Excellence in Engineering Award Sponsored by Delphi

Updated

• 11/1/16

Events Where It Is Awarded

• District Events
• Regional Competitions
• District Championships
• FIRST Championship Division

Description

Celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature.

Guidelines

• A team spokesperson must be able to competently describe the engineered feature(s) and can trace its conception, design, manufacturing/assembly, or deployment.
• The feature(s) reflect an engineering solution to a specific problem, and it is functional and practical.
• The feature(s) are elegant and advantageous on the field of play.
• It stands up to the rigors of competition.

Innovation in Control Award Sponsored by Rockwell Automation

Updated

• 11/1/16

Events Where It Is Awarded

• District Events
• Regional Competitions
• District Championships
• FIRST Championship Division

Description

Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical or software – to provide unique machine functions.

Guidelines

• A team spokesperson must be able to identify and describe the controls innovation and can trace its conception, design, manufacturing/assembly, or deployment.
• The control system is innovative and unique. It is integrated with the machine, human players, strategy, etc. in concept and execution.
• The innovation is practical; it addresses the game’s challenge. It is not just a cute idea and is reliable under the stress of competition.

Creativity Award Sponsored by Xerox

Updated

• 11/1/16

Events Where It Is Awarded

• District Events
• Regional Competitions
• District Championships
• FIRST Championship Division

Description

Celebrates creativity in design, use of component, or strategy of play.

Guidelines

• A team spokesperson must be able to competently describe the creative/unique feature(s) and can trace its conception, design, manufacturing/assembly, or deployment.
• It is highly original in concept or execution.
• Since creativity may involve risk of failure, a team’s appropriate response to challenges, including machine failures, can be considered.
• Its uniqueness has a practical application and contributes to the objectives of the competition.
• Developing it contributed to the team’s success in FIRST – not just in performance on the field of competition.
• The team created this device/strategy rather than discovered it once the machine was built.