Tournament Date: Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013
There
are 52 teams registered for Brooklyn, 44 teams registered to compete in
Brooklyn, 42 showed up. We advanced 23 teams. Below are the
award categories with descriptions and a list of school and team name.
Note: in some categories there is a 1st and 2nd place due to the fact
we have to advance so many teams, but normally there would be just one
name in each category except robot performance
and champion where 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rankings are standard.
Champion’s Award
This award recognizes a team that embodies the FLL experience, by fully embracing our Core Values while achieving
excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project.
3rd place:
PS 213 The PS 213's Lego Dream Team (rookie team & first year in AMPS/CBSI)
2nd place:
IS 318 Blood, Sweat, and Gears (all boys team)
1st place:
PS 399 The Gear Hawks (2nd year winning 1st place champions)
Robot Design:
Mechanical Design
This award recognizes a team that designs and develops a mechanically sound robot that is durable, efficient
and highly capable of performing challenge missions.
PS 8
Swagger Bots
Programming
This
award recognizes a team that utilizes outstanding programming
principles, including clear, concise and reusable code that allows their
robot to perform challenge missions autonomously and consistently.
2nd place:
IS 383 Skybots
1st place:
MS 113 Robotics Falcons All Star
Strategy & Innovation
This
award recognizes a team that uses solid engineering practices and a
well-developed strategy to design and build an innovative, high
performing robot.
2nd Place:
PS 11
Mission 11
1st place:
Sunset Park Prep
Lego My Eggo
Robot Performance
This
award recognizes a team that scores the most points during the Robot
Game. Teams have a chance to compete in at least three 2.5 minute
matches and their highest score counts. This is based on 3 rounds
3rd Place
Bedford Academy HS Bedfordbots
2nd Place
PS 321
NXT Lords
1st place
PS 399
Gear Hawks
Project Awards
Research
This award recognizes a team that utilizes diverse resources to formulate an in-depth and comprehensive understanding
of the problem they have identified.
2nd place
PS5
Lego Rockets
1st place
Fort Greene Prep
Nanowolves
Innovative Solution
This award recognizes a team’s solution that is exceptionally well-considered and creative, with good potential
to solve the problem researched.
2nd place
MS 57 Ron Brown Academy
MS 57 Ron Brown Academy
1st place
Packer-Collegiate Institute
Bearded Bob
Presentation
This award recognizes a team that effectively communicates the problem they have identified and their proposed
solution to both the judges and other potential supporters.
Packer Collegiate Institute
Grandpa Bob's Whippersnappers
Core Values Awards
Inspiration
This award celebrates a team that is empowered by their FLL experience and displays extraordinary enthusiasm
and spirit.
PS 92
Technics
Teamwork
This award recognizes a team that is able to accomplish more together than they could as individuals through
shared goals, strong communication, effective problem solving and excellent time management.
Fort Greene Prep
Nanocubs
Gracious ProfessionalismTM
This award recognizes a team whose members show each other and other teams respect at all times. They recognize
that both friendly competition and mutual gain are possible, on and off the playing field.
2nd Place PS 3 The Bedford Village RoboTigers
1st place
IS 318 The Nanobytes (all girls team)
Judges Awards
During
the course of competition the judges may encounter teams whose unique
efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition. Some teams
have a story that sets them apart in a noteworthy way. Sometimes a team
is so close to winning an award that the judges choose to give special
recognition 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
This
award goes to the team that improvises and overcomes a difficult
situation while still making a respectable showing, with an attitude
that shows, “We can overcome incredible odds if we never give up, no
matter what!”
TYWLS Brooklyn
TYWLS Robotics
Rising Star
This award recognizes a team that the judges notice and expect great things from in the future.
PS 8
Mission Master
Judges Award
PS 256
256 Bots
Due to PS 399 wining 2 awards the team with the next highest robot performance game score will compete
in Javits:
PS 270
Robo-Warriors
