Sunday, February 26

Innovator Award Application Due 3/16

Robotics First Tech Challenge team members are eligible to apply for the First's Innovator Award due by 3/16, see http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/future-innovator-award for more details. Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:
  • Practicality of developing and implementing the invention
  • Whether the invention has the potential to better society through a unique and innovative technological application
  • Whether the invention was utilized for a FIRST-related activity
  • Complexity of the problem to be solved by the invention
  • Effectiveness of the invention in solving the problem
  • Uniqueness of the invention
  • Simplicity of the invention
  • Whether the invention has applicability outside of FIRST in solving problem(s) in the following categories:
    • National Academy of Engineering 14 Grand Challenges
    • Autonomy, navigation, and mobility solutions for emergency, rescue, and security responses
    • Revolutionizes robotics for the mass market
    • Solutions for home, hospital, and public environments
    • Space solutions – lunar robots, mars robots, satellite autonomous programming

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