Saguaro Blossom Results & Good Luck Palo Verde Teams!

 

However you celebrate, we wish you and your families Happy Holidays! 

Good luck to the teams competing this weekend at the Palo Verde Qualifier in Tucson! Thank you to FTC Team 11980 Team Viper for hosting! 

Be sure to read last week's blog post about competition HERE prior to competing for the first time. 

Saguaro Blossom Pictures

You can view the pictures taken by the CocoNuts at the Saguaro Blossom Qualifier HERE. 

Saguaro Blossom Results

Congrats to all the teams that competed at the Saguaro Blossom Qualifier, and a special thank you to Team 12901 Cobra Commanders for hosting! It was amazing to see the growth in the game play in just this first event. We can't wait to see how your teams and robots grow throughout the season. Congrats also to the teams that advanced to the Arizona Championship! You can see the Championship roster by clicking the link to the right and the complete event results (including match scores and rankings) on the official FIRST Tech Challenge event results page (link to the right). 

• Inspire Award: 14835, Tie-Dye Samurai
• Winning Alliance: 12767, Catholic Master Builders & 6174, Automatons
• Finalist Alliance:  & 2844, Valley X Robotics
• Think Award: 201, BroncoBotics
• Connect Award: 16647, Trivium Undefined
• Innovate Award sponsored by Raytheon: 12841, Plus +3 Robotics
• Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc: 6174, Automatons
• Motivate Award: 19509, Minimum Wagers
• Design Award: 2844, Valley X Robotics
• Judges' Choice Award: 18625, Trivium Knightmares

Judging Pro Tip from FIRST 

Teams are allowed and encouraged to read the FIRST^® Tech Challenge Judge and Judge Advisor Manual to learn about the judging process and what judges are looking for from teams at events. We've also created an Award Definitions for Judging Document and a blog post to help teams with judging.

Driver Hub Resources from REV

As you are prototyping and testing your robot using the new REV Robotics Driver Hub, here are some general tips to help you get competition ready!

• Getting Started: Follow along on the getting started page for step-by-step instructions on the initial set-up process.
• Managing the Control System: When the Driver Hub software is updated with new features, the device can receive a "field upgrade," through a simple update with the REV Hardware Client.
• Solving Common Issues: Many issues can be solved by systematic troubleshooting with the help of our technical resources. Check out our Driver Hub Troubleshooting guide and flowchart to help determine the cause of the issue you are seeing.

Arizona Dean's List - Less than a month left to nominate!

The FIRST Dean's List honors student leaders on each team who exemplify the values of FIRST, have made a positive impact on their team and in the community, and show technical expertise. Each team many nominate up to two 10th or 11th grade students. Nominees become Dean's List Semifinalists. A panel of judges will interview each nominee and select our Finalists to be considered at World Championship. 

This year, all Dean's List interviews will take place remotely on February 1-3, 2022 in the afternoon/evening. Dean's List nominations are due by January 15, 2022 to be considered. No late nominations will be accepted.  For more information on the Dean's List criteria and how to nominate your sophomore and junior leaders for the FIRST Dean's List, click here. 

Good luck to all the teams competing at Palo Verde this weekend! CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE STREAM!