first tech challenge championship · stratford middle school san jose, ca rookie year: 2010 robotc...

Newark Memorial High SchoolNewark Memorial High School January 9, 2011January 9, 2011

Playing At Learning

20102010--2011 2011 Northern CaliforniaNorthern California

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Welcome to the Northern California Welcome to the Northern California FIRST FIRST Tech Challenge ChampionshipTech Challenge Championship

FIRST is more than robots

How to Start a Team

Start by thinking about it now! FTC is best suited for upper middle to high school aged students. Team size is usually 5 to 7 (10 is a recommended limit) and teams form in all sorts of ways - school clubs, scouts, and just groups of friends. You do not need to know exactly who will be on the team when you register.

There are grants available, online training resources and workshops. More info is at NorCalFTC.org

Teams develop skills beyond the technical ones in

design and programming - they learn project solving,

teamwork, negotiating, public speaking, community outreach

plus organizational, project and time management among

other skills.

The best teams are strong in all areas - and their achievements are both amazing and inspiring!

FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC)

FTC is an exciting and fun global robotics program that ignites an enthusiasm for science, technology and discovery in young people.

FTC is designed for high school students who want to compete head-to-head, using a sports model. Small teams design, build, and program their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams.

The competitions are the result of focused brainstorming, dedicated mentoring, tough project timelines and teamwork. Paired with mentors, teams learn from and play with the “pros” to experience engineering problem solving first-hand. And it’s fun!

Gracious Professionalism

Gracious Professionalism is part of the ethos of FIRST and FIRST

programs. It's a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work,

emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the

community.

For the 2010-2011 school year, the FIRST Scholarship Program provides over $14M

in college scholarships - this is more than 850 individual scholarship opportunities!

Details at usfirst.org/scholarships page 2

2009 World Championship Inspire Award Winning Team

ScheduleSchedule

Times are approximate and subject to change.

10:15am Opening Ceremony

10:45am Qualifying Matches

3:00pm Alliance Selection

3:30pm Semi & Final Matches

5:30pm Award Ceremony

7:30am Team Pits Open

INSPIRE. This award is given to the team that the judges feels truly embodies the “challenge” of the program. The team serves as an inspiration as to what this program, and the young minds involved, can accomplish. This team has performed well in all categories and is chosen as a role model for all teams. This is the highest award that a team can be given.

PTC DESIGN. This judged award is presented to the team that has best incorporated both functional and aesthetic design elements into their solution without compromising either one.

ROCKWELL COLLINS INNOVATE. This judged award celebrates the team that not only thinks outside the box but also has ingenuity and inventiveness in their design solution.

MOTIVATE. This judged award celebrates the team that exemplifies the essence of teamwork and team spirit.

CONNECT. This judged award is given to the team that has best connected with their local community and engineering community.

THINK. This judged award is given to the team that best reflects their ideas, season and journey through their engineering notebook.

ALLIANCES. The winning alliance and finalist alliance are both recognized for their achievement in the robot game performance.

AwardsAwards

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During the Qualifying Matches, teams are randomly assigned into alliances of 2 teams. A team’s alliance partner in one match may be their opponent in the next match.

Team Rank: Teams will be ranked from first through last on the basis of their total Qualifying Points (QPs). If multiple teams have the same QP total, then teams will be ranked on the basis of their Ranking Points (RPs). If multiple teams have the same RP total as well, then teams will be ranked on the basis of their highest match score. If still tied, the next highest match score will be used until the tie is broken.

Qualifying Points: Teams receive 2 points for a Win and 1 point for a Tie and 0 points for a loss or disqualification (DQ).

Ranking Points: All teams receive the score of the losing alliance unless they have a DQ (which gives the team 0 RP).

Alliance selection is held after all of the qualifying matches. Four alliance captains are selected based on team rank. These captains then pick 2 additional teams to be their alliance partners for the Semifinal & Final Matches.

Semi and Final Matches: Alliances get a win, loss or tie. The advancing alliance is the first one to win two matches.

Pits 1-14 in SOUTH Upper Level. Pits 15-28 in NORTH Upper Level.

Get Over It! Get Over It! Game OverviewGame Overview

Values

Respect each other in the best spirit of teamwork Behave with courtesy and compassion for others at all times Honor the spirit of friendly competition Act with integrity Demonstrate Gracious Professionalism Encourage others to adopt these values

Safety Glasses

are mandatory in and

around the competition

fields and in the team pit

areas at all times!

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We welcome you to visit the teams in the pit areas. Pit Admin on the SOUTH side of the upper level will have safety glasses to borrow.

Description and ScoringDescription and Scoring

The Game:

Get Over It! is played on a 12’x12’ square field as shown in the diagram to the left. Two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – composed of two teams each, compete in matches consisting of a 40-second autonomous period followed by a 2-minute driver-controlled period.

THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO SCORE MORE POINTS THAN YOUR OPPONENT’S ALLIANCE.

Points are earned by scoring batons in stationary (green wavy section at base of cliff) and rolling goals. The baton color does not matter to scoring the game - the colors are there to help with field reset. Batons scored in the autonomous period will be counted once at the end of the autonomous period and again at the end of the driver-controlled period, if they remain in the goal. Scoring: Doubler Batons: Doubler batons are solid color batons and can be dispensed during autonomous period. They double the goals point value.

The Details:

There are a total of 100 6” PVC batons available to both alliances during each game. Five batons are given to each alliance to pre-load onto their robots in any way they choose. Ninety batons will be placed in the baton dispensers located around the field - 15 per dispenser. Each doubler baton (one of each color) is placed in each alliance's middle dispenser and must be put into play during the autonomous period. If it is not, the doubler is removed by a referee and not available in the game. There are also four magnet batons (2 of each color) randomly placed in the dispensers. Magnet batons are worth extra points if scored in the center cylinder of an alliance’s rolling goal. Robots may only make contact with their own alliance’s baton dispenser. Each robot will start on the field in assigned starting positions based on alliance color. The field is divided by two cliffs, two bridges, and one mountain in the center. Robots will have to “Get Over” to retrieve the batons. Autonomous 40 second period: Teams are rewarded for getting over the field elements as well as for collecting and scoring batons. Also, a robot parked on a cliff, bridge or the mountain is worth points. End Game: During the last 30 seconds of the match, teams may only make contact with their own alliance bridge and will try to get their robots and goals on top of the bridge to get balance points.

Autonomous robot parking on field element

3 points on cliff; 5 points on mountain or

unbalanced bridge; 15 points on balanced bridge

Autonomous robot on dispensing side

10 points

Autonomous robot dispensing batons

2 points per baton

Regular or Magnet Baton in Stationary Goal

1 point per baton

Regular Baton in Rolling Goal

3 points in outside cylinder; 0 points in center cylinder

Magnet Baton in Rolling Goal

3 points in outside cylinder; 25 points in center cylinder

Doubler Baton Doubles the goal score

(only one per goal)

10 points for each robot or rolling goal balanced on their own alliance bridge at end of the match

May Team Registration Opens Sept Game Challenge Details Released October Nor Cal Tournament Registration Nov-Feb 10 to 12 Qualifying Tournaments Feb 25/26 NorCal FTC Championship (tentative)

2011-12 Nor Cal FTC Season Timeline

We look forward to seeing your team in 2011!

TEAM SPOTLIGHTTEAM SPOTLIGHT

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Pit # 1 Team # 150

Genesis San Domenico HS San Anselmo, CA

Rookie year: 2007 RobotC

Pit # 2 Team # 455

Pew Pew Lazer Beams Mission San Jose HS

Fremont, CA


Pit # 3 Team # 524

Tsevtkov e Droozia Campolindo HS

Moraga, CA


Pit # 4 Team # 548

Geek Squad Mission San Jose HS

Fremont, CA


Pits 1-14 South Upper Level

MechOverbotPhilipBorg-a-

tron Prime

Robot Strengths: Autonomous balancing

Rolling goal Balance

Team Mottos

“It’s about time”

“My life for Aiur” “For the Overmind” “Ohhhh Yeaaaaa”

No additional team information provided

TEAM 0150 Genesis

Sandra Rita

Joanna Jody

Sherry Kimberly

Erica Janice

San Domenico

Robot:(AE) 2

=Adam+Apple+Eve+Eden


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Pit # 5 Team # 669

Milpitas Xtreme Robotics Milpitas HS Milpitas, CA


LSI Playing At Learning

Pit # 6 Team # 2848

Techno Guards IDAC West

Meadow Vista, CA


Pit # 7 Team # 2891

WarriorBorgs Valley Christian HS

San Jose, CA


Valley Christian Schools

Western Digital

Pit # 8 Team # 3013

The Nerd Herd Woodland Christian HS

Woodland, CA


Pits 15-28 North Upper Level


TEAM SPOTLIGHTTEAM SPOTLIGHT Pit # 9 Team # 3053

Doves of Justice Menlo School Atherton, CA


Pit # 10 Team # 3175

Galt Warriors Galt High School

Galt, CA


Thank you to: Macro USA

Metro Electronics Boyd and Kress Families

Pit # 11 Team # 3470

The Patriots Bishop-Wisecarver &

Heritage HS Brentwood, CA


Pit # 12 Team # 3509

PHOENXTRIX GO-NEST

Folsom, CA www.phoenxtrix.org


Intel

Verizon Parents


Inspiration + Perspiration = Infinite Possibilities



Jeff Tech Club Jefferson High School

Daly City, CA


Children's Empowerment Inc

Pit # 14 Team # 3873

Scotbots Piedmont HS

Piedmont, California www.scotbots.com


Sponsors:

Adept Technology Restoration Robotics

Pit # 15 Team # 4085

Bok Choy Boys Stratford Middle School

San Jose, CA


Sponsors: Tekmeca

Ben's Juku Robotics Club

Pit # 16 Team # 4186

Argonauts Auburn Community

Auburn, CA


Sponsors:

HP Roseville ioSafe

Advantage


2009-10 NorCal Winning Alliance Captain

2010-11 Winning Alliance at

Scarifier, Folsom, Brentwood Finalist at Galt

Our Robot:

The Raging Scotsman

“It’s not a skirt, it’s a KILT!”

Pit # 17 Team # 4238 Robo Chicken Gator Flys of

Papayaland El Dorado Hills, CA


FIRST

Playing At Learning ADC Corporation

Pit # 18 Team # 4253

Legonauts Folsom, CA


Self-funded

Pit # 19 Team # 4306

Team Bender Lincoln High School

Lincoln, CA


Pit # 20 Team # 4307

Team H.A.L. Lincoln High School

Lincoln, CA



Team Motto: An Ego a Day Keeps the Team in

Disarray

Broberto the Brobot

Rockwell Collins Design Award on 11/14 at Intel in Folsom, CA

Connect Award and Finalist Award on 12/19 at Irvington HS

in Fremont, CA


No additional team information provided No additional team information provided


Owl Robotics Mission San Jose HS

Fremont, CA


Pit # 22 Team # 4394

EndofLines Irvington High School

Fremont, CA


LSI, Google

High Tech Milita Playing At Learning

Pit # 23 Team # 4422

Red HoloRAMS Irvington HS Robotics Club

Fremont, CA


LSI, Google


Pit # 24 Team # 4423

Error 418 Mission San Jose HS

Fremont, CA



Pit # 25 Team # 4432

Solista Lite Fremont Christian High

School Fremont, CA


Pit # 26 Team # 4473

Team Bluescreens Irvington High School

Fremont, CA


LSI, Google


Pit # 27 Team # 4475

Purple Reign Sequoia High School Redwood City, CA


ADC Corporation, Playing At Learning,

Prairie Games, Sprite and Giant, TechShop

Pit # 28 Team # 4648

The Minutemen Bishop-Wisecarver &

Heritage HS Brentwood, CA



The Team: Simon, Eli, Austin,

Dylan, Michal, Connor W, Vinoj, Connor R, Soren

Mentors: Ms. L Larkin and Giuliano Carlini

The Royal Twit




About About FIRSTFIRST

Impact FTC has teams in over 12 countries

and this season, an estimated 15,000 young people will participate in FTC.

What FIRST teams accomplish is nothing short of amazing. It’s fun.

It’s exciting. And the skills they learn will last a lifetime!

About FIRST: FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, FIRST is a 501 (c)(3) not‐for‐profit public charity. FIRST is supported by a strong network of sponsors and volunteers. FIRST provides the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) for students in Grades 9‐12 (ages 14‐18), the FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) for Grades 4‐8 (ages 9 to 14) , and the Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) For more information, visit www.usfirst.org.

“…to create a world where science and technology are celebrated… where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes.”

- FIRST Founder, Dean Kamen

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Upcoming FIRST Events not to be missed!

Silicon Valley Regional SJSU Event Center April 1-2, 2011

firstsv.org

Sacramento Regional UC Davis ARC March 18-19, 2011

firstsac.org

2010 FIRST LEGO League NorCal Championship

Newark Memorial HS January 29, 2011 norcalfll.org

2011 FIRST Robotics Competition Regionals

About Playing At Learning About Playing At Learning About Playing At Learning

Playing At Learning, playingatlearning.org, a SF Bay Area 501(c)(3) not-for-profit founded in 2004, is dedicated to offering fun, hands-on activities. We focus on affordable and sustainable activities related to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. We are committed to increasing the number of under-served and under-represented students pursuing STEM degrees.

Playing At Learning has partnered with FIRST to organize the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), and FIRST LEGO League (FLL) programs as well as support the Junior FIRST LEGO League (JrFLL) program - throughout Northern California. For the 2010-2011 school year, we engaged well over 3,000 young people and over 1,000 volunteers.

Playing At Learning programs make a real difference for our youth and a positive impact in our community. We need your help to bring these programs to more young people.

Special Guests

Jim Beck, FIRST Regional Director Ken Mitchell, FIRST Asst. Regional Director in Northern CA

David Calkins, Education Consultant, LEGO Education

Thank You Volunteers and Supporters!Thank You Volunteers and Supporters!Thank You Volunteers and Supporters!

Thank you to FTC teams 2891 and 3509 for bringing

the pit practice fields.

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Technical Volunteers

Ken Mitchell, Field Technical Advisor Sitaram Lingam, FCS

Rao Rapeta, FCS Sudha Lingam, Scorekeeper

Charles Smothers, Scorekeeper

Mark Edelman, Head Referee Jeff Greene, Referee Anne Liu, Referee

Cara Malek, Referee Neil Malek, Referee

Roger Crane, Robot Inspector Patrick Edelman, Robot Inspector

Ken Filar, Robot Inspector Suds Jain, Robot Inspector

Edmond Lee, Robot Inspector John Tenney, Robot Inspector Chuck Untulis, Robot Inspector Steven Wong, Robot Inspector

Yuhua Wu, Robot Inspector Richie Zeng, Robot Inspector

Additional Key Volunteers

Marc Allard, Floor Manager Scot Brees, Opening Ceremony MC

Robert Chang, Lead Queuer Ceal Craig, Pit Admin

Nathan Hickson, A/V Manager Pat Liu, Event Manager

Ryan McCarthy, Team Announcer Michael Ouren, Game Announcer

Matthew Strauss, Game Announcer Tim Woolery, Closing Ceremony MC

AND

Tyler Brees, Giuliano Carlini, Alvin Chan, Melita Chan, Sudha Chappidi, Wilson Chen, Tim Craig, Chandler Crane, Diana Kostka,

Suresh Kotha, Laura Larkin, Deepak Lingam, Sneha Lingam, Erin McAvoy, Srinivas Modekurty,

Kevin Owens, Michael Roof, Austin Smothers, Devin Thatcher, Gini Tomoe, Dean Wood, Sue Yeap

and many others….

JudgesJudgesJudges

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Sara Crider Sara is currently a manager of Application Business Analysis for Cisco’s Learning & Development Solutions Group. She has 40 years experience in business ap-plication software design and im-plementation. Last year was her first as a judge for FTC and she is happy to be back volunteering with the program in 2011. Ian Gilmore Ian is currently a Staff Applica-tions Engineer at LSI supporting the custom silicon division. He has a 13 year background in semiconductors, focusing on cus-tom silicon implementation. This is his 2nd time judging at the FTC level after many years of judging for FLL. Anika Greene Anika has been in the education field for three years and works for the Discovery Science Center in Sacramento. This is her first year as an FTC Judge. Keith Gudger Keith is a retired Electronics Engineer who worked over 30 years in IC chip design and firm-ware development. He is pleased to be back volunteering for FTC again this year and has been involved with FIRST programs for 9 years.

Kody Meginnes Kody is a school counselor for Mount Diablo School district in Concord. This is his first year judging for FTC. Varsha Patel Varsha is a founding board member of Playing At Learning and has been involved with FIRST programs for more than 7 years. Mitch Patenaude Mitch is an avid microcontroller hacker, and a robotics tinkerer. He has worked at various internet businesses for over 15 years, and is currently a operations engineer at a startup. This is his first time judging FTC, but Mitch has judged FLL and FRC competitions over the last 3 years. Jim Richardson No bio provided Tiffany Strickland Tiffany is the Outdoor Program Director for the Girl Scouts of Northern California and has been volunteering for FIRST for many years for FRC, FTC and FLL. She is the Judge Advisor for NorCal FLL.

Scott Adamson, Judge Advisor Scott is a teacher at Moreland Middle School in West San Jose. He has been a FLL and FTC Judge for more than 8 years. José Roberto Alvarez José is currently Engineering Director at Xilinx, where he is re-sponsible for all video and image processing IP cores. He manages a team of engineers spread out across the world in Asia, Europe and North America. José has held various R&D responsibilities in broadcast, consumer electronics and semiconductor industries. He has been a volunteer at various FIRST and FTC events since 2006, and very happy to continue his involvement in these wonderful programs Anthony Asta No bio provided Shruti Bagchi Shruti is currently a Strategic Financial Analyst for Intel IT division supporting their Platform Engineering Computing division. She has degrees in Robotics and Business Administration. Prior to moving into finance, she spent 8 years in software programming and program management. Shruti enjoys volunteering for FIRST and pleased to be a part of the family. Julius Chisolm Julius is a Network Administra-tor for Cisco Systems in San Jose and a Radio Controlled model Helicopter enthusiast.

Thank You NorCal FTC SponsorsThank You NorCal FTC SponsorsThank You NorCal FTC Sponsors

Thank you DeVry University -

Fremont campus, Get Over It Season

Kickoff Sponsor

© Copyright 2011. United States Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (US FIRST®). All rights reserved. All other trademarks, copyrights and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Thank you to NorCal FTC Team Grant sponsors: FIRST, Google, LSI, Lawrence Livermore, Playing At Learning

FTC Official Program Sponsor

FTC CAD and Collaboration Sponsor

FTC Program Sponsor

Thank you FTC National Sponsors

Thank you to all who help make this program possible for our youth. We share a strong commitment for

encouraging our young people to explore the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. We are

grateful for your time, energy and support.

The FTC program continues to grow at an amazing rate and we hope that you get some time to talk with the young

people here competing today - their passion and accom-plishments are inspiring and give us hope for the future!.

Mark Edelman, Jill Wilker Tournament Directors Playing At Learning

Thank you to the 2010 Inaugural NorCalFTC Qualifying Tournament Hosts:

Dr Wayne Anthony at DeVry University - Fremont campus, Rathish Jayabharathi at Intel Folsom,

Marc Allard at Menlo School in Atherton, Rob Pardi at Heritage HS in Brentwood,

Debra Crane at Galt HS in Galt, Clint Johns at Irvington HS in Fremont

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