| Motivate Award |
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| 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 year's winner is no exception. |
| The three finalists for this award are: |
| Team 3511, The Pink Duct Tape Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude Team 2969, Java Monsters |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Motivate Award: This team of first year FTC participants showed a sincere excitement in their design and while on the field was always visible. This team could be seen giving each other high fives and all of their participants were engaged. A loud cheerleader could be heard from the sidelines during every match. The smallest team at the event conveyed the most noise and excitement. |
| The Motivate Award is presented to: |
| Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude from Glen Allen, Va |
| Connect Award |
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| 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. |
| The three finalists for this award are: |
| Team 339, Forge Robotics Team 3061, Holy Rollers 2 Team 3668, Smokie Jr. |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Connect Award: The team members are actively involved in fundraising and have helped raise about $7,000 so far, which they will share with other FRC and FLL teams. They are currently helping other high schools in their county establish FIRST programs. This team organizes and runs the only student run FLL Tournament in the state. |
| The Connect Award is presented to: |
| Team 339, Forge Robotics from Stafford, Va |
| Rockwell Collins Innovate Award |
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| 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. |
| The three finalists for this award are: |
| Team 354, iLite Robotics Team 1885, iLite Robotics Team 2911, RoboRangers |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: The finalists in this category demonstrated unique problem solving skills. They excelled on the field and they hit their targets with extraordinary accuracy. |
| The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to: |
| Team 2911, RoboRangers from Stafford, Va |
| PTC Design Award |
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| 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. |
| The three finalists for this award are: |
| Team 93, Blue Cheese Jr. Team 354, iLite Robotics Team 1885, iLite Robotics |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the PTC Design Award: It was battle to design a functional robot that was not too cheesy. I lite, I mean I like, how muenster, I mean how much the team designed virtual prototypes of their robot with CAD. But following in the footsteps of their Blue Cheese Daddy, |
| The PTC Design Award is presented to: |
| Team 93, Blue Cheese Jr. from Glen Allen, Va |
| Think Award |
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| 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. |
| The three finalists for this award are: |
| Team 194, iLite Robotics Team 1885, iLite Robotics Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Think Award: This purple team did an excellent job documenting their journey. Their engineering notebook included everything from skills assessment to design diagrams, engineering equations, and even included their community outreach. |
| The Think Award is presented to: |
| Team 194, iLite Robotics from Haymarket, Va |
| Inspire Award |
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| 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. Winners of the Inspire Award at a Championship Tournament are eligible to compete in the 2009 FTC World Championship in Atlanta. 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. |
| The three finalists for this award are: |
| Team 1885, iLite Robotics Team 3487, The Mavericks Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Inspire Award: This award was snatched by a well coordinated team from the minute they were asked to share their innovative robot to their final competition on the field. They capture the spirit of FIRST and inspire others, from their flawless presentation to their multi-layer understanding of their total hardware-software system. They challenge the most technical of others and enlighten their fellow teams and community, and sponsor and encourage the next generation of robot teams. |
| The Inspire Award is presented to: |
| Team 1885, iLite Robotics from Haymarket, Va |
| Finalist Alliance |
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| The Q-vent Central Finalist Alliance is: Alliance 3 - Team 975 - Team 3599 - Team 3116 |
| Winning Alliance |
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| The Q-vent Central Winning Alliance is: Alliance 1 - Team 1885 - Team 339 - Team 2898 |