Qualifying Tournament #4

Greenwood Middle School

February 1, 2025

Results

Design Award

The Design Award expands on this year’s 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 in how the design allows us to think of robots in new ways.

Second Place

 24546 aROARa Arctic – from Charlottesville, IN, USA

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team’s sleek design impressed the judges. Their scissor extension intake and cascade lift easily moved gamepieces to where they were needed. With their robot, they will have no trouble defending this title.
Winner
26702 RoboDefenders – from Dyer, IN, USA
Motivate Award

Next we have the Motivate Award. The team that receives the Motivate Award celebrates the culture of FIRST and clearly shows what it means to be a team. This award celebrates the team that represents the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through team building, team spirit, and displayed enthusiasm. This is a team who makes a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school, and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.

Second Place

 8791 Green Machine – from Greenwood, IN, USA

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team uses Gracious Professionalism to engage their community, from younger students to sponsorship. With an emphasis on inclusion and teamwork, they keep FIRST’s core vales at the center of everything they do. It’s almost like it’s in their WIRE-ing.
Winner
8793 Wired Woodmen – from Greenwood, IN, USA
Control Award

The Control Award celebrates 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.

Second Place

 22068 Bug Bytes – from Indianapolis, IN, USA

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
Leveling up with there driver assist slides, this team geared up the competition until they found what they were seeking.
Winner

 22132 Gearserkers – from Poseyville, IN, USA

Innovate Award sponsored by RTX

The Innovate Award sponsored by RTX 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 this season’s game. Elements of this award include elegant design, robustness and ‘out of the box’ thinking. This award may address the design of the whole robot or some sub-assembly component. The creative component needs to work consistently.

Second Place

22066 Infra-Red – from Indianapolis, IN, USA

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
Spinning up the competition, this team innovated and iterated until finding a solution. They didn’t panic with their build.
Winner
8149 Panic in the Build Room – from Greenwood, IN, USA
Connect Award

The Connect Award is presented to the team that the Judges feel most connected with their local Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) community. A true FIRST team recognizes that engaging their local STEM community plays 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.

Second Place

 13295 Disaster Management – from Greenwood, IN, USA

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This rural team looks to learn from one another. Advocating for STEM, they have hosted a variety of events for people of all ages and backgrounds. This team doesn’t mean to be-RAG, but they are truly one with the community.
Winner

 17994 Ragnabotics – from Poseyville, IN, USA

Think Award

The Think Award is given to the team that the Judges feel best reflects the journey of the engineering design process. The engineering portfolio is the key reference for Judges to help them identify the most deserving team. This team’s engineering portfolio focused on the design and build stages of the team’s robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.

Second Place

25680 POT-O’-GOLD ☘ – from Westfield, IN, USA

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team has demonstrated a diverse outreach impact. On the field their well-utilized Viper Slide and extension motor showcase their engineering ingenuity. With a ton of wisdom and a KERNEL of luck, they power through every challenge.
Winner
11959 Kernel Panic – from Columbus, IN, USA
Finalist Alliance
Captain:  22067 RedShift – from Indianapolis, IN, USA
1st Pick:  13414 Circuit Breakers – from Kingman, IN, USA
Winning Alliance
Captain:  11329 I.C.E. Robotics – from Bloomington, IN, USA
1st Pick:  25680 POT-O’-GOLD ☘ – from Westfield, IN, USA
Inspire Award

The Inspire Award is presented 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 both on and off the playing field. This team shares their experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge with other teams, sponsors, their community, and the Judges. Working as a unit, this team will have shown success in performing the task of designing and building a robot.

Third Place

 11329 I.C.E. Robotics – from Bloomington, IN, USA

Second Place
8578 Juden-Ki Robotics – from Columbus, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team displayed GP throughout the competition today. From assisting teams with code to providing parts to their sister team. Judges were impressed by their “SHIFT” into optical tracking and their array of sensors.
Winner
22067 RedShift – from Indianapolis, IN, USA

Advancing Teams

22067 Red Shift

25680 POT-O’GOLD

8578 Juden-Ki

11959 Kernel Panic

13414 Circuit Breakers

Participating Teams

8149 Panic in the Buildroom
8435 KnightBots
8578 Juden-Ki
8791 Green Machine
8793 Wired Woodmen
10755 The Technomages
11329 I.C.E. Robotics
11959 Kernel Panic

13246 Steel Beaks
13295 Disaster Management
13414 Crew 272 Circuit Breakers
17994 Ragnabotics
21478 aROARa Blaze
22049 Fried Wires
22066 Infra-Red
22067 Red Shift
22068 Bug Bytes

22069 TV Junkies
22132 Gearserkers
23912 Christel House Academy 1st FTC
24178 Fast Food Robotics
24546 aROARa Arctic
25680 POT-O’-GOLD☘
26660 Broken Gravity
26702 RoboDefenders

2024-2025 INTO THE DEEPSM presented by RTX

In the INTO THE DEEP℠ presented by RTX challenge, launching September 7, 2024, FIRST Tech Challenge teams will dive their robots into the depths of the ocean to explore the unknown and reveal its wonders.

Beneath the ocean’s surface lies our planet’s most complex ecosystems, full of life and potential for exploration and learning, where each inhabitant has a role to play in building a thriving environment. During the 2024-2025 FIRST season, FIRST® DIVE℠ presented by Qualcomm, teams will use their STEM and collaboration skills to explore life beneath the surface of the ocean. Along the way, we’ll uncover the potential in each of us to strengthen our community and innovate for a better world with healthy oceans.

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