Awards
This judged award is given to the Team that best embodies the ‘challenge’ of the FIRST Tech Challenge program
What is the Inspire Award?
The robot should fit within this size requirement.
What is 18x18x18 inches?
An engineering portfolio is limited to this amount of pages, including a title slide.
What is 16?
We apply what we learn to improve our world.
What is Impact?
This company sponsors the Centerstage Competition.
What is Raytheon Technologies?
This judged award is given to the Team that best reflects the journey the Team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season.
What is the Think award?
These are team-supplied identification markers that must be included on a robot.
What are alliance markers?
A short and concise summary of the Team’s engineering journey throughout their season.
What is an Engineering Portfolio?
We explore new skills and ideas.
What is Discovery?
This is the age range of the FIRST Tech Challenge.
What is 7-12th grade?
This judged award is given to the Team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) community.
What is the Connect Award?
This is the maximum number of servos allowed as part of a robot.
What is 12?
An Engineering Portfolio should include:
What are sketches, discussions, Team meetings, design evolution, processes, obstacles, goals, and plans to learn new skills?
These are the behaviors that team members should be following at competitions.
What are FIRST values, gracious professionalism, and team rules?
This is the number of countries with FIRST Teams.
What is roughly 110?
This award celebrates a Team that thinks imaginatively and has the ingenuity, creativity, and inventiveness to make their designs come to life.
What is the Think Award?
These electronics are not allowed as part of a robot design.
What are Raspberry pis, custom circuits, or Arduino boards?
An optional item and could be used as a fundamental source of information
What is an Engineering Notebook?
The idea is that all teams should do their best to assist and work with each other, even if you're competing against them.
What is Coopertition?
This was the first season of FTC.
When was 2005?
This award celebrates a Team that uses sensors and software to increase the Robot’s functionality in the field.
What is the Control Award?
This is an optional Team designed and manufactured game element.
What is a team game element?
This is required to win Awards such as the Connect award or the Innovate award.
What is an Engineering Portfolio?
A way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others and respects individuals and the community.
What is Gracious Professionalism?
This is the creator of Gracious Professionalism.
Who is Woodie Flowers?