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New York City FIRST

Mega CelebrationMarch 16 to 18, 2012 - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

FIRST Tech Challenge ChampionshipFriday March 16-Saturday March 17

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

FIRST LEGO League Championship

Sunday March 189:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

NYC FIRST Science and Technology

College/Career Expo

Friday March 16, Noon-4 p.m.

Saturday, March 17, 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 18, 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

FIRST Robotics Competition

Friday March 16-Sunday March 18

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo

Sunday March 18

9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.



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Welcome to the 12th Annual New York City FIRST Robocs Compeon!

The New York City FIRST (For the Inspiraon and Recognion of Science and Technology) Robocs Compeon proudly welcomes you to the2012 New York City Regional mega celebraon and compeon here at the Jacob Javits Convenon Center.

Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in excing mentor-based programs that buildscience, engineering and technology skills that inspire innovaon, cooperaon, and gracious professionalism!

FIRST Robocs has been going strong for over 20 years worldwide and we celebrate our 12th year in New York City. NYC FIRST programsengage thousands of elementary, intermediate and high school students as they build robots and compete on the playing eld while acvelyusing science and technology. Help us cheer them on as they exhibit their incredible skills, ability to work with others and creavity whilecompeng for awards. The 2012 game, Rebound Rumble, promises to be incredibly excing and this year teams will be able to use XboxKinect to control their robots! While you are at the FIRST Robocs Compeon (FRC), please be sure to visit the Junior FIRST Lego League(JFLL), FIRST Lego League (FLL) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) in acon as well. The FLL teams you see here in the exhibit hall have alreadyproven themselves by winning their borough-wide qualifying tournament earlier this year.

We have 66 FIRST Robocs teams compeng at the New York City Regional this weekend and they hail from schools in New York, New Jersey,California, Conneccut, Massachuses, Pennsylvania, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Turkey. FIRST parcipants are eligible for over$14 million in scholarships from leading colleges and universies. Please visit our College/Career Expo to meet representaves from collegesand universies oering FIRST scholarships and FIRST corporate sponsors commied to mentoring and supporng FIRST teams.

FIRST is truly a volunteer driven organizaon. We sincerely thank the dedicated and talented community of teachers, parents, technicalmentors and other professionals who spend hundreds of hours working with FIRST students to inspire and instruct them. We are also deeplyindebted to the corporate sponsors, unions, foundaons, associaons and individuals who support NYC FIRST nancially.

With much appreciaon and best regards,

Ana Marnez and Pat Daly

New York City FIRST Regional Directors

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Jr. FIRST LEGO League Expo Agenda

8:30 a.m.

Team Registraon and Set Up

Jr.FLL Expo Area

9:30 a.m.

Opening Ceremonies and Parade with the FIRST LEGO League Teams in the

Robot Performance and

Playing Field Area

9:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.Jr.FLL Expo - Parcipants exhibit their projects

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Lunch and Time to Visit and Observe FIRST LEGO League Tournament in

the Robot Performance

and Playing Field Area

12:15 p.m.

Jr.FLL Teams report back to Jr.FLL Expo Area

12:50-1:00 p.m.

Event concludes and Jr.FLL Teams pack up

in the Jr.FLL Exhibion Area

Junior FIRST LEGO

League Exposition

Sunday, March 18, 2012

9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

About Jr. FIRST LEGO League

The FLL Core Values are the cornerstones of the FLL program.

They are among the fundamental elements that disnguish FLL

from other programs of its kind. By embracing the Core Values,

parcipants learn that friendly compeon and mutual gain are

not separate goals, and that helping one

another is the foundaon of teamwork.

• We are a team.

• We do the work to nd soluons with guidance from

our coaches and mentors.• We honor the spirit of friendly compeon.

• What we discover is more important than what we win.

• We share our experiences with others.

• We display Gracious Professionalism in everything we

do.

• We have fun.

Jr. FIRST LEGO League in New York City

For the past seven years, the New York City FIRST Planning

Commiee has hosted a Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) Expo.

As the program has expanded, the commiee has

decided to bring all of our regional programs together at theJacob Javits Convenon Center for this year ’s 2012 FIRST MEGA

Celebraon. Children ages 6-9 are presented with the Jr. FLL

“Snack Aack” Challenge and are required to put together a

“Show Me” poster board presentaon which showcases their

research and demonstrates their understanding of the theme.

Parcipang teams also create a model which demonstrates

their innovave soluon to the challenge theme of Snack Aack.

The Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo is non-compeve.

Parcipaon in the event serves as an introducon to FIRST

programs for children. All parcipants and teams receive

recognion and awards are presented to everyone! The Expo is

designed to bring teams together from all ve boroughs of New

York City. Teams interact with one another to showcase theirprojects and spectators interact with individual teams to ask

quesons and allow teams to demonstrate their understanding

of the “Snack Aack” theme.

At the 2012 FIRST MEGA Celebraon at the Jacob Javits Conven-

on Center, Junior FIRST LEGO League Teams will parcipate in

the opening ceremonies with FIRST LEGO League teams. They

will also have the opportunity to observe and learn more about

how FIRST LEGO League and the FIRST Robocs Compeon

work as they witness robot performance events throughout the

course of the day. The New York City/New Jersey FIRST Planning

Commiee hopes to encourage future growth of all FIRST

programs in our region by providing children with the

opportunity to progress from Junior FIRST LEGO League to FIRSTLEGO League as they become eligible (ages 9-14).

NYC Jr. FLL Coordinators:

Keith Wynne, P.S. 58, The Carroll School

Elizabeth Vilchis, The City College of New York



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School Name Team # Team Name Award (judged earlier this year)

Cambria Center 2533 Warbots Most Original Presentaon

Columbia Grammar and Prepatory School Lego Lions De-Contaminator Extraordinaire

Forest Hills 1362 Lego Monsters Team Spirit

Forest Hills 1363 Club Builders Food Preparaon Stars

Good Sheperd Services 2128 Mindeez Kitchen Cleanliness

Nest +M 293 Halloween Candy Inspiraon and Technology

Nest +M 294 Rainbow Kids Team Work

Nest +M 404 Five Experts Problem Solvers

Nest +M 405 Bale of the Cookie Bots Most Creave PresentaonP.S. 11 3938 Lego Leaders Innovave Soluon

P.S. 57 YMCA (P.S. 57) Research

P.S. 57 P.S. 57 Nutrion Magicians

Robomindtech 2241 Robocian 1 Judge’s Award

Robomindtech 2606 Robocian 2 Food Preservaon Society

St. Claire’s 2137 Twisted Sisters Recommended Daily Allowance

St. Claire’s 2134 Doughboys I Would Eat in Your Kitchen Anyme

St. Claire’s 2136 Pop Stars We-Do Design

Parcipang Jr. FIRST LEGO League Teams

Jr. FIRST LEGO LeagueSnack Aack Challenge

The Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) Challenge, Snack Aack, shares the same

real-world topic as the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge. It is open-ended,designed for younger kids, and can be customized to every ability level.

The challenge is divided in two parts – the Show-Me Poster and the Model. TheShow-Me Poster requires kids to illustrate their research and team journey. Itprovides an opportunity for them to share what they studied, learned, and howthey thought to improve the problem they chose. Their creave minds get startedworking on how to present their informaon and soluon.

The Model component of the challenge allows kids to learn hands-on. Here theybuild a representaon of the research they are conducng (according to theChallenge requirements), incorporang simple machines and movement into theircreaon. In their Model teams are able to use a motor to power movement, orthey can move elements of their Model by hand.

Jr.FLL Snack Aack

Challenge

hp://juniorrst-

legoleague.org/2011-

snack-aack-chal-

lenge.html



FIRST Lego League Planning Commiee

Elizabeth Almonte American Express

Pat Daly FIRST NYC Regional Director

Bernie DiCristofalo NYC Dept. of Educaon

Veryl Greene NYC Dept. of Educaon

Tripat Kaberwal FIRST

Greg Koumoullos Con Edison

Catherine Kunicki Stuyvesant High School FRCAniella McGuire NYSE Euronext

Jose Munoz NYSE Euronext

Zi Qiu Stuyvesant HS

Maureen Reilly NYC Dept. of Educaon

Suman Sabasn NYC Dept. of Educaon

Norm Sco NYC Dept. of Educaon, rered

Thomas Smolka NYC Dept. of Educaon

Melissa Trachtenberg Vising Nurse Service of New York

Elizabeth Vilchis CCNY

Richard Wong NYSE Euronext

Keith Wynne NYC Dept. of Educaon

Peter Xanthus NYC Dept. of Educaon

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Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us as we celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of all the NYC FIRST LEGO League teams who have taken onthe Food Factor Challenge during the 2011-2012 compeon season.

This year, over 150 teams from around NYC registered to take on the challenge of exploring food contaminaon. This year’s challenge reallygave students something to think about; how their food makes it to their table and how to maintain a safe and clean kitchen environment.

There were qualifying events held in all ve boroughs, where 82 teams emerged to compete in today’s Championship tournament.

We will also be hosng 17 Jr. FIRST LEGO League teams who are having their “Snack Aack” Exposion where they will approach the topic of food safety by exploring how proper preparaon and storage can keep us healthy.

The 2011-2012 seasons’ game has been announced and teams are beginning to prepare for the challenge ahead. We at New York City FIRSTare connuing our goals to strengthen our partnerships with schools, colleges and universies throughout the boroughs in order to bring theprogram to as many New York City students as possible.

On behalf of the commiee I would like to thank all of the teachers, coaches, parents, mentors, administrators and NYC FIRST LEGO Leaguesponsors and supporters for their dedicaon and support.

I would like to personally thank all of the members of the NYC FIRST LEGO League Planning Commiee for their connued support andcountless hours of hard work to make the Food Factor season such a triumph.

Sincerely,

Susan HermonChair FLL Planning CommieeAdministrator, NYU-Poly Center for K-12 STEM Educaon

FIRST LEGO League Agenda

8:00 a.m.

FLL Pits Open

FLL Teams Arrive

Robot Inspecon Begins

8:30 a.m.

FLL judging begins

8:50 a.m.

Coaches’ meeng

9:30 a.m.

FLL and Jr.FLL Opening Ceremonies

10:10 a.m.

FLL Compeve Matches

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

12:50 p.m.

FLL Compeve matches resume

3:30 p.m.

FLL Award Ceremony




Staten Island

School/Afliaon Team # Name

I.S. 24R 1413 IS24R Dark Knights of 24

I.S. 27 3403 Mustangs 2

I.S. 27 3404 Mustangs 3

I.S. 49 10475 Dryfus Torgue

I.S. 75 3591 Panthers 1

I.S. 75 3592 Panthers 2

Elngville Lutheran 6069 EaglesGenesis at Xaverian 12021 Genesis Legosmiths

Parks Dept. 1687 Marauder Bots

Pave Academy 14204 PAVE Bots

St. Clares 4882 Transformers 1

St. Clares 4887 Transformers 4

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FIRST LEGO League Teams

compeng this weekend

Queens

School/Afliaon Team# Name

I.S. 119 3514 TopGearz

I.S. 119 3516 SuperBotz

I.S. 318 827 Blood Sweat and Gears

I.S. 318 829 Clean’em Up Crew

I.S. 192 13804 The Phantoms

M.S. 88 1701 Masterminds

M.S. 216 11814 Ryan Lions

P.S. 49 7351 49er Miners

P.S. 94 3938 AdmiralBots

P.S. 128 13152 LegoBots

Brics2Bots 6963 RoboGBots

Cambria 818 WarBots

Forest Hills Robocs 1011 Planetary Forces

Forest Hills Robocs 1014 Food Fighters

Forest Hills Robocs 1017 GRIP

Garden School 12414 Slaughter BotsRoboBeta 5655 Robomind Tech

Manhaan

School/Aliaon Team # Name

P.S. 126 3609 MATbots

Brish Internaonal School of New York 10271 BISNY

The Chapin School 6819 Chapin Bots 2

The Chapin School 6818 Chapin Bots 1

Chelsea Prep Academy 12718 Chelsea Transformers

Chelsea Prep Academy 12719 Chelsea Robot Rulers

Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School 5448 Columbia Cra Crammers

The Dalton School 13865 Robo Rodeo

The Dalton School 4803 Alien Pi

The Gateway Middle School 11831 Digital PrideHunter College High School 2984 Hunters to be Hunted

Hunter College High School 2982 Angry Nerds

The Inwood Academy for Leadership 1869 DROIDMakers

Metropolitan Montessori School 11841 Thunderbots

NYC Lab Middle School 13464 Fruit Fighters

The Trinity School 6216 Raging Tigers




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Brooklyn

School/Organizaon Team # Name

P.S. 3 4919 RoboTigers

P.S. 5 4927 Lego RocketsP.S. 8 3771 Mission Masters

P.S. 9 4916 Bacteria Terminators

P.S. 11 4934 Mission 11

P.S. 58 11896 Brick Boyz

P.S. 58 11897 Germinators

P.S. 94 860 Master Blasters

P.S. 94 863 Megaminds

P.S. 233 4933 LegoMinds

P.S. 256 4925 Banneker Bots

P.S. 321 1891 Legonauts

P.S. 321 12877 RockBots

P.S. 399 4929 Gear Hawk

P.S. 636 4936 Boogie Bots

I.S. 383 13261 SkybotsM.S. 113 4935 Falcon Roboc Allstars

M.S. 366 4902

M.S. 821 13147 Lego My Eggo

Fort Greene Preparatory Academy 13713 Nano Wolves

Independent Team 204 [x] object [x]

Packer Collegiate Instute 3229 Swedish Chef

St. Edmunds Elementary School 708 The Nerd Herd

Urban Assembly Instute of Math

and Science for Young Women 4937 Super Novas

Food Factor is a three-part robocs challenge that consists of a proj-

ect, the robot game and core values.

The FLL Core Values are the cornerstones of the FLL program. Theyare among the fundamental elements that disnguish FLL from other

programs of its kind. By embracing the Core Values, parcipants learn

that friendly compeon and mutual gain are not separate goals, and

that helping one another is the foundaon of teamwork.

The project requires research, where teams explore an actual prob-

lem that today’s sciensts and engineers are trying to solve, develop

and think of an innovave soluon to that problem and share their

ndings. In this year’s theme “Food Factor” teams will explore the

journey of food; how it gets to your table and innovave soluons on

how to keep contaminaon and spoiling from happening.

For the Food Factor Robot Game, the robot’s job is to put some com-

mon foods through just a few of the steps they go through in order to

get into one’s belly, while either avoiding or dealing with contamina-

on. From harvesng corn, polluon reversal, refrigerated ground

transport, and pest removal; teams have to build and program an

autonomous robot to score points in 2.5 minute matches on the

themed playing eld/obstacle course.

FIRST LEGO League Food Factor Challenge

Bronx

School/Aliaon Team # Name

C.S. 66 553 CS 66 Brats

I.S. 98 704 Ridder Kids

M.S. 118 814 Niles

M.S. 194 4672 Techno Tigers

P.S. 55 13571 Bengal Tigerbots

P.S. 76 2964 The 76ers

P.S. 194 4672 Techno Tigers

P.S. 195 13837 The Molecules

Bronx Prep Charter School 7228 Robotronics

Children’s Arts and Sciences

Workshop 11677 Marble Hill Community Center

Good Shepherd Services 7205 Bronx Task Force

Horace Mann 4112 HM Lions

Marble Hill Community Ctr.

Riverdale Country School 2031 Knights of The Rectangular Table

Robo Mind Tech 5654 RoboTron

Young Athletes Associaon 11676 Bronx Brilliant Engineers

FLL Food Factor Challenge

hp://www.rstlegoleague.org/

challenge/2011foodfactor




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FLL Core

Awards

Champion’s Award This award recognizes

a team that embodies

the FLL experience, by

fully embracing our CoreValues while achieving

excellence and innova-

on in both the Robot

Game and Project.

Robot Awards

Mechanical DesignThis award recognizes a

team that designs and

develops a mechanically

sound robot that is dura-

ble, ecient and highlycapable of performing

challenge missions.

ProgrammingThis award recognizes a

team that ulizes out-

standing programming

principles, including clear,

concise and reusable

code that allows their ro-

bot to perform challenge

missions autonomously

and consistently.

Strategy and

InnovaonThis award recognizes

a team that uses solid

engineering pracces and

a well-developed strategy

to design and build an

innovave, high perform-

ing robot.

Robot PerformanceThis award recognizes

a team that scores themost points during the

Robot Game. Teams have

a chance to compete in

at least three 2.5 minute

matches and their

highest score counts.

Project Awards

Research

This award recognizes a team

that ulizes diverse resources

to formulate an in depth and

comprehensive understand-

ing of the problem they haveidened.

Innovave SoluonThis award recognizes a

team’s soluon that is excep-

onally well considered and

creave, with good

potenal to solve the prob-

lem researched.

Presentaon

This award recognizes a team

that eecvely communi-cates the problem they have

idened and their

proposed soluon to both

the judges and other poten-

al supporters.

Core Values

Awards

InspiraonThis award celebrates a team

that is empowered by their

FLL experience and displaysextraordinary

enthusiasm and spirit.

Teamwork This award recognizes a team

that is able to accomplish

more together than they

could as individuals

through shared goals, strong

communicaon, eecve

problem solving and excellent

me management.

Gracious

Professionalism™ This award recognizes a

team whose members show

each other and other teams

respect at all mes. They

recognize that both friendly

compeon and mutual gain

are possible, on and o the

playing eld.

Judges Awards

During the course of compeon the judges may encounter teams whose unique

eorts, performance or dynamics merit recognion.

Some teams have a story that sets them apart in a noteworthy way. Somemes a

team is so close to winning an award that the judges choose to give special rec-

ognion to the team. Judges Awards allow the freedom to recognize remarkable

teams that stand out for reasons other than the Core Award categories. Examples

include:

Against All Odds or Overcoming Adversity or PerseveranceThis award goes to the team that improvises and overcomes a dicult situaon

while sll making a

respectable showing, with an atude that shows, “We can overcome incredible

odds if we never give up, no maer what!”

Rising Star This award recognizes a team that the judges noce and expect great things from

in the future.

Special Recognion Awards

Outstanding Volunteer Award The FLL program would not exist without its volunteers. This award honors an ex-

traordinary volunteer(s)

whose dedicaon to theFLL program has a posive impact on the team experience.

Adult Coach/Mentor Award Many teams reach signicant milestones thanks to their close relaonship with an

adult mentor. This

award goes to the coach or mentor whose wisdom, guidance, and devoon are

most clearly evident in

the team’s discussion with the judges.

Young Adult Mentor Award FLL presents this award to the young adult, high school or college mentor whose

support, impact,

inspiraon, and guidance are most clearly evident in the team’s discussion with the

judges.




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FIRST Tech Challenge Championship

Friday March 16Saturday March 17

9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

The Game:Bowled Over! is played on a 12’x12’ diamond shapedfield as shown on the diagram above. Two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – composed of two teams eachcompete in matches consisting of a 30 secondautonomous period followed by a two-minute driver controlled period.

The object of the game is to score more points than your opponent’s alliance by placing racquet balls into cratesand then stacking the crates. Teams will be challenged tocomplete tasks during autonomous and driver controlledperiods and will score special racquetballs and six poundbowling balls for additional points.

The Details:There are a total of 100 racquetballs available to bothteams as scoring objects in the game. The field alsoholds 12 stackable Ball Crates that teams can fill with

racquetballs and stack for additional points, and twobowling balls that can be scored during the autonomousor end game period for additional points.

The field includes two home zones comprised of aplatform and a ramp, and two protected zones where ateam may stack their crates without fear of having themtoppled by their opponents.

End Game:The final thirty (30) seconds of the Driver ControlledPeriod is called the End Game. Each Alliance ischallenged to push their Bowling Ball onto their HomeZone or to elevate stacks of Ball Crates to scoreadditional points based on the height of the Ball Crates.

Autonomous Period Scoring:Upright Ball Crate 5 points eachParking a Robot

In Back parking zone 5 pointsParking a Bowling Ball

In Back Parking Zone 20 pointsParking a Robot

In Front Parking Zone 10 pointsParking a Bowling Ball

in Front Parking Zone 10 points

Match Scoring:

Regular or Magnet Ball in Low Goal 1 point eachRegular or Magnet Ball in Ball Crate 2 points eachMagnet Ball in Off Field Goal 25 points eachCrates Stacked are awarded 10 points above

Based on the highest point of 10.5”, then 10 each crate in the stack more points for (for a crate to count it must each 6” abovecontain at least one ball) that

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FIRST Tech

Challenge Agenda

Friday March 1612 p.m. - Team Registraon and Inspec-

ons

6 p.m. - Team Inspecons End

Saturday March 17 8 a.m. - Pits Open

8-9 a.m. - Pracce Matches

9 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies

9:30 a.m. - Qualifying Matches Begin

12:30 p.m.- Alliance Selecon

12:45 p.m.- Lunch

1:30 p.m - Eliminaon Rounds Begin

2:30 p.m. - Division Finals

3:00 p.m. - Championship Finals

4:00 p.m. - Closing Ceremonies

FIRST Tech Challenge Gotham City Division

School/Organizaon Team# /Name Locaon

Bedford Academy High School 5644 Bedford Bots Brooklyn, NY

Benjamin Banneker Academy 3419 BannekerBots Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Amity School 5729 Brooklyn Amity School Brooklyn, NY

City Polytechnic High School 4638 Jr. City Poly Gear Heads Brooklyn, NY

Columbia High School 4102 CHS Cougars Maplewood, NJ

Corning Inc. 5484 Ended Its Corning, NY

Corning Inc. 5485 PRO Corning, NY

Dalton School 4174 Atomic Theory New York, NY

Dwight-Englewood School 207 Crical Mass Englewood, NJ

Francis Lewis High School 4781 Francis Lewis Queens, NY

Francis Lewis High School 4783 Francis Lewis Queens, NY

Francis Lewis High School 4785 Francis Lewis Queens, NYFrancis Lewis High School 4995 Francis Lewis Queens, NY

Friends Seminary 3541 RoboOwls2 New York, NY

Gorge W. Hewle High School 5477 Innovo Hewle, NY

H.S. for C.T.E.A. 3031 Robo Hawks Queens, NY

Harry S. Truman High School 356 Gigabots Bronx, NY

HEAF 5362 HEAFINATORS New York, NY

Horace Mann School 4326 Basement Lions Bronx, NY

Humanies Preparatory Academy 3922 Maximus Mechanicalis New York, NY

I.S. 383 4490 Skybots Brooklyn, NY

Islandbots 4137 Islandbots Stony Brook, NY

Kennedy Catholic High School 5602 Bionic Gaels Somers, NY

Liberty High School 3912 Liberty New York, NY

Lower East Side Prep High School 5718 Silver Dragon New York, NY

LREI 3744 Username:awesome New York, NYLynbrook High School 5283 LAIMO Lynbrook, NY

Massapequa High School 3582 Mass Madness Massapequa, NY

Midwood High School 3371 Botley Crue Brooklyn, NY

Queens High School for the Sciences

at York College 4713 QHSS Robocs Queens, NY

Queens School of Inquiry 4756 QSI Nutcrackers Queens, NY

Sewanhaka High School 4017 Robopandas Sewanhaka, NY

Stuyvesant High School 310 Stuy Fusion New York, NY

Suern High School 3950 Suern Syborgs1 Suern, NY

Syosset High School 123 Vanguard Syosset, NY

Teen Technology 2753 Team Overdrive Bridgewater, NJ



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FIRST Tech Challenge Metropolis Division

School/Organizaon Team Number Team#/Name Locaon

Automove High School 1211 Piston Robotnics Brooklyn, NY

Blind Brook High School 4654 Blind Brook Robocs Rye Brook, NY

Bualo Academy of Science 5319 Wolverines Bualo, NY

City Polytechnic High School 4639 City Poly Gear Heads Brooklyn, NY

Corning Inc. 5356 Team Tardis Corning, NY

Dalton School 5069 Juggernauts New York, NY

Francis Lewis High School 3006 Terrabots Fresh Meadows NY

Francis Lewis High School 4780 FS robocs Queens, NY



Friends Seminary 3152 RoboOwl1 New York, NY

George W Hewle High School 3540 RoboBoogie Hewle, NYGirl Scouts Heart of the Hudson 18 Techno Chix Pleasantville, NY

Girl Scouts of Nassau County 4183 IceBreakers Merrick, NY

Harry S. Truman High School 642 Hybrids Bronx, NY

Herbert H. Lehman High School 5800 Lehman RoboLions Bronx, NY

Herricks High School 4487 Droid bots New Hyde Park, NY

Humanies Preparatory Academy 3921 Modbot Parte Duex New York, NY

Humanies Preparatory Academy 3929 Revenge of Cthulhu New York, NY

It Takes a Village Academy 3896 TechNeecs Brooklyn, NY

Jamaica College Old Boys Associaon 3981 Gold Grin Kingston, Jamaica

Liberty High School 3915 Liberty New York, NY

Livingston High School 3415 Lancers Livingston, NJ

Locust Valley High School 4113 Falcons Locust Valley, NY

Lower East Side Prep HIGH SCHOOL 5163 Flying Dragon New York, NY

Massapequa High School 3019 HAL Massapequa, NYPelham Memorial High School 5050 Meep’s Moops Pelham, NY

Renaissance High School MTT 4095 Bulldogs Bronx, NY

Saunders High School 4527 Saunders Seniors Yonkers, NY

St. Edmund Prep. 4447 The Nerd Herd Brooklyn, NY

Staples High School 577 Wrecker Robocs Westport, CT

Staten Island Robocs Program

@ St. Clare’s School 2864 Bounty Hunters Staten Island, NY

Stuyvesant High School 479 Stuy Fission New York, NY

The Albany Academies 4809 Botman Albany, NY

Urban Assembly Instute of

Math and Science 5103 Super Novas Brooklyn, NY

Wings Academy High School 4078 Wings Hawks Bronx, NY

Judges

(as of 3/4/12)John Checco

Ogbonna Chilaka

Siddika Chowdhury

Maria Crisna Cruz

Jason Ganetsky

Jennifer Hou

June Jee

Jan Jerry

Je Kim

Sarah LeeAndrew Matsuoka

Sophie Ndiaye-

Zhadeev

Thea Pla-Glasser

Michael Shabong

Arisde Soh

Raul Telles

Stacey Weaver

FTC Judges

Judge Advisor

Josh Walsh

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FIRST Tech Challenge Inspire Award This is the most presgious award an FTC Team could re-

ceive. This formally judged award is given to the team that

truly embodied the “Challenge” of the FTC Program. The

team that receives this award is chosen by the Judges as hav-

ing best represented a “Role Model” FIRST Tech Challenge

team. This team is a top contender for all the other judging

categories and is a strong competor on the eld. The Inspire

Award Winner is an inspiraon to other teams, acng with

Gracious Professionalism both on and o the playing eld.

This team understands how to communicate their experienc-

es and knowledge to other teams, sponsors and the judges.The Winner of this award will addionally receive an invita-

on to the FIRST World Championship Compeon.

Rockwell Collins Innovate Award The Rockwell Collins Innovate award celebrates a team that

not only thinks outside the box, but also has the ingenuity

and invenveness to make their designs come to life. This

judged award is given to the team that has the most innova-

ve and creave robot design soluon to any or all specic

eld elements or components in the FIRST Tech Challenge

game. Elements of this award include elegant design, ro-

bustness and “Out of the Box” thinking related to design.

This award may address the design of the whole robot or asub-assembly aached to the robot. The creave component

must work consistently, but the robot does not have to work

all the me during matches to be considered for this award.

The teams engineering notebook should be marked with

journal entries to show the design of the component(s) and

the team’s robot in order to be eligible for this award and

entries should describe succinctly how the team arrived at

that soluon.

PTC Design Award This award recognizes design elements of the robot that are

both funconal and aesthec. All successful robots have

innovave design aspects; however, the PTC Design Awardis presented to teams that incorporate industrial design

elements into their soluon. These design elements could

simplify the robots’ appearance by giving it a clean look, be

decorave in nature or otherwise express the creavity of

the team. The winning design should not compromise the

praccal operaon of the robot but complement its purpose.

This award is sponsored by Parametric Technology Corpora-

on (PTC), developers of the CAD tools, Creo and Mathcad.

PTC gives licenses to the FTC student teams for these so-

ware products to help them with their designs. Use of these

tools is not required to be eligible; however, teams that use

them are given extra consideraon for this award.

FIRST Tech Challenge THINK Award This judged award is given to the team that best reects the

“Journey” the team took as they experienced the engineer-

ing design process during the build season. The Engineering

Notebook is the key reference for judges to help idenfy

the most deserving team. The Engineering Notebook should

focus on the design and build stages of the teams’ robot.

Journal entries of interest to the judges for this ward will

include those describing the steps, brainstorms, designs, re-

designs, successes and those “interesng” moments when

things weren’t going as planned. A team will not be a candi-

date for this award if they have not completed the secon of

the engineering notebook describing the teams’ experience.

FIRST Tech Challenge Connect Award This judged award is given to the team that most connected

with their local community and the engineering community.

A true FIRST team is more than the sum of its parts and rec-

ognizes that their schools and communies play an essenal

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. The team that wins this awardis aggressively seeking engineers and exploring the oppor-

tunies available in the world of engineering, science and

technology. In addion, this team has a clear fundraising goal

and a plan to achieve that goal.

FIRST Tech Challenge Movate Award This judged award celebrates the team that exemplies the

essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge compeon through

team spirit and enthusiasm. They show their spirit through

costumes and fun ouits, a team cheer or outstanding spirit.

This team has made a collecve eort to make FIRST known

throughout their school and community.

FIRST Tech Challenge Promote Award The Promote award is given to the team that is most success-

ful in creang a compelling video message for the public de-

signed to change our culture and celebrate science, technol-

ogy, engineering and math. They are to submit a one minute

long (PSA) prior to the event to be eligible. The team must

present a thoughul and high-quality video which appeals

to the general public. Strong producon value is important,

but the message and the impact of the video are of greater

weight for the judging.

PSA Subject for the 2011-12 SeasonCreate a one-minute public service announcement (PSA)

video that begins with the following sentence: I’m going to

change the world…

FIRST Tech Challenge Compass Award A FIRST Tech Challenge team is about more that building

robots and compeng in tournaments – it is a journey to a

desnaon through trial and error, success and failure, with

challenging new technology and obstacles to navigate where

no road maps are provided. So how does a team nd their

way?

The Compass Award recognizes an adult coach or mentor

who has provided outstanding guidance and support for ateam throughout the year. The winner of the Compass Award

will be determined from candidates nominated by FTC Team

members, via a 40-60 second video submission highlighng

how their mentor/coach has helped them become a cham-

pion level team. The Judges want to hear what sets your

mentor apart.




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FTC Planning Commiee

Len Rerek, Chair Specialty Craers

Fine WoodworkingJoAnn Rerek, Co-Chair

Kathy Cregan

Chris DiMauro Polytechnic Instute of NYU

Anita Louis MTA NYC Transit

Andy Zhang NYC College of Technology

Bruce Rajswasser Automove High School

Janet Jacobson Truman High School

Joe Casllo Truman High School

Joshua Walsh Credit Suisse

Rob Quatrone The Dalton School

Shaun Homan NYC D.O.T.

Tim Cooper Friends Seminary

Tom Smolka St. John’s Lutheran School

Susan Hermon Polytechnic Instute of NYU

The NYC FTC Commiee would like to expressour many thanks to Dr. Bernice Houle and

Dr. Richard Kline of Pace University,

Vincent and Pat Frascella of the NJ FTC,

Tom Zawislak, PA FTC, and Jack Kenield, CT

FIRST Announcer, for their connuing support

in making the FTC Championship a success.



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A. Philip Randolph Campus High School 4108 Randolph Robocs NY, NY hp://zongservices.com/sumanteam/RandolphRobocs/Home.html

Alfred E. Smith High School 421 The Warriors Bronx, NY

Bay Shore High School 271 Mechanical Marauders Bay Shore, NY hp://www2.bayshoreschools.org/robocs/

Bethpage Union Free School District 2869 Regal Eagles Bethpage, NY hp://www.bethpagerobocs.netBishop Kearney High School 806 The Brooklyn Blacksmiths Brooklyn, NY hp://www.xhsrobocs.net

Boy Scouts of Weymouth 3927 RAWR Weymouth, MA hps://sites.google.com/site/frc3927/home

Bronx Academy Senior High 2933 BASH Bronx, NY

Bronx Aerospace High School 3760 Aerospace Bronx, NY

Bronx Engineering and

Technology Academy High School 3004 Bronx Knights Bronx, NY

Brookline High School &

Boston Lan School &

Catholic Memorial School & Revere High School 125 NU-TRONS Boston, MA hp://www.nutrons.com

Brooklyn Collaborave School 4299 BCS Robo Sharks Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Technical High School 334 TechKnights Brooklyn, NY hp://www.frcteam334.com

Bualo Academy of Science 4023 Wolvarines Bualo, NY

CEPHAS - H.A.Souza

Professional Training Center 1860 CEPHAS Sao Jose dos Campos, SP Brazil hp://www.cephatron.com

Curs High School 371 Cyber Warriors Staten Island, NY hp://ccwrobocs.ning.comDeer Park High School 270 Falcons Deer Park, NY hp://www.wix.com/dphsfrc/team-270

East Harlem Tutorial Program 1880 East Harlem Warriors New York, NY hp://ehtprobocs.org/

ETEP - Prof. E. Passos Technical High School 1382 ETEP Team Sao Jose dos Campos, SP Brazil hp://team1382.com.br/index_ing.aspx

Ewing High School and Marie Katzenbach

Evander Campus 3760 Aerospace Bronx, NY

School for the Deaf 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches Ewing, NJ hp://www.goteam2016.com

Fitch High School 2168 Aluminum Falcons Groton, CT hp://www.team2168.org

Fontbonne Hall Academy 806 The Brooklyn Blacksmiths Brooklyn, NY hp://www.xhsrobocs.net

Forest Hills High School 3645 Runme Error Forest Hills, NY

Francis Lewis High School 3017 Patriots Fresh Meadow, NY hp://www.hsrobocs.com

George Wesnghouse High School 354 G-House Pirates Brooklyn, NY www.GHouseRobocs.com

Herbert H. Lehman High School 1230 The Lehman Lionics Bronx, NY hp://rstlion1230.weebly.com/

High School of Computers and Technology 743 Technobots Bronx, NY www.hscomputech.com

Hills Road Sixth Form College 759 Systemetric Cambridge, UK Great Britain hp://www.systemetric.org/

Hunter College High School 3419 RoHawks New York, NY hp://team3419.com/Immaculata High School 1279 Cold Fusion Somerville, NJ hp://www.coldfusion1279.com

FIRST Robocs Compeon Teams

compeng this weekend

Dora Maria Abreu

Carline Benne

Benita BerkowitzKevin Bynum

Chris Cavanagh

Wilton Cedeno

Connie Crawford

Gerald W Dawes

Rafael Delgado

Amy Geen

Marian Heller

Dr. Iem Heng

Yesenia (Yesi) Herarte

Abe Kassis

Richard Marn

Pedro Noguera

Ted NygreenKaren Ohland

Mia Petersen

Elizabeth Pla

Daniel Posner

Augusta Sanlippo

David J Solis

Anthony Stern

Don Talka

Marn Volerich

Phyllis White-Thorne

Dr. Jizhong Xiao

Jonathan York

FIRST Robocs

Compeon Judges

FRC Judge Advisor Ceci Neumann



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Imperial Valley MESA Program &

Central Union High School 1972 Searing Engineering El Centro, CA www.ivmesaprogram.org

Jamaica High School 3308 JHS Beavers Jamaica, NY jhsrobocs.webs.comJohn Adams High School 1340 Adams Robocs Queens, NY hp://www.adamsrobocs.org

John Dewey High School 333 Megaladons Brooklyn, NY hp://team333.webs.com/

Long Island City High School 2579 LIC Robodogs Long Island City, NY hp://licrobocs.com/

Lower East Side Prep. High School 4263 CyberDragon New York, NY hp://www.lesprobots.com

Lynbrook High School 846 The Funky Monkeys San Jose, CA hp://www.lynbrookrobocs.com/

Marn Van Buren High School 3053 VB Sngers Queens Village, NY hp://vbsngers.com/

McKee Vocaonal High School 522 Robo Wizards Staten Island, NY hp://www.robowizards.com

Morris High School Campus 395 2 TrainRobocs Bronx, NY hp://2trainrobocs.org

Newtown High School 1635 Technocs Elmhurst, NY hp://newtowntechnocs1635.com

Noawasaga Pines Secondary School 4094 The Cyber Wolves Angus, ON Canada hp://www.cyberwolves4094.com

Ossining High School 4122 O-Bots Ossining, NY

Ozyegin University/Topcam Makine &

Inanc High 4191 IMC Kocaeli, Turkey hp://team4191.org

Pascack Valley Regional High School District 1676 The Pascack PI-oneers Montvale, NJ hp://www.team1676.com

Patchogue-Medford High School 329 Raiders Medford, NY hp://www.team329.comPathways in Technology Early

College High School (PTECH) 4383 Jolt Brooklyn, NY

Plainview - Old Bethpage JFK High School 353 POBots Plainview, NY hp://www.pobots.com

Queens High School for Informaon,

Research & Technology 2895 Blazenbots Far Rockaway, NY Blazenbots2895.ucoz.com

Queens Vocaonal and Technical High School 1796 RoboTigers Long Island City, NY hp://www.robogers1796.com

Riverside Engineering & Design High School 3059 Envirobocs Yonkers, NY hp://www.envirobocs3059.com/

Sachem Central School District 263 Sachem Aershock Lake Ronkokoma, NY hp://www.team263.org

Southington High School 195 Cyber Knights Southington, CT hp://www.team195.com

Southold Junior Senior High School 870 TEAM R. I. C. E. Southold, NY hp://www.rice870.org

St. Joseph By-the-Sea high school 4012 Bad News Bots Staten Island, NY josephsea.org

Stuyvesant High School 694 StuyPulse New York, NY hp://www.stuypulse.com

Syracuse City School District-

Instute of Technology at Syracuse Central 4071 Diatonic Carbonites Syracuse, NY

The Bronx High School of Science 1155 SciBorgs Bronx, NY hp://bxsciborgs.com/The Bronx High School of Science 2265 Fe Maidens Bronx, NY hp://www.femaidens.org

The Episcopal Academy 2234 Surf & Turf Newtown Square, PA hp://www.episcopalacademy.org/robocs/

The Frederick Douglass Academy 1660 Harlem Knights New York, NY hp://www.hk1660.com

The Mary Louis Academy 3204 Steampunk Penguins Jamaica Estates, NY

The Monort Academy 2205 Monort Juggernauts Katonah, NY

Thomas A. Edison CTE High School 640 Robo Elite Jamaica, NY hp://team640.blogspot.com/

Thomas Jeerson High School Campus &

High School For Civil Rights 1600 JeTech Brooklyn, NY

Toenville High School 1396 Pyrobots Staten Island, NY hp://pyrobots.org/

Townsend Harris High School 2601 Steel Hawks Flushing, NY hp://www.steelhawks.net

William E. Grady Tech. High School 369 High Voltage Brooklyn, NY www.team369.com

Xaverian High School 806 The Brooklyn Blacksmiths Brooklyn, NY hp://www.xhsrobocs.net




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FIRST Robocs Compeon Agenda

Thursday, March 15, 2012

6:00PM – 8:00PM 5 Team Reps to Load In

Friday, March 16, 2012

7:45AM 5 Team Reps to Load In

8:30AM Pits and Machine Shop open-

Robots may be unbagged if they

have passed bag inspecon

8:30AM-12:00PM Registraon and robot inspecon

10:00AM-12:00 PM Pracce Rounds

12:00PM - 1:00PM Lunch

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pracce rounds

8:00PM Pits and Machine Shop close

Saturday, March 17, 2012

8:00AM Pits and Machine Shop open8:30AM – 9:15AM Opening ceremonies

9:15 AM-12:00PM Seeding matches

12:00PM-12:45 PM Lunch

12:45PM-5:45PM Seeding matches

5:45 PM-6:30PM Awards ceremony

7:00PM Pits and Machine Shop close

Pits and Machine Shop close immediately following ceremony

Sunday, March 18, 2012

8:00AM Pits and machine shop open

8:30AM-9:00AM Opening ceremonies

9:00AM-12:00PM Seeding matches

12:00PM-12:30PM Alliance Selecons

12:30PM-1:30 PM Lunch

1:30PM-4:30PM Final rounds

4:45PM -5:30PM Awards ceremony

6:30 PM Pits close; robots packed**Schedule subject to change.

All mes are esmated based on ow of rounds.


Dora Maria Abreu

Elizabeth Almonte

Kris Breton

Yin Chang

Bernie DiCristafalo

J. Sara Dworkin

Patrice English-Young

Cherrie Fleisher-Strauss

Arlene Goldman

Dean Gordon

Carol Grin

Jessica Kaestle

Susan Kaye

Jon Landers

Paola Mariselli

Aniella McGuireRoy Menton

Robert McWilliams

Firooz Mirbaha

Jose Munoz

George Nikanorov

Marcio Noguchi

Kemi Oluwanise

Samantha Osorio

Thea Pla-Glasser

Mark Sharfshteyn

Tom Smolka

Karl Sprules

Norm Sutaria

Philip To

Pam Wong

Richard Wong

Andy WooRobert Wood

Andy Zhang

FIRST Robocs

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at the College/Career Expo!




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NYC FIRST Science and Technology

College/Career ExpoFriday March 16, 2012

Noon-4 p.m.Capitol College

The City College of New York

Clarkson University

Columbia University

Embry-Riddle Aeronaucal University

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Florida Instute of TechnologyGeorgia Instute of Technology

Harvey Mudd College

Hofstra University

Johnson & Wales University

New Jersey Instute of Technology

Pace University / Seidenberg School of Computer Science and

Informaon Systems

Polytechnic Instute of NYU

Randolph College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Instute

Rochester Instute of Technology

The University of Texas at Ausn

Vaughn College of Aeronaucs & Technology

Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of EngineeringWorcester Polytechnic Instute

Yale University

Saturday March 17, 2012

11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Boston University College of Engineering

Bradley University

Capitol College

Case Western Reserve University

The City College of New York

Clarkson UniversityColumbia University

Embry-Riddle Aeronaucal University

Florida Instute of Technology

Georgia Instute of Technology

Massachuses Instute of Technology

Missouri University of Science & Technology

New Jersey Instute of Technology

Pace University / Seidenberg School of Computer Science and

Informaon Systems


Randolph College

Rochester Instute of Technology

Stevens Instute of Technology

University of RochesterVaughn College of Aeronaucs & Technology

Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Instute

Yale University

Companies

Consolidated Edison

Diamond Bullet Studios

FIRST Apparel

Sunday March 18, 2012

10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Companies

College/Career Expo Coordinator

Arlene Goldman

Companies

Bloomberg LP.

Consolidated Edison

Diamond Bullet Studios

Goldman Sachs & Co

Google

JPMorgan Chase & Co

MTA NYC Transit Authority

Popular Mechanics

Time Warner Cable

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Organizaons/

Non-Prots/Other

ASME - American Society of

Mechanical Engineers

Girls’ Angle, Inc.

I LUG NY – New York Brick

Arsts

Museum of Mathemacs

NYCTEA - New York City Tech-

nology Educaon Associaon

SHPE - Society of HispanicProfessional Engineers

SWE - Society of Women

Engineers

FIRST Apparel

Join Our LinkedIn

Group!



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2012 New York City FIRST Mega Celebraon Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS

Con Edison

Credit Suisse

The people of Goldman Sachs and Friends

Pershing Square Foundaon

REGIONAL SPONSORS

Bloomberg

JP Morgan Chase

Two Sigma Investments

COMPETITION SPONSOR

Google

LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY SPONSORS

Ackman Family Foundaon

Bezos Family Foundaon

Michael Dubno

Hearst Foundaon

jcpenney

NASA

NYSE Foundaon


Josh and Judy Weston

CAPTAIN OF INNOVATION SPONSORS

AllianceBernstein

Tami and Larry Cohen

Naonal Grid

Sony

Time Warner Cable

FRIEND OF THE FUTURE SPONSORS

Annee and Anthony Albanese Foundaon

Cravath, Swaine and Moore

Glenn Gribble

Thomas & Paula McInerney

ROBOT BOOSTER SPONSORS

United States Air Force

TAB/McGraw-Hill

FAN SPONSORS

John Hennessy

Ivy Life

Cherrie & Mike Strauss

NYC FIRST Execuve Advisory Board Honorary Co-chairs

Jack Hennessy, Chairman & CEO (rered), Credit Suisse

John Whitehead, Chairman, The Goldman Sachs Foundaon

Chairpersons

Michael Dubno, Head of Global Markets & Research Technology

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Josh Weston, Honorary Chairman

Automac Data Processing, Inc.

Members

Larry Cohen, Chief Technology Ocer

AllianceBernstein

Meghan Groome, Director K12 Science and Educaon Iniaves

New York Academy of Science

Marc Huess, Vice President of Construcon, Con Edison

Stephen Hilton, Managing Director

Credit Suisse

Jerry M. Huln, President


Joseph Long, Managing Director, Technology & HCM

Goldman Sachs and Company

Steve Rubinow, Chief Informaon Ocer, Execuve Vice President

NYSE Euronext

W. Randolph Schaeer, NYC FIRST Regional Director (rered)

Steven M. Schwartz, Managing Director, Technology Infrastructure

Goldman Sachs and Company

David Sturm, Former VP and CIO

New York Public Library

Marn Volerich, Bloomberg


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