Your FTC World Championship Team could win $5,000 in the FedEx Innovation Challenge


Hashtags and robots and prizes – oh my!

This year at FIRST Championships, there’s some new fun thrown into the mix for FRC and FTC teams.

Your team can participate in the FedEx Innovation Challenge, an interactive competition that will take place Thursday, April 24 – Friday, April 25. The Innovation Challenge is open to teams competing in the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship and the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship. A grand prize of $5,000 will be awarded to one FTC Team for use towards their future FIRST initiative!

Part problem solving, part creative challenge, this fun and engaging competition will consist of math and science problems, scavenger hunt activities, photo ops, FedEx innovation trivia and more. Best of all, it’s easy to play! Participating teams are required to submit responses in the form of a photo using either Twitter or Instagram. All responses will be judged on the accuracy of the answer, creativity of the response and the level of team participation and spirit.

As a FIRST supporter since 2002, FedEx has made it possible for teams all over the world to participate in the FIRST Robotics experience. Playing a key logistics role, FedEx is responsible for delivering a kit of parts, which contains the essential parts for building an FRC robot, to every FRC team. They are also responsible for moving all of the robots to and from FIRST Championships. You know how much shipping weight that is? Here’s a hint, it’s north of 11 million pounds annually for all FIRST competitions!

Get in the game! Visit the official home of the Innovation Challenge. The competition begins Thursday, April 24 at 7:00 AM. Tell your team about it today!

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