa Township High School | Ottawa |
| 22 | 7494 | MacArthur High School | MacArthur High School | Decatur |
| 23 | 7508 | Silicon Sentinels | Metro-East Robotics Club | Lebanon |
| 24 | 7619 | Robohawks | Heritage High School | Broadlands |
| 25 | 7869 | Panthers | United Township | East Moline |
| 26 | 7996 | optimus prime rib | Deerfield High School | Deerfield |
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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: | |
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| 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: |
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| 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: | |
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| 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: | |
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| 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: | |
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| 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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| 2nd Runner Up: | 3rd Runner Up: | ||
The following teams earned their way to the 2013-2014 Illinois FTC Championship Tournament:
| Rank | Team # | Team Name | Award |
| 1 | Inspire Award Winner | ||
| 2 | Winning Alliance Captain | ||
| 3 | Inspire 2nd Place | ||
| 4 | Winning Alliance, 1st team selected | ||
| 5 | Inspire Award 3rd place | ||
| 6 | Winning Alliance, 2nd team selected | ||
| 7 | Think Award Winner |
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