Northern Minnesota FTC (First Tech Challenge) Robotics Team Places at State Tournament, Advances to USA North - Super Regionals
Aurora, MN, February 19, 2016 --(PR.com)-- It was a dream come true, for rookie team, Untitled 1 to claim the title of Winning Alliance Captain at the 2015-16 MN FTC State Championship on February 6, 2016. This qualifies the team to advance to the USA North Super-Regional Championship Tournament in Cedar Rapids, IA on March 17 – 19th. Teams in the U.S. advance from state-level Championship Tournaments to compete at one of four Super-Regional Tournaments across the United States. Teams advance from a Super-Regional to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship.
The team was started by coaches Tim and Mary Ciriacy, of Palo, MN. Their children had participated in FIRST robotics for the past six years, and they also participated as volunteers (coaches) for Koochiching County 4-H’s FIRST robotics program. There were no FTC teams in the Palo area – so they decided to start one. “It started as a homeschool team, but we didn’t have enough interest. So we changed it to a neighborhood team classification and started recruiting,” recalls coach Ciriacy. “There were 133 Minnesota FTC teams this year, so it is quite an honor to place at the State Tournament, especially in our rookie year.”
Founded by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was created to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology. The FIRST Tech Challenge is an intermediate robotics competition that provides students in grades 7-12 with a challenging, technology-rich, exciting program that inspires them to get into science, technology, and engineering. FIRST Tech Challenge participants are eligible to receive close to $16 million in scholarships from some of the finest science and engineering schools in the country and Canada. Using a proven formula to engage student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), FTC is one of the fastest-growing programs of its kind.
During the 2015 - 2016 season, approximately 5,100 FIRST Tech Challenge teams competed around the globe in the Res-Qsm game challenge. In the game robots execute both offensive and defensive strategies using a combination of motors, controllers, wireless communications, metal gears, and sensors. Students will program their robots to operate in both autonomous and driver-controlled modes on a specially designed field.
FIRST® RES-QSM is played on a 12 ft. x 12 ft. square field with approximately 1 ft. high walls and a soft foam mat floor. Mountains consisting of alliance-specific climbing areas and goals are located in two corners of the playing field. Alliance-designated Zip Lines extend from the top of the Mountains to the playing field wall. Two alliance-specific Rescue Beacons in need of “repair” by autonomous robots are located on the playing field perimeter wall. Scoring elements are 14 Climber figurines and 80 Debris in the shape of blocks and spheres. At the start of a match, Debris are randomly located throughout the playing field floor. Each team starts with up to two Climbers that can be pre-loaded onto their robot. Two randomly selected teams are paired together as an alliance to play one match against a second alliance. Alliances are designated as either “red,” or “blue.” Matches have two distinct periods of play: a 30-second Autonomous period followed by a two minute Driver-Controlled period which includes a 30 second End Game.
Untitled 1 (#10432) has won every match it has played, which is an incredible record. Their first tournament was the North Branch MN FTC Qualifier (Dec. 13, 2015) where they competed in nine matches. The awards they won: Winning Alliance (Captain), Third Place Inspire Award (Most prestigious FTC award. This award embodies the FTC Challenge and serves as an Inspiration), Controls Award (celebrates a team that uses sensors and software to enhance the Robot’s functionality in the field), First Place in Qualifying Rounds, and Nominated for the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award (celebrates the team that thinks “outside the box” and uses ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life.) At the MN FTC State Championship in Bloomington, MN on Feb. 5/6, 2016, they competed in eleven matches and won them all. The awards won: Winning Alliance (captain), first Place in the Qualifying Rounds for their division, and they were nominated for the Control Award.
Untitled 1 needs your help…it costs a lot to run a robotics team, buy robot parts and register for events. Help them do the very best job they can to represent Northern Minnesota at the USA North FIRST Super Regionals! They are a private team, not associated with any particular school district or organization, so your help is greatly needed and appreciated. Please donate at www.gofundme.com/ftc10432
To learn more about team Untitled 1, check out their website http://ftc10432.wix.com/main. You can see the robot in action on their YouTube Channel Untitled 1 – FTC 10432 and follow them on Facebook - FTC10432. If you are a business interested in sponsoring the Untitled 1 robotics team, please complete the contact us form on the website. Thank you very much!
The team was started by coaches Tim and Mary Ciriacy, of Palo, MN. Their children had participated in FIRST robotics for the past six years, and they also participated as volunteers (coaches) for Koochiching County 4-H’s FIRST robotics program. There were no FTC teams in the Palo area – so they decided to start one. “It started as a homeschool team, but we didn’t have enough interest. So we changed it to a neighborhood team classification and started recruiting,” recalls coach Ciriacy. “There were 133 Minnesota FTC teams this year, so it is quite an honor to place at the State Tournament, especially in our rookie year.”
Founded by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was created to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology. The FIRST Tech Challenge is an intermediate robotics competition that provides students in grades 7-12 with a challenging, technology-rich, exciting program that inspires them to get into science, technology, and engineering. FIRST Tech Challenge participants are eligible to receive close to $16 million in scholarships from some of the finest science and engineering schools in the country and Canada. Using a proven formula to engage student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), FTC is one of the fastest-growing programs of its kind.
During the 2015 - 2016 season, approximately 5,100 FIRST Tech Challenge teams competed around the globe in the Res-Qsm game challenge. In the game robots execute both offensive and defensive strategies using a combination of motors, controllers, wireless communications, metal gears, and sensors. Students will program their robots to operate in both autonomous and driver-controlled modes on a specially designed field.
FIRST® RES-QSM is played on a 12 ft. x 12 ft. square field with approximately 1 ft. high walls and a soft foam mat floor. Mountains consisting of alliance-specific climbing areas and goals are located in two corners of the playing field. Alliance-designated Zip Lines extend from the top of the Mountains to the playing field wall. Two alliance-specific Rescue Beacons in need of “repair” by autonomous robots are located on the playing field perimeter wall. Scoring elements are 14 Climber figurines and 80 Debris in the shape of blocks and spheres. At the start of a match, Debris are randomly located throughout the playing field floor. Each team starts with up to two Climbers that can be pre-loaded onto their robot. Two randomly selected teams are paired together as an alliance to play one match against a second alliance. Alliances are designated as either “red,” or “blue.” Matches have two distinct periods of play: a 30-second Autonomous period followed by a two minute Driver-Controlled period which includes a 30 second End Game.
Untitled 1 (#10432) has won every match it has played, which is an incredible record. Their first tournament was the North Branch MN FTC Qualifier (Dec. 13, 2015) where they competed in nine matches. The awards they won: Winning Alliance (Captain), Third Place Inspire Award (Most prestigious FTC award. This award embodies the FTC Challenge and serves as an Inspiration), Controls Award (celebrates a team that uses sensors and software to enhance the Robot’s functionality in the field), First Place in Qualifying Rounds, and Nominated for the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award (celebrates the team that thinks “outside the box” and uses ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life.) At the MN FTC State Championship in Bloomington, MN on Feb. 5/6, 2016, they competed in eleven matches and won them all. The awards won: Winning Alliance (captain), first Place in the Qualifying Rounds for their division, and they were nominated for the Control Award.
Untitled 1 needs your help…it costs a lot to run a robotics team, buy robot parts and register for events. Help them do the very best job they can to represent Northern Minnesota at the USA North FIRST Super Regionals! They are a private team, not associated with any particular school district or organization, so your help is greatly needed and appreciated. Please donate at www.gofundme.com/ftc10432
To learn more about team Untitled 1, check out their website http://ftc10432.wix.com/main. You can see the robot in action on their YouTube Channel Untitled 1 – FTC 10432 and follow them on Facebook - FTC10432. If you are a business interested in sponsoring the Untitled 1 robotics team, please complete the contact us form on the website. Thank you very much!
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Untitled 1 is a neighborhood First Tech Challenge robotics team.
Mary Ciriacy
218-393-1524
ftc10432.wix.com/main
Untitled 1 is a neighborhood First Tech Challenge robotics team.
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