Western Central Illinois League Championship
Awards List

Welcome to the Western Central Illinois League Championship FIRST Tech Challenge Awards and Closing Ceremony! The FIRST Tech Challenge is just one of the awesome programs that exist in the FIRST progression of programs! FIRST has worked to create a progression of programs for aspiring science and technology leaders from the ages of 6 to 18! Our STEM programs are a fantastic opportunity for your students to have the hardest fun they've ever had!

Speaking of the hardest fun you'll ever have, what an amazing day we've had! Before we hand out our prestigious Awards, let's thank the awesome people who made this event happen.

Our FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteers are the very best! Please give a big round of applause for all the volunteers who have given their time, effort, dedication, and so much more to make this program a success.

Also today would not be possible without the amazing generosity of our FIRST Tech Challenge Season Presenting Sponsor, Qualcomm, our FIRST Tech Challenge Official Program Sponsor, Rockwell Collins! Thank you!

Before we hand out the Awards, I would like to introduce you to our special guest.

[Introduce Speaker]

If I could please have all of the Judges, Referees, and FTAs come up front for the presentation of the Awards. (Pause) Let's give a round of applause to our Judges, Refs and FTAs for all of their expertise, dedication and hard work.

[Introduce Judges and Referees and FTAs]

Thank you! And now, the Awards.

Judge's Award
The Judges Award is given at the discretion of the Judges to a Team they have encountered whose unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition, yet the Team does not fit into any of the existing Award categories.
The finalists for this award are:
 
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Judge's Award:
This team knows you don't have to be a genius to be a Gracious Professional. They use balance in finding ways to work together. Even with missing team members they impressed the judges.
The Judge's Award is presented to:
Team 9788, Manual RoboRams II from Peoria, IL
Control Award
The Control Award is given to the Team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve Game challenges such as Autonomous Operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the Field.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 8899, EP Robo Raiders
Team 10101, Binary Bullets
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Control Award:
This team felt euphoria using logic with Vuforia. They found their location with a range finder in Peoria. From Peoria they'll use their imagination to conquer the nation.
The Control Award is presented to:
Team 6994, Machination from Marseilles, IL
Motivate Award
Next we have the Motivate Award. This Judged Award celebrates the Team that exemplifies the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition and embraces the culture of FIRST while making a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school, and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 10101, Binary Bullets
Team 8899, EP Robo Raiders
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Motivate Award:
This team got out of the basement to share FIRST with others. They constructed a bribe, throwing candy to the younger STEM tribe. Demos led to a new team forming, followed by mentoring in person and on line.
The Motivate Award is presented to:
Team 9985, Washington Robotics from Washington, IL
Design Award
The intent of the Design Award is to expand on 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 aspect must serve a function - but they should also differentiate the robot in a unique fashion.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 6596, Robotic Rams
Team 12644, Morton Elements
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Design Award:
3D printed parts kept this team's strings in a row. Their cascading arms lifted them to new heights. There's nothing retro about their holonomic drive.
The Design Award is presented to:
Team 11235, Retro Robotics from East Peoria, IL
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award celebrates a Team that has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This Award is given to the Team that the Judges feel has the most Innovative and Creative Robot design solution to the FIRST Tech Challenge. Elements of this Award include elegant design, robustness and 'out of the box' thinking with regard to design. This Award may address the design of the whole robot or some sub-assembly component of the robot. The creative component needs to work consistently, but a robot does not have to work all of the time during Matches to be considered for this Award. The Team's Engineering Notebook showed the design of the component(s) and the Team's robot, and clearly explains how the Team arrived at
The finalists for this award are:
Team 6596, Robotic Rams
Team 9985, Washington Robotics
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award:
Worming their way to new heights with precision and machining this team was able to make a unique lift arm design. This rookie team's lift is out of this world. Good thing gravity is keeping them grounded because their innovation is a whole new element.
The Rockwell Collins Innovate Award is presented to:
Team 12644, Morton Elements from Morton, IL
Connect Award
Our next Award, The Connect Award, is presented to the Team that the Judges' feel most connected with their local community, FIRST and the business world. The best Team is more than the sum of its parts, and recognizes that their schools and communities play an essential part to their success. The recipient of this Award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the Team itself. In addition, the Team that wins this Award is aggressively seeking engineers and exploring the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and technology.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 6596, Robotic Rams
Team 10101, Binary Bullets
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Connect Award:
This team raised the bar by connecting with others, near and far. When programming didn't go as planned they called on pros to lend a hand. This team's mission was never off-kilter as they built for Haiti 200 water filters.
The Connect Award is presented to:
Team 8899, EP Robo Raiders from East Peoria, IL
Think Award
This judged award is given to the Team that best reflects the journey the Team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season. The Engineering Notebook is the key reference for judges to help identify the most deserving Team. This Team's Engineering Notebook focused on the design and build stages of the Team's robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.
The finalists for this award are:
Team 10101, Binary Bullets
Team 6994, Machination
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Think Award:
This team's attention to detail was reflected in their very heavy notebook. This team is bound for success just like their notebook. The quality of this team's notebook has rammed them into success.
The Think Award is presented to:
Team 6596, Robotic Rams from Port Byron, IL
Western Central Illinois League Championship Finalist Alliance
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Western Central Illinois League Championship Finalist Alliance:
The Western Central Illinois League Championship Finalist Alliance is presented to:
2: 6596,10101
Western Central Illinois League Championship Winning Alliance
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Western Central Illinois League Championship Winning Alliance:
The Western Central Illinois League Championship Winning Alliance is presented to:
1: 8899,6994
Inspire Award
The Inspire Award is given to the Team that the Judges felt truly embodied the 'challenge' of the FIRST Tech Challenge program. The Team that receives this award is a strong ambassador for FIRST programs and works to promote FIRST and make it loud in their community. The Team that receives this Award has performed well in all Judging categories and was chosen by the Judges as a model FIRST Tech Challenge Team on and off the playing field. The Judges used Match performance, observations made during interviews and in the pit area, the Team's Engineering Notebook, and performance on the playing field in determining the winner.
The finalists for this award are:
Second Place: Team 6596, Robotic Rams
Third Place: Team 8899, EP Robo Raiders
This is what the judges said about the winner of the Inspire Award:
Shooting above and beyond, this team does it all, even though their team number has a sum very small. Their robot is inspired by games of old. Loaning a driver makes this team solid gold.
The Inspire Award is presented to:
Team 10101, Binary Bullets from Knoxville, IL
Families and friends, thank you all for being a great audience today! Students, thank you for bringing your Gracious Professionalism to the competition today! And thank you ALL for helping support the next generation of innovators. We had an excellent event with all of you and look forward to seeing you next year!

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Awards List generated at 02/10/18 09:56:21 PM