The MA FTC State Tournament will be held at Andover High School on March 10, 2012. All 24 teams that have qualified have been sent an email notification with registration information. If you believe your team has qualified and you have not received this email please send a message to massftc@gmail.com with your team number in the the subject line.
Tournament details will be posted to this site soon.
If your FTC team is planning to attend the Bridgewater State University Qualifying Tournament this Saturday, February 4, 2012, please see the Brdigewater State University event page for important information.
Bridgewater State University Qualifying Tournament Information Page
Mentors and Parents should be aware that a tour of the new BSU science building will be offered at 9 AM on February 4, 2012, while the FTC teams are going through judging and inspection! Thank you BSU!
Bridgewater State University Logo
The results from the Arlington Qualifier is now posted the Arlington Qualifier information page. Follow the link below to see the results for the event:
Arlington Qualifying Tournament Information Page with Results
If your FTC team is planning to attend the Arlington High School Qualifying Tournament this Saturday, January 21, 2012, please see the Arlington High School event page for important information.
Arlington High School Qualifier Event Page is now available here!
The results from both the Boston University Academy and North Andover Qualifier Tournaments are now posted on their respective information pages. Follow the links below to see the results for each event:
If your FTC team is planning to attend the North Andover Qualifying Tournament this Saturday, January 14, 2012, please see the North Andover event page for important information.
If your FTC team is planning to attend the BU Academy Qualifying Tournament this Sunday, January 8, 2012, please see the BU event page for important information.
Boston University Academy Qualifier Event Page is now available here!
Recently, team 4466 discovered some joystick issues. To learn more check out their site directly or read the copied post below.
http://www.brainbotsinc.org/?p=514
“During our testing period, we have found a bug when using the new game controllers and/or the old game controllers. First off, the issue. When using the new controllers, a new logitech driver is installed on the computer. With the game conroller in the “d” setting (switch on the back side of the joystick) the game controller will run the same as last year’s with x,y (also known as x1,y1) on one thumb-joystick and z and z rotation (also known as x2,y2) on the second thumb-joystick. With the new game controller in the “x” setting, the second thumb-joystick (the one of the right) will run the top-hat (little pad in the upper left of the game controller) and the two triggers in the back of the controller now change the values of the previous x2. Now the main issue. Some computers will recognize the old game controller as the new ones with the “x” setting on. This means that the second thumb-joystick now runs the top-hat, the back triggers don’t work and all buttons now map to different values. This bug has nothing to do with FCS, it is a driver recognition issue and doesn’t happen on all computers. Although, we recommend that during the competition to use only new game controllers on the “d” setting and have teams make sure that their robots work on the “d” setting.”
The Compass and Promote Awards will only be given out at the MA State Tournament. Teams should be prepared to submit their videos prior to the MA State Tournament if the team advances from a MA Qualifying Tournament.
Check out Team 4117′s great strategy!