2016-2017 Awards for the East Beast Bots:

 

Finished 6th in their alliance division at WORLDS

 

Finished 3rd in the Indiana State finals

 

Finished 17th overall in the World Robot Skills ranking

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State Create Award

The Create Award is presented to the team whose robot design incorporates a creative engineering solution to the design challenges of the season’s game. Key criteria:

•   Robot has a well-crafted, unique design solution, which demonstrates creative thinking

•   Team has demonstrated a highly creative design process and methodology

•   Team has committed to ambitious and creative approaches to solving the game challenge

•   Students understand and explain how they worked together to develop their robot 

State Energy Award

The Energy Award is presented to a team that displays a high level of enthusiasm and passion at the event. VEX Worlds uses ballots for this award.

Key criteria:

•   Team maintains a high level of excitement and energy throughout the event

•   Team’s passion for robotics enriches the event experience for others

•   Students demonstrate teamwork and effective communication skills 

Excellence Award

The Excellence Award is the highest award presented in the VEX IQ Challenge. This award is presented to a team that exemplifies overall excellence in creating a high quality VEX robotics program. This team is a strong contender in numerous award categories. Excellence winners must have an Engineering Notebook and a STEM Research Project presentation. Key criteria:

•   Design Award ranking

•   STEM Research Project Award ranking

•   Teamwork Challenge Qualification Matches ranking

•   Robot Skills Challenge ranking

•   Other Judged award rankings

•   High quality VEX robotics program 

Teamwork Champions 

The Teamwork Champion Award is presented to each of the two teams on the winning alliance in the Teamwork Challenge Finals Matches. 

Design Award

The Design Award recipient demonstrates the ability to implement the most effective and efficient robot design process. Their Engineering Notebook and discussion with the Judges will demonstrate the team’s ability to produce a quality robot with minimal adult assistance. Only teams that submit Engineering Notebooks are eligible for the Design Award. Key criteria:

•   Engineering Notebook is a clear, complete, and organized document of the robot design process.

•   Team demonstrates effective management of skills, time, and material resources.

•   Students understand and explain how they developed an effective game strategy and robot design.

•   Students demonstrate teamwork and effective communication skills. 

Robot Skills Award

The Robot Skills Champion Award is presented to the team with the highest combined Programming Skills Challenge and Driving Skills Challenge score. A team’s combined score will be determined by adding their highest Programming Skills Challenge score and their highest Driving Skills Challenge score at a single event. Teams participating in only one of the two skills challenges will receive a zero score in the challenge in which they did not participate. Some events may choose not to offer this award. 

Judges Award

The Judges Award is presented to a team that the Judges determine is deserving of special recognition. Judges consider a number of possible criteria for this award, such as team displays of special attributes, exemplary effort and perseverance at the event, or team accomplishments or endeavors throughout the season that may not fit under existing awards, but are nonetheless deserving of special recognition. 

STEM Research Award

The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Research Project Award is presented to the team that shares the most effective STEM Research Project presentation. This presentation, as well as the follow- up discussion with Judges, effectively demonstrates the students’ significant depth of understanding of their topic and research findings. The presentation will also highlight the students’ work in sharing what they learned in an effective format. Key criteria:

•   Identifies a challenge topic of interest that relates to the STEM theme for the season

•   Completes research and collects evidence using reliable sources

•   Demonstrates a well-organized and documented process to study and explain the research findings

•   Describes how the research findings were applied to develop and test the solution

•   Shares the solution in an effective and creative presentation

•   Students demonstrate an understanding of the entire research process

•   Students demonstrate teamwork and effective communication skills 

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