Welcome to 2011 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 FTC, starting a team, the Bowled Over! game and rules, building and programming a robot, and contacting Illinois FTC on the Team Resources page

2011 State Championship Information

Saturday, December 10, 2011
Illinois FTC State Championship
Illinois Institute of Technology
Hermann Hall
3241 S. Federal St.
Chicago, IL 60616

Championship results will be posted soon.

Congratulations to the following teams for qualifiing for the State Championship
116, 535, 779, 2923, 3507, 3537, 3758, 3785, 4049, 4298, 4337, 4368, 4442, 4483, 4507, 4564, 4956, 5037, 5058, 5072, 5162, 5199, 5202, 5203, 5209, 5256, 5281, 5294, 5359, 5360, 5451, 5480

2011 Qualifying Tournament Information

Registration for the 2011 Illinois FTC Qualifying Tournaments is now closed.

Saturday, November 12, 2011
Malcolm X Qualifier
Malcolm X College
1900 W. Van Buren St.
Chicago, IL 60612
Doors open at 7 am, closing ceremony ends at 5 pm

Saturday, November 12, 2011
Highland Park Qualifier
Hosted by Highland Park High School Robotics
Highland Park High School
433 Vine Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035

Saturday, November 19, 2011
Batavia Qualifier
Hosted by Fox Valley Robotics and Batavia Robotics
Rotolo Middle School
1501 S. Raddant Rd.
Batavia, IL 60510
Doors/registration open at 7 am, closing ceremony ends at 6 pm

Game Description

Bowled Over! is played on a 12'x12' diamond shaped field as shown on the diagram above. Two alliances—one "red" and one "blue"—composed of two teams each compete in matches consisting of a 30 second autonomous period followed by a two-minute driver controlled period.

The object of the game is to score more points than your opponent's alliance by placing racquet balls into crates and then stacking the crates. Teams will be challenged to complete these tasks during the autonomous and driver controlled periods during which teams can score special racquetballs and six pound bowling balls for additional points.