2012 New York City FIRST Mega Celebration Newspaper

New York City FIRST
Mega Celebration
March 16 to 18, 2012 - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
FIRST Robotics Competition
Friday March 16-Sunday March 18
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
FIRST Tech Challenge Championship
Friday March 16-Saturday March 17
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
FIRST LEGO League Championship
Sunday March 18
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo
Sunday March 18
9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
NYC FIRST Science and Technology
College/Career Expo
Friday March 16, Noon-4 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 18, 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
All Photographs By Adriana M. Groisman/FIRST
Welcome to the 12th Annual New York City FIRST Robotics Competition!
The New York City FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition proudly welcomes you to the
2012 New York City Regional mega celebration and competition here at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build
science, engineering and technology skills that inspire innovation, cooperation, and gracious professionalism!
FIRST Robotics has been going strong for over 20 years worldwide and we celebrate our 12th year in New York City. NYC FIRST programs
engage thousands of elementary, intermediate and high school students as they build robots and compete on the playing field while actively
using science and technology. Help us cheer them on as they exhibit their incredible skills, ability to work with others and creativity while
competing for awards. The 2012 game, Rebound Rumble, promises to be incredibly exciting and this year teams will be able to use Xbox
Kinect to control their robots! While you are at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), please be sure to visit the Junior FIRST Lego League
(JFLL), FIRST Lego League (FLL) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) in action as well. The FLL teams you see here in the exhibit hall have already
proven themselves by winning their borough-wide qualifying tournament earlier this year.
We have 66 FIRST Robotics teams competing at the New York City Regional this weekend and they hail from schools in New York, New Jersey,
California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Turkey. FIRST participants are eligible for over
$14 million in scholarships from leading colleges and universities. Please visit our College/Career Expo to meet representatives from colleges
and universities offering FIRST scholarships and FIRST corporate sponsors committed to mentoring and supporting FIRST teams.
FIRST is truly a volunteer driven organization. We sincerely thank the dedicated and talented community of teachers, parents, technical
mentors and other professionals who spend hundreds of hours working with FIRST students to inspire and instruct them. We are also deeply
indebted to the corporate sponsors, unions, foundations, associations and individuals who support NYC FIRST financially.
With much appreciation and best regards,
Ana Martinez and Pat Daly
New York City FIRST Regional Directors
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Junior FIRST LEGO
League Exposition
Sunday, March 18, 2012
9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
About Jr. FIRST LEGO League
The FLL Core Values are the cornerstones of the FLL program.
They are among the fundamental elements that distinguish FLL
from other programs of its kind. By embracing the Core Values,
participants learn that friendly competition and mutual gain are
not separate goals, and that helping one
another is the foundation of teamwork.
• We are a team.
• We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
• We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
• What we discover is more important than what we win.
• We share our experiences with others.
• We display Gracious Professionalism in everything we do.
• We have fun.
Jr. FIRST LEGO League in New York City
For the past seven years, the New York City FIRST Planning
Committee has hosted a Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) Expo.
As the program has expanded, the committee has
decided to bring all of our regional programs together at the
Jacob Javits Convention Center for this year’s 2012 FIRST MEGA
Celebration. Children ages 6-9 are presented with the Jr. FLL
“Snack Attack” Challenge and are required to put together a
“Show Me” poster board presentation which showcases their
research and demonstrates their understanding of the theme.
Participating teams also create a model which demonstrates
their innovative solution to the challenge theme of Snack Attack.
Jr. FIRST LEGO League Expo Agenda
8:30 a.m.
Team Registration and Set Up
Jr.FLL Expo Area
9:30 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies and Parade with the FIRST LEGO League Teams in the
Robot Performance and
Playing Field Area
9:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Jr.FLL Expo - Participants exhibit their projects
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Lunch and Time to Visit and Observe FIRST LEGO League Tournament in
the Robot Performance
and Playing Field Area
12:15 p.m.
Jr.FLL Teams report back to Jr.FLL Expo Area
12:50-1:00 p.m.
Event concludes and Jr.FLL Teams pack up
in the Jr.FLL Exhibition Area
The Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo is non-competitive.
Participation in the event serves as an introduction to FIRST
programs for children. All participants and teams receive
recognition and awards are presented to everyone! The Expo is
designed to bring teams together from all five boroughs of New
York City. Teams interact with one another to showcase their
projects and spectators interact with individual teams to ask
questions and allow teams to demonstrate their understanding
of the “Snack Attack” theme.
At the 2012 FIRST MEGA Celebration at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, Junior FIRST LEGO League Teams will participate in
the opening ceremonies with FIRST LEGO League teams. They
will also have the opportunity to observe and learn more about
how FIRST LEGO League and the FIRST Robotics Competition
work as they witness robot performance events throughout the
course of the day. The New York City/New Jersey FIRST Planning
Committee hopes to encourage future growth of all FIRST
programs in our region by providing children with the
opportunity to progress from Junior FIRST LEGO League to FIRST
LEGO League as they become eligible (ages 9-14).
NYC Jr. FLL Coordinators:
Keith Wynne, P.S. 58, The Carroll School
Elizabeth Vilchis, The City College of New York
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Participating Jr. FIRST LEGO League Teams
School Name
Team #
Cambria Center
2533
Columbia Grammar and Prepatory School
1362
Forest Hills
1363
Forest Hills
Good Sheperd Services
2128
Nest +M
293
294
Nest +M
Nest +M
404
405
Nest +M
P.S. 11
3938
P.S. 57
P.S. 57
Robomindtech
2241
2606
Robomindtech
St. Claire’s
2137
St. Claire’s
2134
St. Claire’s
2136
Team Name
Warbots
Lego Lions
Lego Monsters
Club Builders
Mindeez
Halloween Candy
Rainbow Kids
Five Experts
Battle of the Cookie Bots
Lego Leaders
YMCA (P.S. 57)
P.S. 57
Robotician 1
Robotician 2
Twisted Sisters
Doughboys
Pop Stars
Jr. FIRST LEGO League
Snack Attack Challenge
The Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) Challenge, Snack Attack, shares the same
real-world topic as the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge. It is open-ended,
designed for younger kids, and can be customized to every ability level.
The challenge is divided in two parts – the Show-Me Poster and the Model. The
Show-Me Poster requires kids to illustrate their research and team journey. It
provides an opportunity for them to share what they studied, learned, and how
they thought to improve the problem they chose. Their creative minds get started
working on how to present their information and solution.
The Model component of the challenge allows kids to learn hands-on. Here they
build a representation of the research they are conducting (according to the
Challenge requirements), incorporating simple machines and movement into their
creation. In their Model teams are able to use a motor to power movement, or
they can move elements of their Model by hand.
Jr.FLL Snack Attack
Challenge
http://juniorfirstlegoleague.org/2011snack-attack-challenge.html
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Award (judged earlier this year)
Most Original Presentation
De-Contaminator Extraordinaire
Team Spirit
Food Preparation Stars
Kitchen Cleanliness
Inspiration and Technology
Team Work
Problem Solvers
Most Creative Presentation
Innovative Solution
Research
Nutrition Magicians
Judge’s Award
Food Preservation Society
Recommended Daily Allowance
I Would Eat in Your Kitchen Anytime
We-Do Design
FIRST LEGO League Agenda
8:00 a.m.
FLL Pits Open
FLL Teams Arrive
Robot Inspection Begins
8:30 a.m.
FLL judging begins
8:50 a.m.
Coaches’ meeting
9:30 a.m.
FLL and Jr.FLL Opening Ceremonies
10:10 a.m.
FLL Competitive Matches
12:10 p.m.
Lunch
12:50 p.m.
FLL Competitive matches resume
3:30 p.m.
FLL Award Ceremony
Dear Friends,
Thank you for joining us as we celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of all the NYC FIRST LEGO League teams who have taken on
the Food Factor Challenge during the 2011-2012 competition season.
This year, over 150 teams from around NYC registered to take on the challenge of exploring food contamination. This year’s challenge really
gave students something to think about; how their food makes it to their table and how to maintain a safe and clean kitchen environment.
There were qualifying events held in all five boroughs, where 82 teams emerged to compete in today’s Championship tournament.
We will also be hosting 17 Jr. FIRST LEGO League teams who are having their “Snack Attack” Exposition where they will approach the topic of
food safety by exploring how proper preparation and storage can keep us healthy.
The 2011-2012 seasons’ game has been announced and teams are beginning to prepare for the challenge ahead. We at New York City FIRST
are continuing our goals to strengthen our partnerships with schools, colleges and universities throughout the boroughs in order to bring the
program to as many New York City students as possible.
On behalf of the committee I would like to thank all of the teachers, coaches, parents, mentors, administrators and NYC FIRST LEGO League
sponsors and supporters for their dedication and support.
I would like to personally thank all of the members of the NYC FIRST LEGO League Planning Committee for their continued support and
countless hours of hard work to make the Food Factor season such a triumph.
Sincerely,
Susan Hermon
Chair FLL Planning Committee
Administrator, NYU-Poly Center for K-12 STEM Education
FIRST Lego League Planning Committee
Elizabeth Almonte American Express
Pat Daly FIRST NYC Regional Director
Bernie DiCristofalo NYC Dept. of Education
Veryl Greene NYC Dept. of Education
Tripat Kaberwal FIRST
Greg Koumoullos Con Edison
Catherine Kunicki Stuyvesant High School FRC
Aniella McGuire NYSE Euronext
Jose Munoz NYSE Euronext
Zi Qiu
Stuyvesant HS
Maureen Reilly NYC Dept. of Education
Suman Sabastin NYC Dept. of Education
Norm Scott NYC Dept. of Education, retired
Thomas Smolka NYC Dept. of Education
Melissa Trachtenberg Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Elizabeth Vilchis CCNY
Richard Wong NYSE Euronext
Keith Wynne NYC Dept. of Education
Peter Xanthus NYC Dept. of Education
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FIRST LEGO League Teams
competing this weekend
Manhattan
School/Affiliation P.S. 126 British International School of New York The Chapin School The Chapin School Chelsea Prep Academy Chelsea Prep Academy Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School The Dalton School The Dalton School The Gateway Middle School Hunter College High School Hunter College High School The Inwood Academy for Leadership Metropolitan Montessori School NYC Lab Middle School The Trinity School Team # Name
3609 MATbots
10271 BISNY
6819 Chapin Bots 2
6818 Chapin Bots 1
12718 Chelsea Transformers
12719 Chelsea Robot Rulers
5448 Columbia Craft Crammers
13865 Robo Rodeo
4803 Alien Pi
11831 Digital Pride
2984 Hunters to be Hunted
2982 Angry Nerds
1869 DROIDMakers
11841 Thunderbots
13464 Fruit Fighters
6216 Raging Tigers
Queens
School/Affiliation I.S. 119 I.S. 119 I.S. 318 I.S. 318 I.S. 192
M.S. 88 M.S. 216
P.S. 49 P.S. 94 P.S. 128 Brics2Bots Cambria Forest Hills Robotics
Forest Hills Robotics
Forest Hills Robotics
Garden School RoboBeta Team# Name
3514 TopGearz
3516 SuperBotz
827 Blood Sweat and Gears
829 Clean’em Up Crew
13804 The Phantoms
1701 Masterminds
11814 Ryan Lions
7351 49er Miners
3938 AdmiralBots
13152 LegoBots
6963 RoboGBots
818 WarBots
1011 Planetary Forces
1014 Food Fighters
1017 GRIP
12414 Slaughter Bots
5655 Robomind Tech
Staten Island
School/Affiliation I.S. 24R I.S. 27 I.S. 27 I.S. 49 I.S. 75 I.S. 75 Eltingville Lutheran
Genesis at Xaverian
Parks Dept. Pave Academy St. Clares St. Clares 6
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Team # Name
1413 IS24R Dark Knights of 24
3403 Mustangs 2
3404 Mustangs 3
10475 Dryfus Torgue
3591 Panthers 1
3592 Panthers 2
6069 Eagles
12021 Genesis Legosmiths
1687 Marauder Bots
14204 PAVE Bots
4882 Transformers 1
4887 Transformers 4
Bronx
School/Affiliation
C.S. 66 I.S. 98
M.S. 118
M.S. 194 P.S. 55 P.S. 76
P.S. 194 P.S. 195 Bronx Prep Charter School Children’s Arts and Sciences
Workshop
Good Shepherd Services Horace Mann
Marble Hill Community Ctr.
Riverdale Country School Robo Mind Tech Young Athletes Association Team # Name
553 CS 66 Brats
704 Ridder Kids
814 Niles
4672 Techno Tigers
13571 Bengal Tigerbots
2964 The 76ers
4672 Techno Tigers
13837 The Molecules
7228 Robotronics
11677 Marble Hill Community Center
7205 Bronx Task Force
4112 HM Lions
2031 Knights of The Rectangular Table
5654 RoboTron
11676 Bronx Brilliant Engineers
Brooklyn
FIRST LEGO League Food Factor Challenge
Food Factor is a three-part robotics challenge that consists of a project, the robot game and core values.
The FLL Core Values are the cornerstones of the FLL program. They
are among the fundamental elements that distinguish FLL from other
programs of its kind. By embracing the Core Values, participants learn
that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and
that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.
The project requires research, where teams explore an actual problem that today’s scientists and engineers are trying to solve, develop
and think of an innovative solution to that problem and share their
findings. In this year’s theme “Food Factor” teams will explore the
journey of food; how it gets to your table and innovative solutions on
how to keep contamination and spoiling from happening.
School/Organization P.S. 3 P.S. 5 P.S. 8 P.S. 9 P.S. 11 P.S. 58 P.S. 58 P.S. 94 P.S. 94 P.S. 233 P.S. 256 P.S. 321 P.S. 321 P.S. 399 P.S. 636 I.S. 383 M.S. 113 M.S. 366 M.S. 821 Team # Name
4919 RoboTigers
4927 Lego Rockets
3771 Mission Masters
4916 Bacteria Terminators
4934 Mission 11
11896 Brick Boyz
11897 Germinators
860 Master Blasters
863 Megaminds
4933 LegoMinds
4925 Banneker Bots
1891 Legonauts
12877 RockBots
4929 Gear Hawk
4936 Boogie Bots
13261 Skybots
4935 Falcon Robotic Allstars
4902
13147 Lego My Eggo
Fort Greene Preparatory Academy 13713 Independent Team 204
Packer Collegiate Institute 3229 St. Edmunds Elementary School 708 Urban Assembly Institute of Math
and Science for Young Women 4937 Nano Wolves
[x] object [x]
Swedish Chef
The Nerd Herd
Super Novas
For the Food Factor Robot Game, the robot’s job is to put some common foods through just a few of the steps they go through in order to
get into one’s belly, while either avoiding or dealing with contamination. From harvesting corn, pollution reversal, refrigerated ground
transport, and pest removal; teams have to build and program an
autonomous robot to score points in 2.5 minute matches on the
themed playing field/obstacle course.
FLL Food Factor Challenge
http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
challenge/2011foodfactor
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FLL Core
Awards
Champion’s Award
This award recognizes
a team that embodies
the FLL experience, by
fully embracing our Core
Values while achieving
excellence and innovation in both the Robot
Game and Project.
Robot Awards
Mechanical Design
This award recognizes a
team that designs and
develops a mechanically
sound robot that is durable, efficient and highly
capable of performing
challenge missions.
Programming
This award recognizes a
team that utilizes outstanding programming
principles, including clear,
concise and reusable
code that allows their robot to perform challenge
missions autonomously
and consistently.
Strategy and
Innovation
This award recognizes
a team that uses solid
engineering practices and
a well-developed strategy
to design and build an
innovative, high performing robot.
Judges Awards
During the course of competition the judges may encounter teams whose unique
efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition.
Some teams have a story that sets them apart in a noteworthy way. Sometimes a
team is so close to winning an award that the judges choose to give special recognition to the team. Judges Awards allow the freedom to recognize remarkable
teams that stand out for reasons other than the Core Award categories. Examples
include:
Against All Odds or Overcoming Adversity or Perseverance
This award goes to the team that improvises and overcomes a difficult situation
while still making a
respectable showing, with an attitude that shows, “We can overcome incredible
odds if we never give up, no matter what!”
Rising Star
This award recognizes a team that the judges notice and expect great things from
in the future.
Special Recognition Awards
Research
This award recognizes a team
that utilizes diverse resources
to formulate an in depth and
comprehensive understanding of the problem they have
identified.
Innovative Solution
This award recognizes a
team’s solution that is exceptionally well considered and
creative, with good
potential to solve the problem researched.
Presentation
This award recognizes a team
that effectively communicates the problem they have
Outstanding Volunteer Award
identified and their
The FLL program would not exist without its volunteers. This award honors an exproposed solution to both
traordinary volunteer(s)
the judges and other potenwhose dedication to theFLL program has a positive impact on the team experience.
tial supporters.
Adult Coach/Mentor Award
Many teams reach significant milestones thanks to their close relationship with an
adult mentor. This
award goes to the coach or mentor whose wisdom, guidance, and devotion are
most clearly evident in
the team’s discussion with the judges.
Young Adult Mentor Award
FLL presents this award to the young adult, high school or college mentor whose
support, impact,
inspiration, and guidance are most clearly evident in the team’s discussion with the
judges.
Core Values
Awards
Inspiration
This award celebrates a team
that is empowered by their
FLL experience and displays
extraordinary
enthusiasm and spirit.
Teamwork
This award recognizes a team
that is able to accomplish
more together than they
could as individuals
through shared goals, strong
communication, effective
problem solving and excellent
time management.
Robot Performance
This award recognizes
a team that scores the
most points during the
Robot Game. Teams have
a chance to compete in
at least three 2.5 minute
matches and their
highest score counts.
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Project Awards
Gracious
Professionalism™
This award recognizes a
team whose members show
each other and other teams
respect at all times. They
recognize that both friendly
competition and mutual gain
are possible, on and off the
playing field.
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FIRST Tech Challenge Championship
Friday March 16
Saturday March 17
9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Use your Smart Phone to scan this! The Game:
Bowled Over! is played on a 12’x12’ diamond shaped field as shown on the diagram above. Two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – composed of two teams each compete in matches consisting of a 30 second autonomous period followed by a two­minute driver controlled period. The object of the game is to score more points than your opponent’s alliance by placing racquet balls into crates and then stacking the crates. Teams will be challenged to complete tasks during autonomous and driver controlled periods and will score special racquetballs and six pound bowling balls for additional points. The Details:
There are a total of 100 racquetballs available to both teams as scoring objects in the game. The field also holds 12 stackable Ball Crates that teams can fill with racquetballs and stack for additional points, and two bowling balls that can be scored during the autonomous or end game period for additional points. The field includes two home zones comprised of a platform and a ramp, and two protected zones where a team may stack their crates without fear of having them toppled by their opponents. End Game:
The final thirty (30) seconds of the Driver Controlled Period is called the End Game. Each Alliance is challenged to push their Bowling Ball onto their Home Zone or to elevate stacks of Ball Crates to score additional points based on the height of the Ball Crates. Autonomous Period Scoring:
Upright Ball Crate 5 points each Parking a Robot In Back parking zone 5 points Parking a Bowling Ball In Back Parking Zone 20 points Parking a Robot In Front Parking Zone 10 points Parking a Bowling Ball in Front Parking Zone 10 points Match Scoring:
Regular or Magnet Ball in Low Goal 1 point each Regular or Magnet Ball in Ball Crate 2 points each Magnet Ball in Off Field Goal 25 points each Crates Stacked are awarded 10 points above Based on the highest point of 10.5”, then 10 each crate in the stack more points for (for a crate to count it must each 6” above contain at least one ball) that Please visit us on the web at www.nycfirst.org
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FIRST Tech
Challenge Agenda
Friday March 16
12 p.m. - Team Registration and Inspections
6 p.m. - Team Inspections End
Saturday March 17
8 a.m. - Pits Open
8-9 a.m. - Practice Matches
9 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies
9:30 a.m. - Qualifying Matches Begin
12:30 p.m.- Alliance Selection
12:45 p.m.- Lunch
1:30 p.m - Elimination Rounds Begin
2:30 p.m. - Division Finals
3:00 p.m. - Championship Finals
4:00 p.m. - Closing Ceremonies
FIRST Tech Challenge Gotham City Division
School/Organization
Team# /Name
Bedford Academy High School
5644
Benjamin Banneker Academy
3419
Brooklyn Amity School
5729
City Polytechnic High School
4638
Columbia High School
4102
5484
Corning Inc.
Corning Inc.
5485
Dalton School
4174
Dwight-Englewood School
207
Francis Lewis High School
4781
Francis Lewis High School
4783
Francis Lewis High School
4785
Francis Lewis High School
4995
Friends Seminary
3541
Gorge W. Hewlett High School
5477
H.S. for C.T.E.A.
3031
Harry S. Truman High School
356
HEAF
5362
Horace Mann School
4326
Humanities Preparatory Academy 3922
I.S. 383
4490
Islandbots
4137
Kennedy Catholic High School
5602
Liberty High School
3912
Lower East Side Prep High School 5718
LREI
3744
Lynbrook High School
5283
Massapequa High School
3582
Midwood High School
3371
Queens High School for the Sciences
at York College
4713
Queens School of Inquiry
4756
Sewanhaka High School
4017
Stuyvesant High School
310
3950
Suffern High School
Syosset High School
123
Teen Technology 2753
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Location
Bedford Bots
BannekerBots
Brooklyn Amity School
Jr. City Poly Gear Heads
CHS Cougars
Ended Its
PRO
Atomic Theory
Critical Mass
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
RoboOwls2
Innovo
Robo Hawks
Gigabots
HEAFINATORS
Basement Lions
Maximus Mechanicalis
Skybots
Islandbots
Bionic Gaels
Liberty
Silver Dragon
Username:awesome
LAIMO
Mass Madness
Botley Crue
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Maplewood, NJ
Corning, NY
Corning, NY
New York, NY
Englewood, NJ
Queens, NY
Queens, NY
Queens, NY
Queens, NY
New York, NY
Hewlett, NY
Queens, NY
Bronx, NY
New York, NY
Bronx, NY
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Stony Brook, NY
Somers, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
Lynbrook, NY
Massapequa, NY
Brooklyn, NY
QHSS Robotics
QSI Nutcrackers
Robopandas
Stuy Fusion
Suffern Syborgs1
Vanguard
Team Overdrive Queens, NY
Queens, NY
Sewanhaka, NY
New York, NY
Suffern, NY
Syosset, NY
Bridgewater, NJ
FIRST Tech Challenge Metropolis Division
School/Organization Team Number Team#/Name Location
Automotive High School
Blind Brook High School
Buffalo Academy of Science
City Polytechnic High School
Corning Inc.
Dalton School
Francis Lewis High School
Francis Lewis High School
Francis Lewis High School
Francis Lewis High School
Friends Seminary
George W Hewlett High School
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson
Girl Scouts of Nassau County
Harry S. Truman High School
Herbert H. Lehman High School
Herricks High School
Humanities Preparatory Academy
Humanities Preparatory Academy
It Takes a Village Academy
Jamaica College Old Boys Association
Liberty High School
Livingston High School
Locust Valley High School
Lower East Side Prep HIGH SCHOOL
Massapequa High School
Pelham Memorial High School
Renaissance High School MTT
Saunders High School
St. Edmund Prep.
Staples High School
Staten Island Robotics Program
@ St. Clare’s School
Stuyvesant High School
The Albany Academies
Urban Assembly Institute of
Math and Science
Wings Academy High School
1211
4654
5319
4639
5356
5069
3006
4780
4782
4784
3152
3540
18
4183
642
5800
4487
3921
3929
3896
3981
3915
3415
4113
5163
3019
5050
4095
4527
4447
577
Brooklyn, NY
Rye Brook, NY
Buffalo, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Corning, NY
New York, NY
Fresh Meadows NY
Queens, NY
Queens, NY
Queens, NY
New York, NY
Hewlett, NY
Pleasantville, NY
Merrick, NY
Bronx, NY
Bronx, NY
New Hyde Park, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Kingston, Jamaica
New York, NY
Livingston, NJ
Locust Valley, NY
New York, NY
Massapequa, NY
Pelham, NY
Bronx, NY
Yonkers, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Westport, CT
Piston Robotnics
Blind Brook Robotics
Wolverines
City Poly Gear Heads
Team Tardis
Juggernauts
Terrabots
FS robotics
FS robotics
FS robotics
RoboOwl1
RoboBoogie
Techno Chix
IceBreakers
Hybrids
Lehman RoboLions
Droid bots
Modbot Parte Duex
Revenge of Cthulhu
TechNeetics
Gold Griffin
Liberty
Lancers
Falcons
Flying Dragon
HAL
Meep’s Moops
Bulldogs
Saunders Seniors
The Nerd Herd
Wrecker Robotics
2864 Bounty Hunters
479 Stuy Fission
4809 Botman
Staten Island, NY
New York, NY
Albany, NY
5103 Super Novas
4078 Wings Hawks
Brooklyn, NY
Bronx, NY
FTC Judges
Judge Advisor
Josh Walfish
Judges
(as of 3/4/12)
John Checco
Ogbonna Chilaka
Siddika Chowdhury
Maria Cristina Cruz
Jason Ganetsky
Jennifer Hou
June Jee
Jan Jerry
Jeff Kim
Sarah Lee
Andrew Matsuoka
Sophie NdiayeZhadeev
Thea Platt-Glasser
Michael Shabong
Aristide Soh
Raul Telles
Stacey Weaver
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FIRST Tech Challenge Inspire Award
This is the most prestigious award an FTC Team could receive. This formally judged award 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. This team is a top contender for all the other judging
categories and is a strong competitor on the field. The Inspire
Award Winner is an inspiration to other teams, acting with
Gracious Professionalism both on and off the playing field.
This team understands how to communicate their experiences and knowledge to other teams, sponsors and the judges.
The Winner of this award will additionally receive an invitation to the FIRST World Championship Competition.
FIRST Tech Challenge Connect Award
This judged award is given to the team that most connected
with their local community and the engineering community.
A true FIRST team is more than the sum of its parts and recognizes that their schools and communities play 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 this award
is aggressively seeking engineers and exploring the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science and
technology. In addition, this team has a clear fundraising goal
and a plan to achieve that goal.
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
judged 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 a
sub-assembly attached to the robot. The creative component
must work consistently, but the robot does not have to work
all the time during matches to be considered for this award.
The teams 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.
FIRST Tech Challenge Motivate Award
This judged award celebrates the team that exemplifies the
essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through
team spirit and enthusiasm. They show their spirit through
costumes and fun outfits, a team cheer or outstanding spirit.
This team has made a collective effort to make FIRST known
throughout their school and community.
FIRST Tech Challenge Promote Award
The Promote award is given to the team that is most successful in creating a compelling video message for the public designed to change our culture and celebrate science, technology, engineering and math. They are to submit a one minute
long (PSA) prior to the event to be eligible. The team must
present a thoughtful and high-quality video which appeals
to the general public. Strong production value is important,
but the message and the impact of the video are of greater
weight for the judging.
PTC Design Award
This 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 design elements could
simplify the robots’ appearance by giving it a clean look, be
decorative in nature or otherwise express the creativity of
the team. The winning design should not compromise the
practical operation of the robot but complement its purpose.
This award is sponsored by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), developers of the CAD tools, Creo and Mathcad.
PTC gives licenses to the FTC student teams for these software products to help them with their designs. Use of these
tools is not required to be eligible; however, teams that use
them are given extra consideration for this award.
PSA Subject for the 2011-12 Season
Create a one-minute public service announcement (PSA)
video that begins with the following sentence: I’m going to
change the world…
FIRST Tech Challenge Compass Award
A FIRST Tech Challenge team is about more that building
robots and competing in tournaments – it is a journey to a
destination through trial and error, success and failure, with
challenging new technology and obstacles to navigate where
no road maps are provided. So how does a team find their
way?
The Compass Award recognizes an adult coach or mentor
who has provided outstanding guidance and support for a
team throughout the year. The winner of the Compass Award
will be determined from candidates nominated by FTC Team
members, via a 40-60 second video submission highlighting
how their mentor/coach has helped them become a champion level team. The Judges want to hear what sets your
mentor apart.
FIRST Tech Challenge 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. The Engineering Notebook should
focus on the design and build stages of the teams’ robot.
Journal entries of interest to the judges for this ward will
include those describing the steps, brainstorms, designs, redesigns, successes and those “interesting” moments when
things weren’t going as planned. A team will not be a candidate for this award if they have not completed the section of
the engineering notebook describing the teams’ experience.
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The NYC FTC Committee would like to express
our many thanks to Dr. Bernice Houle and
Dr. Richard Kline of Pace University,
Vincent and Pat Frascella of the NJ FTC,
Tom Zawislak, PA FTC, and Jack Kentfield, CT
FIRST Announcer, for their continuing support
in making the FTC Championship a success.
FTC Planning Committee
Len Rerek, Chair
Specialty Crafters
Fine Woodworking
JoAnn Rerek, Co-Chair
Kathy Cregan
Chris DiMauro
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Anita Louis
MTA NYC Transit
Andy Zhang
NYC College of Technology
Automotive High School
Bruce Rajswasser
Janet Jacobson
Truman High School
Truman High School
Joe Castillo
Credit Suisse
Joshua Walfish
Rob Quatrone
The Dalton School
NYC D.O.T.
Shaun Hoffman
Tim Cooper
Friends Seminary
St. John’s Lutheran School
Tom Smolka
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Susan Hermon 13
FIRST Robotics Competition Teams
competing this weekend
A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
4108
421
Alfred E. Smith High School
Bay Shore High School
271
Bethpage Union Free School District
2869
Bishop Kearney High School
806
Boy Scouts of Weymouth
3927
Bronx Academy Senior High
2933
Bronx Aerospace High School 3760
Bronx Engineering and
Technology Academy High School
3004
Brookline High School &
Boston Latin School &
Catholic Memorial School & Revere High School 125
Brooklyn Collaborative School
4299
Brooklyn Technical High School
334
Buffalo Academy of Science
4023
CEPHAS - H.A.Souza
Professional Training Center
1860
Curtis High School
371
Deer Park High School
270
East Harlem Tutorial Program
1880
ETEP - Prof. E. Passos Technical High School
1382
Ewing High School and Marie Katzenbach
Evander Campus
3760
School for the Deaf
2016
Fitch High School
2168
Fontbonne Hall Academy 806
Forest Hills High School
3645
Francis Lewis High School
3017
George Westinghouse High School
354
Herbert H. Lehman High School
1230
High School of Computers and Technology
743
759
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Hunter College High School
3419
Immaculata High School
1279
Randolph Robotics
NY, NY http://zongservices.com/sumanteam/RandolphRobotics/Home.html
The Warriors
Bronx, NY
Mechanical Marauders Bay Shore, NY http://www2.bayshoreschools.org/robotics/
Regal Eagles
Bethpage, NY http://www.bethpagerobotics.net
The Brooklyn Blacksmiths Brooklyn, NY http://www.xhsrobotics.net
RAWR
Weymouth, MA https://sites.google.com/site/frc3927/home
BASH
Bronx, NY
Aerospace
Bronx, NY
Bronx Knights
Bronx, NY
NU-TRONS
BCS Robo Sharks
TechKnights
Wolvarines
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Buffalo, NY
CEPHAS
Cyber Warriors
Falcons
East Harlem Warriors
ETEP Team
Sao Jose dos Campos, SP Brazil http://www.cephatron.com
Staten Island, NY
http://ccwrobotics.ning.com
Deer Park, NY
http://www.wix.com/dphsfrc/team-270
New York, NY
http://ehtprobotics.org/
Sao Jose dos Campos, SP Brazil http://team1382.com.br/index_ing.aspx
http://www.nutrons.com
http://www.frcteam334.com
Aerospace
Bronx, NY
Mighty Monkey Wrenches
Ewing, NJ
http://www.goteam2016.com
Aluminum Falcons
Groton, CT
http://www.team2168.org
The Brooklyn Blacksmiths
Brooklyn, NY http://www.xhsrobotics.net
Runtime Error
Forest Hills, NY
Patriots
Fresh Meadow, NY
http://www.flhsrobotics.com
G-House Pirates
Brooklyn, NY
www.GHouseRobotics.com
The Lehman Lionics
Bronx, NY
http://firstlion1230.weebly.com/
Technobots
Bronx, NY
www.hscomputech.com
Systemetric
Cambridge, UK Great Britain http://www.systemetric.org/
RoHawks
New York, NY
http://team3419.com/
Cold Fusion
Somerville, NJ
http://www.coldfusion1279.com
FRC Judge Advisor
Ceci Neumann
FIRST Robotics
Competition Judges
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Dora Maria Abreu
Carline Bennett
Benita Berkowitz
Kevin Bynum
Chris Cavanagh
Wilton Cedeno
Connie Crawford
Gerald W Dawes
Rafael Delgado
Amy Geffen
Marian Heller
Dr. Iem Heng
Yesenia (Yesi) Herarte
Abe Kassis
Richard Martin
Pedro Noguera
Ted Nygreen
Karen Ohland
Mia Petersen
Elizabeth Platt
Daniel Posner
Augusta Sanfilippo
David J Solis
Anthony Stern
Don Talka
Martin Volerich
Phyllis White-Thorne
Dr. Jizhong Xiao
Jonathan York
Imperial Valley MESA Program &
Central Union High School
Jamaica High School
John Adams High School
John Dewey High School
Long Island City High School
Lower East Side Prep. High School
Lynbrook High School
Martin Van Buren High School
McKee Vocational High School
Morris High School Campus
Newtown High School
Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School
Ossining High School
Ozyegin University/Topcam Makine &
Inanc High
Pascack Valley Regional High School District
Patchogue-Medford High School
Pathways in Technology Early
College High School (PTECH)
Plainview - Old Bethpage JFK High School
Queens High School for Information,
Research & Technology
Queens Vocational and Technical High School
Riverside Engineering & Design High School
Sachem Central School District
Southington High School
Southold Junior Senior High School
St. Joseph By-the-Sea high school
Stuyvesant High School
Syracuse City School DistrictInstitute of Technology at Syracuse Central
The Bronx High School of Science
The Bronx High School of Science
The Episcopal Academy
The Frederick Douglass Academy
The Mary Louis Academy
The Montfort Academy
Thomas A. Edison CTE High School
Thomas Jefferson High School Campus &
High School For Civil Rights
Tottenville High School
Townsend Harris High School
William E. Grady Tech. High School
Xaverian High School 1972
3308
1340
333
2579
4263
846
3053
522
395
1635
4094
4122
Searing Engineering
JHS Beavers
Adams Robotics
Megaladons
LIC Robodogs
CyberDragon
The Funky Monkeys
VB Stingers
Robo Wizards
2 TrainRobotics
Technotics
The Cyber Wolves
O-Bots
El Centro, CA
Jamaica, NY
Queens, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Long Island City, NY
New York, NY
San Jose, CA
Queens Village, NY
Staten Island, NY
Bronx, NY
Elmhurst, NY
Angus, ON Canada
Ossining, NY
www.ivmesaprogram.org
jhsrobotics.webs.com
http://www.adamsrobotics.org
http://team333.webs.com/
http://licrobotics.com/
http://www.lesprobots.com
http://www.lynbrookrobotics.com/
http://vbstingers.com/
http://www.robowizards.com
http://2trainrobotics.org
http://newtowntechnotics1635.com
http://www.cyberwolves4094.com
4191
1676
329
IMC
Kocaeli, Turkey
The Pascack PI-oneers Montvale, NJ
Raiders
Medford, NY
http://team4191.org
http://www.team1676.com
http://www.team329.com
4383
353
Jolt
POBots
Brooklyn, NY
Plainview, NY
http://www.pobots.com
2895
1796
3059
263
195
870
4012
694
Blazenbots
RoboTigers
Envirobotics
Sachem Aftershock
Cyber Knights
TEAM R. I. C. E.
Bad News Bots
StuyPulse
Far Rockaway, NY
Long Island City, NY
Yonkers, NY
Lake Ronkokoma, NY
Southington, CT
Southold, NY
Staten Island, NY
New York, NY
Blazenbots2895.ucoz.com
http://www.robotigers1796.com
http://www.envirobotics3059.com/
http://www.team263.org
http://www.team195.com
http://www.rice870.org
josephsea.org
http://www.stuypulse.com
4071
1155
2265
2234
1660
3204
2205
640
Diatonic Carbonites
SciBorgs
Fe Maidens
Surf & Turf
Harlem Knights
Steampunk Penguins
Montfort Juggernauts
Robo Elite
Syracuse, NY
Bronx, NY
Bronx, NY
Newtown Square, PA
New York, NY
Jamaica Estates, NY
Katonah, NY
Jamaica, NY
1600
1396
2601
369
806
JeffTech
Brooklyn, NY
Pyrobots
Staten Island, NY
Steel Hawks
Flushing, NY
High Voltage
Brooklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Blacksmiths
Brooklyn, NY
http://bxsciborgs.com/
http://www.femaidens.org
http://www.episcopalacademy.org/robotics/
http://www.hk1660.com
http://team640.blogspot.com/
http://pyrobots.org/
http://www.steelhawks.net
www.team369.com
http://www.xhsrobotics.net
Please visit us on the web at www.nycfirst.org
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FIRST Robotics
Competition
Planning
Committee
FIRST Robotics Competition Agenda
Thursday, March 15, 2012
6:00PM – 8:00PM
5 Team Reps to Load In
Friday, March 16, 2012
7:45AM
8:30AM 8:30AM-12:00PM 10:00AM-12:00 PM
12:00PM - 1:00PM 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM 8:00PM 5 Team Reps to Load In
Pits and Machine Shop openRobots may be unbagged if they
have passed bag inspection
Registration and robot inspection
Practice Rounds
Lunch
Practice rounds
Pits and Machine Shop close
FRC Rebound Rumble
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/
frc/2012-rebound-rumble
Saturday, March 17, 2012
8:00AM Pits and Machine Shop open
8:30AM – 9:15AM
Opening ceremonies
9:15 AM-12:00PM Seeding matches
12:00PM-12:45 PM Lunch
12:45PM-5:45PM Seeding matches
5:45 PM-6:30PM
Awards ceremony
7:00PM Pits and Machine Shop close
Pits and Machine Shop close immediately following ceremony
Sunday, March 18, 2012
8:00AM Pits and machine shop open
8:30AM-9:00AM
Opening ceremonies
9:00AM-12:00PM Seeding matches
12:00PM-12:30PM Alliance Selections
12:30PM-1:30 PM Lunch
1:30PM-4:30PM Final rounds
4:45PM -5:30PM
Awards ceremony
Pits close; robots packed
6:30 PM **Schedule subject to change.
All times are estimated based on flow of rounds.
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Bernie DiCristafalo
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Patrice English-Young
Cherrie Fleisher-Strauss
Arlene Goldman
Dean Gordon
Carol Griffin
Jessica Kaestle
Susan Kaye
Jon Landers
Paola Mariselli
Aniella McGuire
Roy Menton
Robert McWilliams
Firooz Mirbaha
Jose Munoz
George Nikanorov
Marcio Noguchi
Kemi Oluwanifise
Samantha Osorio
Thea Platt-Glasser
Mark Sharfshteyn
Tom Smolka
Karl Sprules
Norm Sutaria
Philip To
Pam Wong
Richard Wong
Andy Woo
Robert Wood
Andy Zhang
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NYC FIRST Science and Technology
College/Career Expo
Friday March 16, 2012
Noon-4 p.m.
Capitol College
The City College of New York
Clarkson University
Columbia University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Florida Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvey Mudd College
Hofstra University
Johnson & Wales University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Pace University / Seidenberg School of Computer Science and
Information Systems
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Randolph College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
The University of Texas at Austin
Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
College/Career Expo Coordinator
Arlene Goldman
Saturday March 17, 2012
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Boston University College of Engineering
Bradley University
Capitol College Case Western Reserve University The City College of New York
Clarkson University
Columbia University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Missouri University of Science & Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Pace University / Seidenberg School of Computer Science and
Information Systems
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Randolph College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Rochester
Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
Companies
Consolidated Edison
Diamond Bullet Studios
FIRST Apparel
Sunday March 18, 2012
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Companies
Companies
Bloomberg LP.
Consolidated Edison
Diamond Bullet Studios
Goldman Sachs & Co
Google
JPMorgan Chase & Co
MTA NYC Transit Authority
Popular Mechanics
Time Warner Cable
U.S. Air Force
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Organizations/
Non-Profits/Other
ASME - American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
Girls’ Angle, Inc.
I LUG NY – New York Brick
Artists
Museum of Mathematics
NYCTEA - New York City Technology Education Association
SHPE - Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers
SWE - Society of Women
Engineers
FIRST Apparel
2012 New York City FIRST Mega Celebration Sponsors
NYC FIRST Executive Advisory Board
LEAD SPONSORS
Honorary Co-chairs
Con Edison
Jack Hennessy, Chairman & CEO (retired), Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse
The people of Goldman Sachs and Friends
John Whitehead, Chairman, The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Pershing Square Foundation
REGIONAL SPONSORS
Bloomberg
Chairpersons
Michael Dubno, Head of Global Markets & Research Technology
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
JP Morgan Chase
Two Sigma Investments
Josh Weston, Honorary Chairman
COMPETITION SPONSOR
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Google
Members
LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY SPONSORS
Larry Cohen, Chief Technology Officer
Ackman Family Foundation
AllianceBernstein
Bezos Family Foundation
Michael Dubno
Meghan Groome, Director K12 Science and Education Initiatives
Hearst Foundation
New York Academy of Science
jcpenney
NASA
Marc Huestis, Vice President of Construction, Con Edison
NYSE Foundation
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Josh and Judy Weston
Stephen Hilton, Managing Director
Credit Suisse
CAPTAIN OF INNOVATION SPONSORS
AllianceBernstein
Jerry M. Hultin, President
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Tami and Larry Cohen
National Grid
Sony
Joseph Long, Managing Director, Technology & HCM
Time Warner Cable
Goldman Sachs and Company
FRIEND OF THE FUTURE SPONSORS
Steve Rubinow, Chief Information Officer, Executive Vice President
Annette and Anthony Albanese Foundation
NYSE Euronext
Cravath, Swaine and Moore
Glenn Gribble
W. Randolph Schaeffer, NYC FIRST Regional Director (retired)
Thomas & Paula McInerney
ROBOT BOOSTER SPONSORS
United States Air Force
TAB/McGraw-Hill
FAN SPONSORS
Steven M. Schwartz, Managing Director, Technology Infrastructure
Goldman Sachs and Company
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New York Public Library
John Hennessy
Ivy Life
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Cherrie & Mike Strauss
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