FTC.ND (FIRST Tech Challenge)
CENTERSTAGE (2023-2024)
North Dakota website
ages 12-18
robot maximum size is 18 inches x 18 inches
Contact: Lee Gullingsrud <dakotaftc@gmail.com>
ND FTC Program Delivery Partner
FIRST – A Global Robotics Community
— 15 December 2023 – NEWSLETTER —
2023-2024 Competition Match
Design a robot that
Places pixels in specific locations
Launches a Drone
The Robot Field
One Team
Two Driver Operators
One Human Player
One Coach
One Robot
One Alliance Team
Two Driver Operators from each Team
Four Driver Operators total
One Human Player from one Team
One Human Player total
One Coach from each Team
Two Coaches total
One Robot from each Team
Two Robots total
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One Alliance Team color is Red
The other Alliance Team color is Blue
For Every Match
The Red Alliance Team competes with the Blue Alliance Team
The teams for the alliances are chosen randomly
Rules and Penalties
Safety Rules and General Rules (described in Manual 2)
Human Player cannot break the vertical plane of the Playing Field Perimeter while a Robot is in the Wing
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Pre-Match, Post-Match, and Gameplay Penalties (described in Manual 2)
Penalties can add points to the Opponent’s points
Gracious Professionalism
Helping another team.
Equal opportunity
No one left behind
Having fun!!!
Sequence & Points
Engineering Design Examples (YouTube)
Awards
Inspire Award (Achieve Greatness):
Programming
Robot Design
Engineering Notebook
Judging Presentations
Gracious Professionalism
Outreach
Think Award (Engineering Notebook):
Math, Science, and Design Process in Robot Building
Connect Award (Connects to External Community):
Sharing who they are
Explaining FIRST
How others can be involved
(Engineering Notebook):
Fundraising Plan
Business Plan
Outreach Plan
Innovate Award:
Most Innovative Robot Design
Creative Robot Design
Work in a Consistent Manner
Does not need to Perform Well in Every Round
Design Award:
Most Thoughtful Design
Functional and Aesthetic
Unique Design
Displayed on Competition Field
Depicted in Engineering Notebook
Sketches, Blueprints, Photos, Computer Aided Design
Motivate Award:
Exemplifies being a FIRST Team
Showing Gracious Professionalism at Competitions
Recruiting and Assisting other Teams
Assisting Team Members
Control Award:
Unique Programs
Successful Sensors
(Engineering Notebook Explains):
Implementation of Software, Sensors and Mechanical control
Promote Award:
Create the best Public Service Announcement
Based on a Prompt every Season
“If there was one thing I would tell my younger self ….”
“How will you pay FIRST forward?”
Compass Award:
A 60 second video clip recognizing a Coach or Mentor
Robot Parts
Brains, Motors, Sensors, Extrusions, Wheels, and Cables
——— Teams are allowed to build their own parts. ———
Virtual Robot Simulators
2023-2024 Resources and Information
See NDAcademy.FoxPing.com for basic electronic fundamentals
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