Pennsylvania FTC Championship Tournament

Here is what the judges had to say about the winner:

This teams passion and efforts are clearly reflected in their success as a first year team. Their notebook displayed thoughtful reflection on the engineering process innovative design and results.These rookies are competitive with veterans in nearly all aspects and are a team we will definitely see more of in the future.

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 about the winner:

Part of this teams training involved chasing funding to compete.The story of this team will give you a SPARK of motivation.Like Phillys favorite son ROCKY this team fought back to be a success story.The ROCKY Award goes to Team 6552 The N.E.R.D.S.

The Motivate Award celebrates the Team that exemplifies the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge Competition through Team spirit and enthusiasm. This Team shows their spirit through costumes and fun outfits, a Team cheer or outstanding spirit, or through their collective efforts to make FIRST known throughout their school or community.

Here is what the judges had to say about the winner:

This team promotes the spirit of gracious professionalism of FIRST. They scout for new team members with great thirst. This troop of young men are very popular with their 3-dimensional view of the world.

The Connect Award is presented to the Team that the Judges feel most connected with their local community and the engineering community. 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 exploring the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science, and technology.

Here is what the judges had to say about the winner:

This team spreads sunshine across the FIRST program.They also seem to enjoy a night at the mall. Additionally these tiny wise ones have mentored teams near and far.

The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award celebrates a Team that not only thinks outside the box, but also 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 to any or all specific Field Elements or components. 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 attached to 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 described succinctly how the Team arrived at that solution.

Here is what the judges had to say about the winner:

This team started with the standard box base design.In the beginning of the year they got pushed around but with new fresh tires they made it stick. Adding slow motion and a little wiggle they exchanged blocks for points.

The intent of the PTC Design 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 aspect 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 about the winner:

This team was a slam dunk for this award.Their luminosity dazzled us.Their innovative lifting design left us wondering what was up

The Think Award is given to the Team that the Judges feel best understood the role of the Engineering Notebook in the 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.

Here is what the judges had to say about the winner:

This team provided all the information in the proper format accurately describing the physical construction creative design and prototyping. We were fired up by their notebook organization.This team from the city of brotherly love weilds a dragonlike source of enthusiasm.

he Inspire Award is given to the Team that the Judges felt truly embodied the 'challenge' of the FTC program. This Team serves as an inspiration to what this program and the young minds involved, can accomplish. 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. 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 about the winner:

This team performed well across all areas of the FTC Challenge.A friend to all rookies this team makes new friends and keeps the old one is silver and the other is gold. This trios notebook is fancy and neat and provides guidance and direction.You will see their smiling faces at many events.This team will be graciously SMOKIN the competition all the way to the Super Regionals.