Welcome to the 2012 FTC Season

The FIRST Tech Challenge is an intermediate robotics competition, designed for 14- to 18-year-old high-school students, where teams of up to 10 students working alongside mentors apply real-world math and science concepts to solve an annual challenge. Students compete and cooperate in team alliances at sport-type tournaments that are ultimately helping to create the next generation of technology leaders. Through their involvement with FIRST, students discover the rewards of collaboration, develop a deeper understanding of innovation and engineering, and learn the importance of Gracious Professionalism^™.

Information For Teams

Find information about the FTC program, starting a team, competition and robot rules, building and programming a robot, and contacting Illinois FTC on the Team Resources page

2012 Illinois FTC State Championship Award Winners

Here are the award winners from the Illinois FIRST FTC State Championship

Judges Award	6429	Girls Gone Wired	Highland Park, IL
Judges Software Award	5085	Newton's Lawyers	O'Fallon, IL
Motivate Award	5451	Da Big Meks	Highland Park, IL
Connect Award	3785	Beastie Bots	Highland Park, IL
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award	5256	Spare Parts	Grand Rapids, MI
PTC Design Award	6397	NIU EEP	Naperville, IL
Think Award	5202	Try 2 Understand	Decatur, IL
Competition Finalists	3216	Robophins	Chicago, IL
Competition Finalists	5451	Da Big Meks	Highland Park, IL
Competition Finalists	5202	Try 2 Understand	Decatur, IL
Competition Champions	3785	Beastie Bots	Highland Park, IL
Competition Champions	6007	Octopi	Crystal Lake, IL
Competition Champions	3537	The Mecha-Hampsters	Martinsville, IN
Inspire Award	5037	Got Robot?	Elgin, IL