Tournament Success for Braves Robotics

“At our first qualifying tournament of the season last weekend we saw a number of amazing things from these teams: Teamwork, problem solving, innovation, working under pressure, dealing with setbacks, independence….the list goes on. We are proud of all of them.”

Terminal Ferocity was chosen by the #4 seed team to join in an alliance for the semi-finals for the day. Since their team t-shirts hadn’t arrived, they were wearing Justin-Siena shirts and were known as the “All Heart” team—fittingly. They also brought home the Judge’s Award, an award given at the judges’ discretion to a team demonstrating exemplary qualities and that may not fall under any of the other awards.

The judges called Terminal Ferocity’s award the “new kids on the block award” and recognized the students for their cohesive teamwork, energy, spirit, and for their initiative as a rookie team.

On the heels of a successful rookie year of their own, Negative Kelvin received the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award for the second year in a year. The students were recognized for innovative elements of their robot design, including parts designed, 3D modeled, and printed by the students to solve specific problems. Negative Kelvin was also named as the second place runner up for the "Think Award" as well as the "Design Award” and as the third place Inspire Award winner.

Congrats to both team on their achievements in the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics League.