1. 1 Awards & Advancement September 6 th, 2014 FTC Season Kickoff Walt Boettge & Jennifer Gill - Motorbolts

2. Summary – The FTC Season KickoffToday Robot Build Outreach/ConnectionsBulk of Season Qualifier Tournaments - 1 or 2 Minnesota Events State ChampionshipTeams that Qualify Super Regionals72 Teams Across 13 States World Championships128 Teams 2 Tournaments That Teams Can Attend Based on Advancement Criteria:

3. Advancement 1.Host Team (for qualifiers) 2.Inspire Award Winner 3.Winning Alliance Captain 4.Inspire Award – 2 nd place 5.Winning Alliance First Team Selected 6.Inspire Award - 3 rd place Etc. (see Game Manual Part 1, page 13) 3

4. Awards Being Able to Field a Reliable Robot and Always Demonstrating Gracious Professionalism are the First Two Things To Think About for A Rookie Team Awards are Given Out at Qualifier Events to Recognize Exceptional Teams in a Number of Specific Areas 4

5. FTC Tournament Awards Inspire Think Connect Rockwell Collins Innovate PTC Design Motivate Control Stratasys (Minnesota Specific) Optional Compass Promote (typically only at State & Beyond) Judges’ 5

6. Inspire Award Top Contender for all other awards Competitive Robot Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Effectively communicates experience, knowledge and enthusiasm to other teams, sponsors and judges 6

7. Think Award Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Develops a Strong Engineering Notebook Effectively describes engineering process through pictures and detailed descriptions Clearly organized 7

8. Connect Award Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Provides clear examples of outreach in the community Develops personal/virtual connection with the engineering community Develops strategic or business plan 8

9. Rockwell Collins Innovate Award Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Shows ingenuity and inventiveness in any component design Creative component must work reliably 9

10. PTC Design Award Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Develops detailed robot design drawings for their Engineering Notebook Creates a unique design 10

11. Motivate Award Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Excels in team building, team spirit, enthusiasm 11

12. Control Award Demonstrates Gracious Professionalism Uses sensors and software to enhance functionality and effectiveness of robot 12

13. Stratasys (Minnesota Specific) Best use of a 3-D printed part 13

14. Promote Award Creates the best one minute public video message that answers the question: “Why I chose FIRST” 14

15. Compass Award Given to the coach/mentor of the team which creates the most compelling video recognizing a coach or mentor on your team. 15

16. Judges’ Award Deserves recognition for a unique effort, performance or dynamics which doesn’t fit into any other award category 16