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Awards & Advancement

September 6th, 2014FTC Season Kickoff

Walt Boettge & Jennifer Gill - Motorbolts

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Summary – The FTC Season• Kickoff Today• Robot Build• Outreach/Connections Bulk of Season

• Qualifier Tournaments - 1 or 2 Minnesota Events

• State Championship Teams that Qualify• Super Regionals 72 Teams Across 13

States• World Championships 128 Teams

Tournaments That Teams Can Attend Based on Advancement Criteria:

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Advancement1. Host Team (for qualifiers)2. Inspire Award Winner3. Winning Alliance Captain4. Inspire Award – 2nd place5. Winning Alliance First Team Selected6. Inspire Award - 3rd placeEtc. (see Game Manual Part 1, page 13)

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Awards• Being Able to Field a Reliable Robot and

Always Demonstrating Gracious Professionalism are the First Two Things To Think About for A Rookie Team

• Awards are Given Out at Qualifier Events to Recognize Exceptional Teams in a Number of Specific Areas

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FTC Tournament Awards• Inspire• Think• Connect• Rockwell Collins Innovate• PTC Design• Motivate• Control• Stratasys (Minnesota Specific)

Optional• Compass• Promote (typically only at State & Beyond)• Judges’

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Inspire Award• Top Contender for all other awards• Competitive Robot• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Effectively communicates experience, knowledge

and enthusiasm to other teams, sponsors and judges

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Think Award• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Develops a Strong Engineering Notebook • Effectively describes engineering process through

pictures and detailed descriptions• Clearly organized

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Connect Award• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Provides clear examples of outreach in the

community• Develops personal/virtual connection with the

engineering community• Develops strategic or business plan

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Rockwell Collins Innovate Award

• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Shows ingenuity and inventiveness in any

component design• Creative component must work reliably

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PTC Design Award• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Develops detailed robot design drawings for their

Engineering Notebook • Creates a unique design

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Motivate Award• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Excels in team building, team spirit, enthusiasm

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Control Award• Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism• Uses sensors and software to enhance functionality

and effectiveness of robot

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Stratasys (Minnesota Specific)• Best use of a 3-D printed part

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Promote Award• Creates the best one minute public video message

that answers the question: “Why I chose FIRST”

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Compass Award• Given to the coach/mentor of the team which

creates the most compelling video recognizing a coach or mentor on your team.

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Judges’ Award• Deserves recognition for a unique effort,

performance or dynamics which doesn’t fit into any other award category