| 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 194, iLite Robotics Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude |
| The Motivate Award is presented to: |
| Team 3511, The Pink Duct Tape from Norfolk, Virginia |
| 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 194, iLite Robotics Team 33, Maverick Team 3607, Go! Go! Ninja Dinosaur |
| The Connect Award is presented to: |
| Team 33, Maverick from Woodbridge, Virginia |
| 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 392, iLite Robotics |
| The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to: |
| Team 392, iLite Robotics from Haymarket, Virginia |
| 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 194, iLite Robotics Team 354, iLite Robotics Team 1885, iLite Robotics |
| The PTC Design Award is presented to: |
| Team 1885, iLite Robotics from Haymarket, Virginia |
| 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 35, The Junkyard Dogs Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude |
| The Think Award is presented to: |
| Team 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude from Glen Allen, Virginia |
| 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 194, iLite Robotics Team 354, iLite Robotics Team 1885, iLite Robotics |
| The Inspire Award is presented to: |
| Team 354, iLite Robotics from Haymarket, Virginia |
| Finalist Alliance |
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| The Q-vent East Finalist Alliance is: Alliance 3 - Team 392 - Team 293 |
| Winning Alliance |
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| The Q-vent East Winning Alliance is: Alliance 1 - Team 354 - Team 1885 |