FTC Hall of Fame
The Inspire Award is the most prestigious FTC award, and is given to the team that truly embodied the ‘challenge’ of the FTC program. The team that receives this award is chosen by the judges as having best represented a role model FIRST Tech Challenge Team. The team that receives this award is a top contender for all other judging categories and is a strong competitor on the field.
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World Championship Inspire Award Winner |
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Team #3550 "Beta" West Des Moines, IA |
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2011-2012
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Team #4220 "The LANDROIDS" Livingston, New Jersey |
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2010-2011
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Team #4466 "Robots and Brain Bots Inc."
Waltham, Massachusetts |
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2009-2010
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Team #25 "Rock n' Roll Robots" |
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2008-2009
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Team #32 "Einstein's Daughters" San Diego, California |
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Team # 801 "Panteras" Mexico City, Mexico |
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2006 - 2007
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Team # 3053 "Occam's Engineers" Mendham, New Jersey |
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Team # 160 "The Impulse"
Waterbury, Connecticut |
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2005 |
Demo Team #52"Nuts & Bolts" Singapore
Team #46 "Live Wire" Singapore |
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2012-2013 Ring It Up! Mary Ellen Toebes Co-creator of the Samantha Module and |
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2011-2012 BOWLED OVER! Mark Edelman Head Referee for FTC World Championship, Co-Affiliate Partner for Northern California, Game Design Committee Member |
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2011 GET OVER IT! John Toebes Mentor for Team 2901 Inventor of the Samantha WiFi Communication Module Director of Patents, Cisco Systems |
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2010 HotShot! Vincent Frascella FTC New Jersey Program Director FTC World Championship Volunteer Coordinator |
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2009
FACE OFF! Michael Coleman FTC Florida Affiliate Partner FTC World Championship Field Technical Advisor |
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2008
Quad Quandary Joe Perrotto FTC Delaware Affiliate Partner FTC World Championship Field Technical Advisor
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