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Collaborations on display in Connecticut at the Hartford District Event

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And finally, down in Connecticut, the Hartford District Event completed our second weekend of three events at once! Teams from Connecticut and Massachusetts competed at Hartford Public High School for the 12th year.


All of our Connecticut teams have been supported for multiple years by the Connecticut Office of Manufacturing. We are incredibly grateful for this partnership! Chief Manufacturing Officer Kirti Patel was able to join us in person to celebrate the renewal of this incredible support.


Each morning kicked off with further welcoming remarks from Assistant Superintendent of Hartford Schools Dr. Albert Sackey and CIAC Unified Sports Director John Niski.




Unified Robotics teams played right alongside the FRC field during the finals, showing off their coding skills using the perfect past game, RePLAY.


The playing field is starting to level: strong offensive capacity is increasing on all sides and smart defense is blocking the higher scores we were seeing earlier in the season!






Congratulations to our award-winning teams:


FIRST Impact Award: FRC 2170, Galvanized Guardians from Glastonbury, CT

Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX: FRC 178, 2nd Law Enforcers from Farmington, CT Rookie All-Star Award: FRC 11464, Lancer Nation Robotics from Bristol, CT


FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalists: Evan S. from FRC 3182, Athena's Warriors from Hartford, CT, and Purva M. from FRC 178, 2nd Law Enforcers from Farmington, CT


Outstanding Volunteer Award: Kyle Herren, VC/CSA


Event Champions:  FRC 571, Paragan from Windsor, CT;

FRC 2067, Apple Pi from Guilford, CT;

FRC 1991, Dragons from Hartford, CT


Event Finalists: FRC 7407, Wired Boars from Wallingford, CT;

FRC 177, Bobcat Robotics from South Windsor, CT;

FRC 7760, Griffin Innovations from Pomfret, CT;

FRC 3182, Athena's Warriors from Hartford, CT


Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 1699, Robocats from Colchester, CT

Judges' Award: FRC 9710, Discovery Polybotz from Springfield, MA

Rising All-Star Award: FRC 10133, Manhatten Monsters from Waterbury, CT

Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 175, Buzz Robotics from Enfield, CT

Team Spirit Award: FRC 429, Two Many Bobcats from South Windsor, CT

Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse: FRC 7407, Wired Boars from Wallingford, CT Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 558, Elm City Robo Squad from New Haven, CT

Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 3146, Granby Grunts fron Granby, CT

Quality Award: FRC 236, Techno-Ticks from Old Lyme, CT

Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 571, Paragan from Windsor, CT

Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org: FRC 2067, Apple Pi from Guilford, CT

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 3182, Athena's Warriors from Hartford, CT

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