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Diamond State FTC Championship Firsts

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FIRST Tech Challenge

Last Saturday January 31, at Delaware State University, two Wilmington robotics teams affiliated with First State Robotics achieved important “firsts.” The Miracles of Engineering (MOE) FTC team became the first Delaware team to ever advance from the annual Diamond State Championship to the Northeast super-regional tournament in Scranton (March 19-21). As part of the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC), the 11-student team earned second place for the Inspire Award, the highest award given at an FTC competition, and was also first partner on the winning alliance in the field competition. This is MOEs second year to compete against other high ranking teams at the Northeast super-regional tournament.

Amy and Emma with FIRST president, Don Bossi (left) and DE FTC director, Eric Cheek (right)

Amy and Emma with FIRST president, Don Bossi (left) and DE FTC director, Eric Cheek (right)

In another “first”, Amy Andrews and Emma Onstad, two members of the team Rhyme Know Reason , became the first FTC students in Delaware to become finalists for the Dean’s List. This award is part of an effort by US FIRST® and the family of Dean Kamen (inventor and founder of FIRST®) to recognize young leaders in FTC throughout the world. The girls will compete with finalists from other events to become one of the top ten international Dean’s List winners. Their team, Rhyme Know Reason (with four students), earned the Think Award at DSU, the second highest judged award at the competition.

Both teams will demonstrate their robotics skills for the public at DE STEM Expo on Saturday, March 7 at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington. First State Robotics will host a STEM Expo and screening of the documentary movie “SlingShot. ” This event is sponsored in part by the Kenny Family Foundation.

For more info on STEM Expo and film screening, see http://moe365.org/slingshot.php or https://www.facebook.com/#!/delawareslingshot

Congratulations to all Diamond State Championship FTC award winners!

Click here for more award winners

World wide challenge– Recycle Rush

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2015 FRC challengeSix weeks to design- build- test and rebuild a robot that can meet the challenge and beat the competition? No problem! Last Saturday, January 3, high school students around the world received their kits of parts, their competition manuals, and their first looks at the task ahead. They’re focused and ready to work.

To follow DuPont-sponsored FSR team, the Miracle Workerz, as they prepare for regional and international competition events this spring, click here.

Here’s what they saw on Saturday.

http://youtu.be/hTyCIYZQ_1s

 

Good luck teams!

FTC teams move ahead to Championship events

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Congratulations to FSR’s two FTC teams! So far, both have done very well this season.

Our rookie team, Rhyme Know Reason, has earned two robotics awards over the past two weeks. On November 22, in Oxford, PA, they earned the Motivate Award. Last Saturday November 29, in Ambler, PA, they earned the Think Award for their excellent engineering notebook. With this award they earned the opportunity to compete at the PA State FTC Championship in late February. In addition, they will also be competing at the Diamond State Championship in Dover, DE, next January 31.

Their team, with lead mentor Dawn Dockter and several other mentors, has built a strong foundation of teamwork and engineering exploration.

Also at the Oxford event, our veteran FTC team, MOE 365, was Alliance captain for the winning alliance and they were awarded the Connect Award.

At the Ambler event,  MOE earned the Inspire Award, (top award) and was on the winning alliance of teams (with a team from Delaware’s Archmere Academy) in on-field competition. They have also earned a championship berth in Pennsylvania and in Delaware.

We wish them all the best as they move forward to FTC’s 2014 championship events.

FTC events are free and open to the public. For information about locations and times, click the links above.

You can read about the FTC game– Cascade Effect– and preview the video here.