Inspire Award – 1st

They slithered through a sophisticated design preprocess, including multiple stages of analyses, to end up with innovative ball collection shooting mechanisms on a well-designed robot, with multiple fail-safes, recovery procedures, and feedback signals. This team blurs the line between connect and motivate by learning from the people they mentor, and educating the experts they seek out for advice. This team “lisks” everything on their journey in detail.

The Inspire Award is presented to team 6002, Basilisks from Terra Nova HS in Pacifica, CA

All of the teams stepped up a notch to deliver their engineering notebooks. This team’s was very colorful.
They have really gone to the edge of the galaxy of STARring notebooks… and beyond!!!!

The 1st place Think Award is presented to team 5326, The Enterprisers from Virginia City and Reno, Nevada

This team has paired advanced sensors with a unique ball handler system that scores consistently. Preventing robot damage during game play is a priority – with their interlocks in place, the driver can focus on strategy.

Who’s the boss is never in question with this team on the field.
The 1st place Innovate Award goes to team 524, Boss Bots from Campolindo HS in Moraga, CA

Over and over, the judges have watched
Ball sweeps and lifts on multiple bots
Raise balls from the floor
Just to fall from the top

But one team found a way
To sweep, lift and drop.

They dragged around tubes, and filled them to the brim
With a clean, strong robot with customized trim
Their catch never failed
Their slides never caught.
Their design process guided
The success that they sought

This bot was the cleanest, most effective around,
To beyond, goes Infinity!! For them, there’s no bound.

The PTC Design Award goes to team 5151, Infinity 5151 from Mission San Jose HS in Fremont, CA

Community awareness and excellent communication skills helped this team rise to the top
It bears mentioning that their efforts included people of all ages and abilities
For bringing STEM to their great logging community….

The 1st place Connect Award is presented to team 6148, OrangePiRoBEARics from Summerville HS in Tuolomne, CA

This team’s journey grew from building robots to inspiring girls to seek STEM education. Even when they socialized, they had engineering on their minds. Their fiery spirit made them the clear winner of this award.

The 1st place Motivate Award goes to team 9014, Fireworks from Lynbrook HS in San Jose, CA

This team is definitely NOT out of control.  
Their bifocal IR vision nails their target.  They reliably score with their short loop control design.  
They have the mettle to MOVE metal.
The 1st Place Control Award is presented to team 5157, The Metal that Moves from Belmont, Redwood Shores and San Carlos, CA

With strategy and enthusiasm, this sparky team might have started small, but are fanning the flames of STEM in their “sleepy” little valley. They are true California gold country pioneers.
The Judges “FireStarters” Award goes to team 8367, ACME Robotics from Penn Valley, CA

Promote Award

Basilisks, Terra Nova HS, Pacifica

Compass Award

NorCal Dean’s List Finalists

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Austin Wong, The Knights of Ni, Stanford Online HS, Stanford

Serena Grown-Haeberli, TigerBots, Notre Dame HS, Belmont

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