PLANO DISTRICT EVENT FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. March 6 – 8, 2020 | Plano Senior High School WELCOME SCHEDULE Prepare to protect FIRST City from an approaching FRIDAY MARCH 6 asteroid strike at our FIRST in Texas Plano District 5:00 PM Team Load-In Event! 30 Texas teams will compete in INFINITE Inspections RECHARGE as they strive to win a blue banner and earn 10:00 PM Pits Close a spot at our District Championship event in San SATURDAY MARCH 7 SUNDAY MARCH 8 Antonio! Thank you for your generous gift of time and 8:00 AM Doors Open 8:00 AM Doors Open guidance to the youth of today who are destined to be Inspections 9:00 AM Opening Ceremonies the leaders of tomorrow. This event would not be 8:45 AM Practice Rounds 9:30 AM Qualification Matches possible without the support from sponsors, mentors, 10:30 AM Opening Ceremonies 11:30 AM Alliance Selections coaches, volunteers, teachers and parents! 11:00 AM Qualification Matches 12:00 PM Lunch 12:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Playoff Matches Rachel Moore 1:00 PM Qualification Matches 4:15 PM Awards Ceremony North Area Program Delivery Partner 8:00 PM Pits Close 5:30 PM Pits Close FIRST in Texas TEAMS TEAM # TEAM NAME SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION TEAM # TEAM NAME SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION 118 Robonauts Clear Creek H S 6655 Texas Robotics Sam Houston H S 148 Robowranglers Greenville H S 6672 Fusion Corps Cistercian Preparatory School 1745 The P-51 Mustangs Pearce H S 6751 RoboFlash Sunset H S 3282 Dallas Robo Tigers Harmony Science Academy 7091 Atlas Orbis Uplift Luna Prep Secondary 3355 Purple Vipers Uplift Summit International Prep 7119 RoboBison Sunset H S 3370 Aftershock Singley Academy 7120 ThunderChicas Rangel Women’s Leadership Sch 3802 RoboPOP Prince of Peace Christian School 7319 1UP Gilbreath-Reed Career & Tech Center 4192 Jaguar Robotics Flower Mound H S 7321 Aguila Robotica Barbara Caldwell Career Prep 5212 TAMSformers Texas Academy of Math & Science 7503 Radicubs Frisco Community Team 5414 Pearadox Pearland H S 7506 Wildcards Dan Dipert Career & Tech Center 5431 Titan Robotics Academy H S 7535 Purple Poison Uplift Summit International Prep 5682 Equus Engineering North Mesquite H S 7704 HarozTec Kimball H S 6171 Chain Reaction Plano Senior H S 7749 Level UP Pinkston H S 6369 Mercenary Robotics McKinney Community Team 8055 EGM Robotics Frisco Community Team 6526 Cyber Rangers Naaman Forest H S 8415 Dino Duggies Cristo Rey Fort Worth H S THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS CAPTAINS OF INNOVATION | FRIENDS OF THE FUTURE | ROBOT BOOSTERS | ROBOT EXPLORERS Special thanks to our Host - Plano Senior High School www.firstintexas.org / @firstintexas / #INFINITERECHARGE ABOUT FIRST & FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION FIRST® is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future. The world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education outcomes, FIRST designs mentor- - guided research and robotics programs for kids from pre kindergarten through high school. Boosted by a global support system of mentors, coaches, volunteers, alumni, and sponsors, teams conduct research, fundraise, design, and build robots of their creation. For 30 years, students from all FIRST Robotics Competition teams compete with 120-pound walks of life have developed self-confidence in STEM, robots of their own design, combining the excitement of meaningful friendships, and valuable, real-world skills sport with the rigors of science and technology. through FIRST that open pathways and help young people Students, Ages 14-18 (Grades 9-12), get to: build a better future. Work alongside professional engineers . Build and compete with a robot FIRST is a progression of four programs: . Learn to use sophisticated hardware and software . FIRST LEGO League Jr. (Grades K-4) . Develop design, project management, programming, . FIRST LEGO League (Grades 4-8) teamwork, strategic thinking, and Coopertition skills . FIRST Tech Challenge (Grades 7-12) . Earn a place in the FIRST Championship . FIRST Robotics Competition (Grades 9-12) . Access exclusive scholarships from hundreds of colleges and universities GAME DESCRIPTION: INFINITE RECHARGE In INFINITE RECHARGE two alliances work to protect FIRST City from approaching asteroids caused by a distant space skirmish. Each alliance, along with their trusty droids, race to collect and score Power Cells in order to energize their Shield Generator for maximum protection. To activate sections of the Shield Generator, droids must manipulate their Control Panels after scoring a specific number of Power Cells. Near the end of the match, droids race to their Rendezvous Point to get their Shield Generator operational in order to protect the city. :15 Autonomous: 2:15 Driver-Controlled: Droids follow pre-programed instructions and Alliances Drivers take control of droids & Alliances Score points by: score points by: . Continuing to score Power Cells in Power Ports . Scoring Power Cells in the Power Ports . Completing Rotation Control task . Moving from the Initiation Line . Completing Position Control task . Hanging from the Generator Switch . Getting the Generator Switch to the level position The Alliance with the highest score at the end of the match wins! THANK YOU TO OUR STATEWIDE SPONSORS www.firstintexas.org / @firstintexas / #INFINITERECHARGE .