Cascade Effect
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Winner - 3595: Schrödinger’s Hat Fairbanks, Alaska- Finalist- 4082: RoboSpartans New Hartford, New York
- Finalist- 5037: got robot? Elgin, Illinois
- Finalist- 5890: e-lemon-ators Boerne, Texas
| Season Information | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2014–2015 |
| Number of teams | 3500[1] |
| Championship location | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Awards | |
| Inspire Award winner |
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| Think Award winner | 3415: Lancers Livingston, New Jersey |
| Rockwell Collins Innovate Award winner | 9048: Philobots Austin, Texas |
| Motivate Award winner | 6055: Gear Ticks Lincoln, Massachusetts |
| Connect Award Winner | 4924: Tuxedo Pandas Christiansburg, Virginia |
| PTC Design Award Winner | 6299: Viperbots QuadX Austin, Texas |
| Control Award Winner | 7187: Team Axis Lake Oswego, Oregon |
| Promote Award Winner | 6002: Basilisks Pacifica, California |
| Champions |
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FIRST Cascade Effect, released on September 6, 2014, is the 2014–2015 robotics competition for FIRST Tech Challenge. In the competition, two alliances, each consisting of two teams of high school students, compete to score points by filling alliance specific goals.[2] FIRST Cascade Effect is the tenth FTC challenge.[3][4][5][6][7]
In each Match, the four teams competing are organized into red and blue alliances. The members of an alliance compete together to earn points. A Match consists of a thirty-second Autonomous Period followed by a two-minute Driver-Controlled Period for a total time of two minutes and thirty seconds. Alliances are selected randomly prior to the start of each competition.[2]
Field
The field for the competition is a square measuring 12 feet by 12 feet, which can be constructed by teams for practicing prior to competitions.[1]Scoring Elements are 160 white plastic balls - large (40) and small (120). In the middle of the field is the Center Field Structure which contains two Ball Dispensers with trap doors held in place by Alliance-specific Kickstands. There are also two Center Goals - one Red and one Blue - with Infrared Beacons placed beneath each Goal. The field has six Alliance-specific Rolling Goals with clear Ball Tubes of various heights (30 cm, 60 cm, 90 cm) as well as two Alliance-specific Ramps, Platforms, and Parking Zones [8] At the start of the Match, the Balls (large and small) are loaded in the Dispensers in the Center Field Structure. Each Team is given two balls (one large and one small) that can be pre-loaded onto their robot.
