| 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 No. 354, AARDVARC, from Battlefield High School in Haymarket Team No. 2859, Team Tiki, from Wireless Ventures in McLean Team No. 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude, from Center for the Creative Arts in Glen Allen |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Motivate Award: This team notably stayed motivated throughout the competition but motivated others with their friendliness and their cheer. They gave willingly to a team in need to ensure fair competition. They definitely don’t have an attitude. |
| The Motivate Award is presented to: |
| Team No. 3599, 3 Dudes with Attitude, from Center for the Creative Arts in Glen Allen |
| 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 No. 339, Forge Robotics, from Colonial Forge High School in Stafford Team No. 1885, iLite Robotics, from Battlefield High School in Haymarket Team No. 3607, Go! Go! Ninja Dinosaur, from Hanover High School in Mechanicsville |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Connect Award: This team put a tremendous effort in to giving back to the community and promoting FIRST. They received large donations from the city and large corporations for their promotion of STEM education. They managed to complete their robot and even mentor another team during the “Snowmaggeddon” of 2010. |
| The Connect Award is presented to: |
| Team No. 339, Forge Robotics, from Colonial Forge High School in Stafford |
| 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 No. 14, Plan C, from Acme Robotics at Potomac School in McLean Team No. 369, Cougar Robotics, from Oakton High School in Oakton Team No. 2911, RoboRangers, from North Stafford High School in Stafford |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: This team brought thinking outside the box to new heights. Every member of the team participated in the design that truly rose above the rest. |
| The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to: |
| Team No. 14, Plan C, from Acme Robotics at Potomac School in McLean |
| 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 No. 2843, Under the Son, from Spangler Software and Incredibles Robotics in Hollywood, Maryland Team No. 2859, Team Tiki, from Wireless Ventures in McLean Team No. 3510, Trojans, from Tunstall High School in Tunstall |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the PTC Design Award: These tropical beach combers will be having a luau tonight celebrating their clean design and award-winning documentation. Book’m Danno! |
| The PTC Design Award is presented to: |
| Team No. 2859, Team Tiki, from Wireless Ventures in McLean |
| 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 No. 2859, Team Tiki, from Wireless Ventures in McLean Team No. 3477, Geeks in Just Their Underpants, from Community Team in Lewisburg, West Virginia Team No. 3510, Trojans, from Tunstall High School in Tunstall |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Think Award: You could picture in your mind just where the team was in the process by reading the notebook. They had a great image of a journey from start to finish. |
| The Think Award is presented to: |
| Team No. 3510, Trojans, from Tunstall High School in Tunstall |
| 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 No. 93, Blue Cheese Jr., from Deep Run High School in Glen Allen Team No. 194, Beight-Lite, from Battlefield High School in Haymarket Team No. 1885, iLite Robotics, from Battlefield High School in Haymarket |
| This is what the judges said about the winner of the Inspire Award: The team was generous in sharing their ideas with competitors. They had excellent offensive and defensive skills. And their robot’s unique shooting mechanism was far from cheesy. |
| The Inspire Award is presented to: |
| Team No. 93, Blue Cheese Jr., from Deep Run High School in Glen Allen |
| American Division Finalist Alliance |
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| The American Division Finalist Alliance is: Alliance 2 - Team 354 - Team 194 |
| National Division Finalist Alliance |
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| The National Division Finalist Alliance is: Alliance 2 - Team 965 - Team 93 |
| Overall Finalist Alliance |
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| The State Championship Finalist Alliance is: National League: Alliance 1 - Team 1885 - Team 392 |
| Overall Winning Alliance |
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| The State Championship Winning Alliance is: American League: Alliance 1 - Team 2843 - Team 3749 |