Our FTC Team 731 Wannabee Strange competed in the South Central PA Regional Qualifier in York, Pennslyvania on January 26, 2011. It was an exciting day for the team. They competed very well at their first competition this year against 17 other teams, many of them having several competition experiences already. Teams came from PA, MD, VA, and of course, NC.
Our Team was the epitome of gracious professionalism, helping several teams out with their Samantha Module communication system within the first few minutes of arriving. They also had the opportunity to check out many other creative robot designs, talk with other team members, compete with their robot, and show incredible Team Mascot led Spirit.
Our team finished 12th out of 18 teams during the qualifying rounds, an excellent showing for our first competition. The really great news is Team 731 was awarded the THINK Award for their real use of their Engineering Notebook that has documented their robot building this season. This is an award recognizing every member of Team 731 and all their efforts throughout the season so far. Excellent job!
Here are two Youtube videos showing the Team's robot capabilities and one of their matches with the team on the winning alliance.
Great job! to the entire Team 731. Q. E. D. National Finalist in 2011 Moonbots
Five Team 731 members competed as Q. E. D. in the 2011 competition. Here are several links about Q. E. D., their success, and the Moonbots competition.
Aggieland Championship results for Team 731
5th place out of 28 teams - 4-1 record in Qualification Rounds
Picked by the second alliance; Regional Semifinalist
Finalist - Rockwell Collins Innovate Award
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award celebrates a team that not
only thinks outside the box, but also has the ingenuity and
inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This award is given
to the team that has the most innovative and creative robot design
solution to any or all specific field elements or components in the
FIRST Tech Challenge game. Elements of this award include elegant
design, robustness, and ‘out of the box’ thinking related to design.
This award may address the design of the whole robot, or of a sub-
assembly attached to the robot. The creative component must work
consistently, but a robot does not have to work all the time during
matches to be considered for this award. The team’s Engineering
Notebook should be marked with journal entries to show the design of
the component(s) and the team’s robot in order to be eligible for this
award, and entries should describe succinctly how the team arrived at
that solution.
Winner, PTC Design Award
The PTC Design Award recognizes design elements of the robot that
are both functional and aesthetic. All successful robots have
innovative design aspects however the PTC Design Award is presented to
teams that incorporate industrial design elements into their
solution. These elements could simplify the robot giving it a clean
look, decorate the robot, or otherwise express the creativity of the
team. The winning design should not compromise the practical
operation of the robots but compliment its purpose.
Finalist - Inspire Award
The Inspire Award is the most prestigious FTC award, and is given
to the team that truly embodied the ‘challenge’ of the FTC program.
The team that receives this award is chosen by the judges as having
best represented a role model FIRST Tech Challenge Team. The team
that receives this award is a top contender for all other judging
categories and is a strong competitor on the field. Judges should use
match performance, observations made during interviews and in the pit
area, and the team’s Engineering Notebook as equal factors in
determining the winner of this award.
