NM FTC Championship & Season Results
Thank You New Mexico FIRST Tech Challenge Teams & Volunteers!
Congratulations to all of our teams on a great CENTERSTAGE season which concluded with our NM FTC Regional Championship last Saturday! Final results of the Championship are posted below.
Photos taken at the championship are available here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yZqvpemOn8K_vIeEL91m4NF_YeyuNx9Y?usp=share_link
A link to recordings of the Live stream will be posted here when available:
(please stay tuned!)
We hope everyone had a great, rewarding and enjoyable season. We look forward to seeing you all back next year! Stay tuned to our blog pages here for details on next season!
Congratulations and good luck to our Advancing Teams and Dean List students at the FIRST World Championship taking place in Houston Texas, April 16-20.
See you next Season! Jim Jackson, NM FTC PDP and the entire NM FTC Planning Commitee
New Mexico FTC 2023-24 CENTERSTAGE Championship Results
Volunteer of the Year Winner
Thomas Loyd of Team 21797 Hack City and La Academia de Esperanza Charter School – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Judges’ Choice Award
The Judges’ Choice Award is given at the discretion of the Judges to a team they have encountered whose unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition, yet the team does not fit into any of the existing award categories.
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
The winning team certainly earned their SCRATCH. Their FIENDISHLY good looking robot stole our hearts. Our selection process was at a CROSSROADS, but the award goes to team 21484, the RobotDevils from Albuquerque New Mexico
Winner : 21484 Robot Devils – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Compass Award
The Compass Award recognizes an adult coach or mentor who has given outstanding guidance and support for a FIRST Tech Challenge team throughout the year. The winner of the Compass Award is determined from candidates nominated by student team members, via a 40-60 second video, highlighting how their mentor has helped them become an outstanding team and has truly demonstrated what it means to be a Gracious Professional.
Winner: Zac Van Note of Team 10348 Gear Masters – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
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. The design aspect must serve a function – but should also differentiate the robot in a unique fashion.
Third Place: 12275 High Country Robotics – from Cloudcroft, NM, USA
Second Place: 24685 Lovington RoboCats 2 – from Lovington, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team STEAMROLLED across the playing field, collecting pixels along the way. Taking inspiration from great creatures, their PINCHERS are a force to be reckoned with. They doubled up on GEARS to increase their scoring potential. The Design Award goes to team 20334 Geared Up from Albuquerque NM
Winner: 20334 Geared Up! – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
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.
Third Place: 22095 RosaRobos – from Tularosa, NM, USA
Second Place: 21797 Hack City – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
Motivating other teams is in THEIR NATURE. This team SPIKED their way to the top. With their OTHER WORLDLY outreach, the award goes to Team 19010 ASTRO Scorpions from Alamogordo
Winner: 19010 A.S.T.R.O. Scorpions – from Alamogordo, NM, 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.
Third Place: 24429 Axols & Gears – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Second Place: 15789 Lovington RoboCats 1 – from Lovington, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
It didn’t matter what POSITION this team found themselves in. They always found their way into the LIME-LIGHT. This team came to ANSWER THE QUESTION of who mastered their controls. The winner of the control award is… 16265 ENIGMA from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winner: 16265 ENIGMA – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX
The Innovate Award sponsored by Raytheon Technologies 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 the FIRST Tech Challenge 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 of the robot. The creative component needs to work consistently, but a robot does not have to work all of the time during matches to be considered for this award. The team’s engineering portfolio showed the design of the component(s) and the team’s robot, and clearly explains how the team arrived at their solution.
Third Place: 10924 Beta Hawks – from Los Alamos, NM, USA
Second Place: 22095 RosaRobos – from Tularosa, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
Our innovate award goes to a team that PUSHED the boundaries of robot mechanisms. Their beaked mechanism PLUCKED this award away from all the competition. Their HAWKISH strategies on the field elevated them above the rest. And the award goes to team 7813, the Alpha Hawks from Los Alamos NM!
Winner: 7813 Alpha Hawks – from Los Alamos, NM, 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 is more than the sum of its parts and 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. In addition, this team aggressively seeks and recruits engineers and explores the opportunities available in the world of engineering, science, and technology.
Second Place: 21749 Out of the Bot Robotics – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team ZOOMED their way into our sights. We’ve got CLAWS to choose this team for connect with their engagement with STEM mentors. This MIGHTY team connected with people from across the United States. And the award goes to team23794 The Mighty Mighty Wildcats from Tularosa, New Mexico
Winner: 23794 Tularosa Mighty Mighty Wildcats – from Tularosa, NM, 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 stage of the team’s Robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.
Third Place: 21749 Out of the Bot Robotics – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Second Place : 21797 Hack City – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team’s THOUGHTS were as bright as a JUNIOR mint. They really UPPED their game and were an instrumental COG in this competition. And the think award goes to Team 10348 Gear Masters from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winner: 10348 Gear Masters – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Finalist Alliance
Captain: 7813 Alpha Hawks – from Los Alamos, NM, USA
1’st Pick: 10348 Gear Masters – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Winning Alliance
Captain: 16265 ENIGMA – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
1’st Pick: 23974 A.S.T.R.O. Vikings – from Alamogordo, NM, USA
Dean’s List Finalists
FIRST Dean’s List Finalists are outstanding student leaders whose passion for and effectiveness at embodying FIRST ideals is exemplary. These students were nominated by their teams for their direct contributions and impact on others – exemplifying leadership and commitment, on their FIRST Tech Challenge team, in their school, and in their community. FIRST Dean’s List Finalists, recognized here today, will represent (insert region) in the running for the ten Dean’s List Winner spots.
Congratulations:
Kaz of Team 23974 A.S.T.R.O. Vikings – from Alamogordo, NM, USA
Dax of Team 10348 Gear Masters – from Albuquerque, NM, 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: 10348 Gear Masters – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Second Place: 16265 ENIGMA – from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team was inspirational to others, yet remained extremely GROUNDED. They strengthened their robot by feeding it GREENS like Popeye. HELMETS off to the Inspire Award winner, Team 23974 ASTRO Vikings from Alamogordo.
Winner: 23974 A.S.T.R.O. Vikings – from Alamogordo, NM, USA
Advancing to World Championship in Houston
Inspire Award Winner: 23974 A.S.T.R.O. Vikings – from Alamogordo, NM, USA
Captain of the Winning Alliance: 16265 ENIGMA – from Albuquerque, NM, USA