Robotics Wins!
Robotics wins their tournament in design and third in a second category!
The SJ23 Robotics team competed in the league tournament this past weekend. They left with the following awards:
Winners of the Design Award and the Think Award.
Third Place in Collins Aerospace Innovate Award and the Inspire Award.
Design Award
This judged award recognizes design elements of the Robot that are both functional and aesthetic. The Design Award is presented to Teams that incorporate industrial design elements into their solution. These design elements could simplify the Robot's appearance by giving it a clean look, be decorative in nature, or otherwise express the creativity of the Team. The Robot should be durable, efficiently designed, and effectively address the game challenge.
Winner
16174 SJ23 Robotics - from Katy, TX
Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc.
The Control Award celebrates a Team that uses sensors and software to increase the Robot's functionality in the field. This award is given to the Team that demonstrates innovative thinking to solve game challenges such as autonomous operation, improving mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results. The control component should work consistently in the field.
Second Place
14321 Automatons of Olympus - from Katy, TX
Winner
11524 Team Name Wanted: Dead or Alive - from Houston, TX
Connect Award
This judged award is given to the Team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) community. A true FIRST team is more than a sum of its parts and recognizes that engaging their local STEM community plays an essential part in their success. The recipient of this award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the Team itself. The Team that wins the Connect Award actively seeks and recruits engineers and explores the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and technology. This Team has a clear Team plan and has identified steps to achieve their goals.
Third Place
11524 Team Name Wanted: Dead or Alive - from Houston, TX
Second Place
18071 Brainiac Maniacs - from Katy, TX
Winner
5175 Vector Robotics - from Hamshire, TX
Top Ranked GAME PLAY
Top Ranked Teams:
Rank 6
18455 Worthing4
Rank 5
12209 Friendswood High School - Blue Steel
Rank 4
18071 Brainiac Maniacs - from Katy, TX
Rank 3
18140 TBD - from Friendswood, TX
Rank 2
16174 SJ23 Robotics - from Katy, TX
Rank 1
11524 Team Name Wanted: Dead or Alive - from Houston, TX
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