CMSA Qualifying Tournament

Event Information

Date

Saturday December 14, 2013

Venue

Chicago Math and Science Academy
7212 N Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60626

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Registration

Registration is now open for all Illinois FTC teams. Click here to get started.

Parking

There is plenty of on-site parking. Please enter the school through the Main Entrance.

Refreshments

Drinks and snacks will be available for purchase.

Lunch Arrangements

Pizza orders will be taken upon arrival and payments (cash only) must be made at the same time. For $12 you may get a large 3 topping pizza. Drinks will be sold separately. There are also many restaurants nearby.

Lodgings

The nearest hotel is SUPER 8 at 7300 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626 US

Wifi

Guest Wifi access will be available in the pit area. Please use judiciously.

Agenda

7:00am	Volunteers Arrive
8:00am	Teams Arrive Registration, Hardware and Software Inspection Begins
8:15am	Welcome to Teams - Review Day's Logistics
8:30am	Judge Interviews Begin
8:45am	Drivers Meeting On Competition Field
9:00am	Software Inspection on Competition Field
10:00am	Opening Ceremonies
10:30am	Qualification Matches Begin
12:30pm	Lunch Break
1:00pm	Qualification Matches Resume
2:00pm	Alliance Selection
2:15pm	Start Semifinals
3:15pm	Start Finals
4:00pm	Awards and Closing Ceremonies
4:30pm	Event Complete

Registration Information

Registered:

Count	Team #	Team Name	School / Organization	Location
1	111	Ministangs	Rolling Meadows, Prospect, and Wheeling High Schools	Rolling Meadows
2	116	Crazy Eights	Community Based	Chicago
3	3507	Robotheosis	Francis W. Parker School	Chicago
4	3785	beastie bots	Highland Park High School	Highland Park
5	4337	DeVry Daemons	DeVry University Advantage Academy	Chicago
6	4442	X-bots	Highland Park High School	Highland Park
7	4965	Animatores Romani	Latin School of Chicago	Chicago
8	5200	Robot Incorporated	Barrington High School	Barrington
9	5294	What the Heck is Pi?	Fox Valley Robotics	Batavia
10	5495	Iron Eagles	Lakes Community High School	Lake Villa
11	5928	Turing Machine	Lane Tech High School	Chicago
12	6007	Octopi	Motorola Solutions, Inc; Aptar	Crystal Lake
13	6198	Mechanicalicious Aardvarks	Barrington High School	Barrington
14	6200	The Sidekicks	Barrington High School	Barrington
15	6201	Bonzai	Barrington High School	Barrington
16	6232	Ctrl-Alt-Delete	Barrington High School	Barrington
17	6332	Ninja Dragons	HSA McKinley Park	Chicago
18	6459	Terminator X	Lane Tech High School	Chicago
19	7006	Robotitans	CMSA	Chicago
20	7007	Pink Technobots	HSA McKinley Park	Chicago
21	7008	Cyberwolves	HSA McKinley Park	Chicago
22	7009	Robowarriors	CMSA	Chicago
23	7030	RoboMinds	HSA McKinley Park	Chicago
24	7089	Cyborg Eagles	Community Based	La Grange
25	7286	"XX"	Lane Tech High School	Chicago
26	7317	Quest Gators	Quest Charter Academy	Peoria
27	7421	SystemX	Science Academy Of Chicago	Mount Prospect
28	7738	Vaders	Fox Valley Robotics	Batavia

Tournament Results:

Competition Results:

Winning Alliance
Captain:
1^st Selected:
2^nd Selected:

Finalist Alliance
Captain:
1^st Selected:
2^nd Selected:

Judged Awards:

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:
Judges text
Winner:

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:
Judges text
Winner:

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:
Judges text
Winner:

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:
Judges text
Winner:

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:
Judges text
Winner:

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:
Judges text
Winner:
2nd Runner Up:		3rd Runner Up:

Advancing to the Illinois FTC Championship Tournament

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