2021 Results

For team scores and rankings please see:  MTI 2021 Game Results

See the Awards Ceremony HERE

Game Awards:

Winning Alliance, each team receives a $500 grant, $250 in goBILDA store credit and Stanley Black & Decker tape measures :

18253 Beach Bots from Santa Monica, California, Captain team 

7303 RoboAvatars from Fremont, California, 1st Pick  

18219 Primitive Data from Piedmont, California, 2nd Pick

Finalist Alliance, each team receives a $300 grant:

13669 Raiderbots from Coatsville, Pennsylvania, Captain team

8644 Brainstormers from Lexington, Massachusetts, 1st Pick 

7244 OUT of the BOX from Thorndale, Pennsylvania, 2nd Pick

Judged Awards:

KISS (Keep It Straightforward and Simple) 

This award goes to the team that has embraced and demonstrated the K.I.S.S. philosophy when designing their robot. This award celebrates the accessibility and reliability of an elegant mechanical design. This award can be given to a team for their overall design or for a specific component on their robot.  

The top team receives a $300 grant and $200 in  goBILDA store credit

Winning Team:  18253 Beach Bots from Santa Monica, California

The judges chose this team based on their simple design, direct ring path, passive hopper, and the way they actively choose simple designs. 

Honorable Mentions:

18438 Wolf Pack Machina from Beverly, Massachusetts

14270 Quantum Robotics from Bucharest, Romania

Hardware Mastery Award

This award is given to the the team that the judges deem to have the most innovative and robust hardware solution to this year’s challenge. The team that receives this award really impressed the judges with their engineering process, design and performance on the field. 

The top team receives a $300 grant and $200 in goBILDA store credit

Winning Team: 18438 Wolfpack Machina from Beverly, Massachusetts

The incredible design process, and magical documentation and presentation sold the judges on this amazing rookie team.

Honorable Mentions

8393 The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team, from Baden, Pennsylvania

18253 Beach Bots from Santa Monica, California

Software Innovation and Quality Award

The goal of this award is to recognize teams that demonstrate both innovative application of software in this year’s FIRST Tech Challenge game and strong software engineering techniques. 

The top team receives a $300 grant and $200 in goBILDA store credit

Winning Team: 8719 Quantum Leap from Mason, Ohio

This team utilizes T265 VSLAM camera with custom Kalman Filter and "sensor fusing" with four wheel odometry. They developed pure pursuit algorithm utilizing the "myBot" simulator and robust software management and testing.

Honorable Mentions

8300 Pi Rho Eagles from Shelby, North Carolina

7244 Out of the Box from Thorndale, Pennsylvania