[Music] hello and welcome first chat challenge teams i'm isaiah virel and i'm happy to be here for the first tet challenge 2022 2023 season takeoff and the reveal of power play presented by raytheon technologies all part of first energize presented by qualcomm we're excited to have all 10 of our 2022 dean's list award winners hosting our kickoff show today hi first tech challenge teams i'm diana omar i'm so thrilled to be part of the power play celebration we have a full show today packed with some kickoff messages from some familiar first faces our very generous
first and first tech challenge sponsors a gracious professionalism message from our past year's dean's list award winners the power play season reveal and finally a detailed field walkthrough to help teams get started with their season planning all of the game materials are now available on our website so please use the website as your reference during the season to kick off our fully charged celebration we have first chief executive officer chris moore hello first tech challenge community welcome to the 2022 first energize presented by qualcomm season i'm thrilled to be here to help kick off a
new season of first tech challenge and i can't wait for you to get your first glimpse of the new game power play presented by raytheon technologies i hope you leave kickoff feeling charged up for what this season has in store we wouldn't be here today without the generous support of our sponsors so i want to extend a special thanks to first tech challenge season presenting sponsor raytheon technologies i also want to thank all the amazing mentors and volunteers who graciously give of their time to help our teams be successful in everything from teamwork outreach robot
building and programming to all first volunteers i hope you know that you are critical to the success of our events and our programs and you're the reason why first this such a transformative experience for all of the students who participate so thank you for your commitment to the mission of first and finally i want to wish all the youth team members watching a great season we can't wait to see how you approach the game this year and on behalf of all of us at first good luck and we'll see you out on the power play
field thank you thank you mr moore a huge thank you to all our sponsors this year making our first energized season and power play game possible for more than 16 years qualcomm has supported first programs events and teams worldwide through their collaboration and supportive first qualcomm is helping build the pipeline of stem leaders who will fuel the future invention age here's a special message to inspire you this season hello first tech challenge teams and welcome to power play part of the first energize presented by qualcomm season i'm chloe callahan from corporate responsibility at qualcomm and
we are so happy to support another season we'll be cheering you on as you fuel your imagination power your innovations and test the limits for engineers creators and inventors energy choice is a balancing act what innovative strategies will you employ to maximize efficiency endurance and performance in power play at qualcomm our technologies offer innovative ways to maximize the performance of devices while reducing the amount of energy they use with 5g we have the opportunity to help lower greenhouse gas emissions better manage electricity reduce water consumption and contribute to green job growth to further explore how
5g technologies are helping improve environmental sustainability visit the first tech challenge game and season page in first energize the power is yours it's your new ideas that could unlock an energy revolution good luck first tech challenge teams and we'll see you out on the power play field [Music] thank you qualcomm and now our first tech challenge season presenting sponsor raytheon technologies will take you behind the scenes and give you a closer look at how they're bringing clean energy solutions to aviation welcome to the 2022 first tech challenge season power play presented by rayton technologies this
year's ftc season is directly related to solving problems outlined in the united nations sustainability development goal number seven which focuses on ensuring access to affordable reliable and sustainable energy for everyone how you design and engineer solution is critical to its performance and energy always plays a big role from analyzing power consumption and range to optimizing size weight materials and the goal is always to make the right decision to give you your creation a decisive edge these skills that you will develop and hone this season in your research design and problem solving are exactly the same
skills that rate and technologies employees use every day shaping the future of aerospace as an aerospace and defense company race and technology fully supports the civil aviation industries drive to decarbonization by 2050 and now you all will get behind the scene look at how our teams are creating clean energy aviation solutions for today tomorrow and in the future here at pratt and whitney i'm a design engineer in the mechanical systems transmissions team where i support the main gearbox angled gearbox and of course the fan drive gear system which truly sets the gear turbo fan apart
from any other engine in its class as an oil systems and thermal management systems engineer at pratt whitney i'm responsible for keeping the engine cool as it flies through the sky the fan drive gear system allows the fan in the front of the engine to spin about three times slower than the turbines in the back this allows the geared turbofan engine to be much quieter much more fuel efficient and ultimately much greener than any other engine that came before it by 2035 we plan to launch a hybrid electric gtf engine with 25 fuel reduction it
has been so rewarding to work here at pratt and whitney and support the innovative technology that is the geared turbo fan i'm proud to work at a company that cares so much about sustainability and the future of the aviation industry in the not too distant future hybrid electric and fully electric aircraft will revolutionize air travel as we know it opening up new markets like urban air mobility while reinvigorating others like regional service and underutilized airports this technology supports a greener planet by reducing carbon emissions and operation costs hybrid electric aircraft propulsion systems pair a conventional
aircraft engine with an electric motor and drivetrain similar to a hybrid car a hybrid electric plane would have both engines and electric motors the motors and batteries will provide a boost during takeoff and climb this will allow the engines to be optimized for crews another alternative fuel that has drawn significant attention is hydrogen which produces no carbon emissions when it is burned today we're developing technology for next generation engines that run on hydrogen and also reimagining airframes to properly store this lower energy density fuel the team here at raytheon technologies research center is also working
on engine concepts that are powered by intermediate hydrogen fuels such as ammonia ammonia brings the advantages of hydrogen propulsion but in a more transportable fuel the benefits of both fuels are dramatic with the promise of zero in-flight co2 emissions [Music] our teams are working across the race and technologies enterprise to make hybrid electric propulsion a reality and we are uniquely positioned to lead aerospace in electrification through the combination of collins aerospace expertise in electrical systems and pratt and whitney's propulsion system manufacturing as well as integration capabilities and the advanced architecture concepts and fuel cell technologies
that are being developed here at the research center your ftc team will join others from around the world to reimagine the future of sustainable energy and compete in an energy driven game that tests the limits of performance efficiency and endurance as you power your innovations forward hopefully our work helps fuel your imagination and we can't wait to see your team's creative solutions in power play best of luck to all of you [Music] thank you for that behind the scenes look i hope that gives all of you some inspiration for this season [Music] we want to
take a moment to remind our community that gracious professionalism is an important part of what makes first first and that it's also at the heart of each and every team practice and get together as well as every first tech challenge event here's our 2021 dean's us winners to remind us all about the importance of gracious professionalism for this upcoming season [Music] to me gracious professionalism is about helping everyone to perform their best one of my favorite memories is the time i zip tied my opponent's robot back together in one of the last qualifier matches of
our league championship gracious professionalism is knowing that even though we compete with or against other teams we'll always be friends and cheer each other on to me gracious professionalism is where everybody who's at the table can be valued for their own individual set of skills to me gracious professionalism means being positive and respectful to everyone no matter the situation gracious professionalism is working in collaboration with your fellow competitors ensuring that no matter who ends up getting first place everyone walks away feeling supported and having learned something gracious professionalism to me means working with a diverse
group of individuals from different backgrounds and cultures to innovate and create a big caring society gracious professionalism is about more than gaining technical skills and competing it's about being a good team member a good volunteer and a good person racist professionalism means being true to myself and others by respecting and supporting everyone no matter what side of the field they're on in competition and in life gracious professionalism is the foundation from which a massive tech community like first is built upon all of the creativity and teamwork and inspiration for kids to build the future starts
with all of us nurturing an environment of respect and acceptance [Laughter] [Music] first depends on our community embracing gracious professionalism making it a priority in the competition season and part of your everyday life this season your goal is to be a collaborative teammate a respected competitor and a better person which are all central themes of being a gracious professional one of our favorite gracious professionals is our 2022 compass award winner fernando melendez loya who was nominated by team 12887 devolt phobos from chihuahua mexico he is here today to thank all of our amazing first tech
challenge mentors and tell us what mentoring a first tech challenge team means to him [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] what an important message from coach fernando melendez loya i know our team coach really made our season a success as well next up we have the one and only senior director for stick challenge ken johnson ken has been an integral part of the first tech challenge team for over 15 years and has steered our program to the success we've reached today today he's here to share some words of wisdom and goals for the upcoming
season hi i'm ken johnson senior director of first tech challenge and i'm excited to talk about the new season and this year's game power play presented by raytheon technologies number one though i want to give a huge shout out to everyone in the first tech challenge community these last couple of years have been challenging and we met those challenges together your problem solving creativity and perseverance were examples to the world and as a result first tech challenge grew 33 percent last season we will continue to press the first mission forward with your help please spread
the word about first and how we are changing the future we want to make first tech challenge available to students around the world most of you have seen firsthand the impact we make please share your stories to grow our community and help others speaking of growing our community thanks to the generous support of the deca foundation we have increased our rookie grants from five hundred dollars to seven hundred and fifty dollars per rookie team this season these are need-based grants but we have quite a few of them so we're able to serve a wide variety
of rookie teams this season we're expanding the application of tensorflow many teams have been using artificial intelligence or machine learning with tensorflow using image models created by first to identify game elements last year we held a pilot effort allowing teams to also create their own image models of team-created scoring elements this allows teams to train tensorflow to detect custom elements for game play students and teams doing this are applying artificial intelligence from start to finish not just learning conceptually what ai is but actually applying it all the way through amazing and something most college students
and adults can't do pretty good skill to add to your resume or college application this season all teams will have this opportunity so please check it out as everyone knows the global supply chain has been tough over the last couple of years electronics have been particularly hit hard impacting everything from consumer goods to automobiles it is impacted first as well but thanks to the hard work by rev robotics and our first community those issues are being managed we expect to have control hubs in stock in september and we will prioritize rookie team and rookie class
pack orders to help new folks get started and whether you're new or returning team check out the first mentor network sponsored by ni to help your team find and connect with additional first mentors for inspiration fundraising and robot building for a meeting or for the entire season and finally we are expanding the first tech challenge world championship footprint in houston growing from 160 to 192 teams starting this season it will still be tough to earn your way there but we want to ensure every team around the world has the merit-based opportunity to earn a spot
well that's it for now this season i can't wait to see your teams power up develop creative solutions and test the limits good luck and have fun [Music] thank you ken an enormous shout out to our amazing and dedicated game design committee jessica ballen smith michael coleman mark edelman aaron fadden joe perado manny lowe and kevin rudd thank you for the hundreds of hours you've spent creating refining and documenting this year's electrifying game we can't wait to show you all the most important part of our power play kickoff the reveal a special thank you to
the very spectacular 2019 2020 volunteer of the year winner kevin thorpe for the beautiful animation and first very own michelle long for narrating every detail after the reveal make sure to stick around for the field walkthrough and now the exhilarating reveal of the 2022-2023 first tech challenge game power play presented by raytheon technologies [Music] welcome to the first tech challenge 2022 2023 season game power play presented by raytheon technologies a team consists of up to two driver operators a human player a coach and a robot each match is played with four randomly selected teams two
per alliance but each alliance is only allowed one human player your opponent for one match may be your partner for another robots must be built from materials specified in the game manual and fit within an 18 inch sizing tool but may expand after the match begins the game element is a 4 inch diameter by 5 inch tall plastic cone there are 60 cones 30 red and 30 blue teams may also use their custom designed beacons in gameplay the game is played on a 12 foot square playing field with a foam tile floor and one foot
high walls [Music] various sized junctions are placed across the field including nine ground junctions in addition there are eight low 4 medium and 4 high junctions these junctions are mounted on flexible springs and might not be perfectly vertical taped off substations are centered on both sides in each corner are taped off terminals in the front and back of the field are taped stripes to help robots find cone stacks [Music] there are four signals placed on the field four unique navigation images are positioned on the field wall and outside of the field are the red and
blue alliance stations [Music] before each match cones are stacked in the substation storage areas and inside the playing fields custom beacons are also placed in the substation storage areas teams place their robots on the field touching the wall between the substations and terminals each team may preload one cone into their robot the three-sided signal is then randomized each image references a specific parking target during match play if a team designs their own signal sleeve it can be used to gain additional points the field and players are now ready the match begins with a 30 second
autonomous period during this period there are a number of ways for teams to score using only pre-programmed instructions and sensor inputs each cone secured on a junction earns points two points for the ground junction three points for the low junction four points for the medium junction and five points for the high junction a robot parked in their alliance substation or terminal earns two points if a robot sensors correctly read the randomized signal it can park in the corresponding signal zone to earn 10 points however parking in the proper signal zone shown by a custom signal
sleeve will earn 20 points following the autonomous period is the two-minute driver controlled period during this period human players may introduce new cones into the substations each cone that is placed in its matching color terminal earns one point securing tones in junctions earns the same points as during the autonomous period two points for the ground junction three points for the low four points for medium and 5 points for the high junction [Music] the last 30 seconds of the driver controlled period is the end game robots may continue scoring cones but there are also ways to
earn bonus points alliances earn points for owning a junction this can be accomplished in two ways an alliance owns the junction if their colored cone is scored on top this earns an additional three points the junction can also be owned by capping it with a beacon this earns 10 additional points and prevents the opposing alliance from recapturing that junction an alliance earns 20 points by completing a circuit this is done by owning a continuous path of junctions from one terminal to the other and if a robot is parked in either of their alliance terminal it
earns two points all cones scored during the autonomous period count again if they remain in place at the end of the match there are many ways to score in power play but there are also rules that if not followed you'll deduct points from your alliance for example robots may not d score opposing alliance cones or beacons a robot may not block or interfere with an opposing alliance attempting to score a robot must be completely outside of a substation in order to score a cone or a beacon robots may control or possess only one cone and
one beacon at a time scoring elements may not be launched and robots may not deliberately remove game elements from the playing field [Music] this has been a brief summary of this season's game power play presented by raytheon technologies for complete rules please read both game manuals and check the q a forum and always remember the most important rule in first tech challenge gracious professionalism good luck teams and have a great season [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] wow what a game we have this season here to give us a closer look at the field is aaron fadden
game design committee team member and first tech challenge project manager [Music] [Music] hi teams i'm aaron fadden member of the first tech challenge game design committee i hope you're excited about this year's power play game presented by raytheon technologies i want to give a huge shout out to the game design committee for all the hard work they put in year round to design each game let's take a quick walk through of the actual field plus talk about some of the exciting components of this year's game first let's talk about the junctions as mentioned in the
animation there are four different types of junctions the ground low medium and high the low medium and high junctions have different ranges of movement based on the height [Music] the range of motion decreases as cones are added to these junctions next up we have the cones here's what they look like on the field during pre-match setup to be considered scored a cone must be secured to a junction secured means that either the inch diameter base of the cone is completely in the recess of the floor junction or when the pole of the low medium or
high junction passes through the 1.25 inch diameter of the cone with a large opening facing toward the playing field floor a cone is secured when it is scored onto another secured cone cones can be in any orientation to score in a terminal d scoring whether intentional or not may have severe impact on an alliance's ability to complete a circuit therefore accuracy and driving is an important component in this game there are rules outlined in the game manual that cover penalties for d-scoring teams should be especially careful of d-scoring cones from the ground junctions returning this
year is a team scoring element called the beacon which is used to cap a junction in the end game period to convey ownership of a junction make sure to look at the team scoring element rules that are outlined in the game manual part 1 when constructing the beacon teams will need to have both a red and a blue beacon to fully play the game and more importantly the beacon cannot resemble a game element that means items such as cups will not be allowed as a legal beacon teams are also encouraged to use tensorflow technology in
the autonomous period the signal used in autonomous is a tournament provided element that has three images that will be randomized teams earn points for navigating to the correct location based on the randomized image teams can gain more points if they create their own signal sleeve to place over the signal during pre-match setup and successfully navigate to the correct signal location during the autonomous a template must be used to create the signal sleeve with images and the team number printed on the sleeve prior to arriving at the competition the signal zone locations where the robots navigate
to and the autonomous are not defined by a tape boundary therefore there is no tape to assist in navigation or identifying inside and outside of these zones power play is a game of strategy and teams should be prepared to work with their alliance partner to outline the best plan of action to score and ideally create their completed circuit you should expect that the opposing alliance can and will score cones on top of your cones which may break an already completed circuit teams also need to quickly strategize where to place their beacon during the end game
to convey ownership of a junction this way your alliance now owns that junction and the opposing alliance cannot reclaim it from you remember you only have two beacons total per match i hope you enjoyed this overview of the power play game field in action good luck this season teams [Music] thanks so much erin the field looks full of exciting and fun new challenges we can't wait to see what the upcoming season has in store this season is definitely going to generate a bunch of excitement we can't wait to see your creative solutions and robots in
action on the field and if you're watching but haven't registered yet there's still time to power up and join us visit our website for details and to get started be sure to tag first tech challenge on your team's social media throughout the season so we can keep in touch and see how your team is tackling the game thanks for joining us to kick off the season and being part of the first community for all of us here at first tech challenge good luck have a great year and i hope to see you out there in
person soon the power is in your hands [Music]
