On Saturday, February 22, 2020 at MSOE in Milwaukee, WI, four of our five BadgerBOTS FTC teams competed in a competition for the title of Wisconsin FTC Champion and an invitation to the FIRST Tech Challenge Championship in Detroit, MI from April 28-May 2. Congrats to teams 10686 Phoenix, 14064 Apple Crisp’r, 17235 Mr. Cod and 17395 Parabola Robotics.
Since September 7, 2019 these teams have been working on building, rebuilding, coding and recoding their robots. Each of these teams competed in prior events to get the invitation to the Wisconsin Championship.
The night before the Championship all of the BadgerBOTS teams went on a road trip to Milwaukee. All of the teams stayed at the Hilton Double Tree and had a fun pizza party featuring Ian’s pizza. We heard that the Mac-n-Cheese pizza was a hit.
At the Championship, teams where greeted by an awesome volunteer crew and judges that produced the highest caliber of events. Great job to everyone who volunteered.
Parabola 
Team Captains 
Winning Alliance 
Apple Crisp’r
After every team had 5 chances to run their robot, the robot game rankings came out and it was time for alliance selection. In the rankings, Phoenix placed fifth and was a bit disappointed. It didn’t last long because 10686 Phoenix was selected by 10829 Bay Robotics to be on their alliance along with 4116 Volta Robotics. This alliance unfortunately didn’t make it passed the semi-finals. This was a spectacular showing by 10686 Phoenix.
After the final robot games, the award ceremony started, in which 17395 Parabola received the Judges Award. An award given to a team who stood out to the judges but didn’t place anywhere in the standard awards. 10686 Phoenix received 2nd place Connect, the Connect award is given to a team that does outstanding out reach to the community to spread the word about FIRST.
This season all five BadgerBOTS teams did extremely well on and off the game field. They all worked with each other helping along the way, sharing space, and encouraging one another. We are so proud of our FTC teams.
To see more photos from the Wisconsin FTC Championship, check out https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-NNdH3V/.
| FTC Award | Place | Team | Team Location/Affiliation |
| Judges‘ | 17395 Parabola | BadgerBOTS | |
| Control Award sponsored by Arm, Inc. | 3rd | 6981 Hortonville Robotics | Hortonville |
| 2nd | 8572 Wall-Y Robotics | Waterford | |
| 1st | 10100 Phoenix Force | Middleton | |
| Motivate | 3rd | 4605 RoboHackerz | Beaver Dam |
| 2nd | 14542 OVERRIDE | Hartland | |
| 1st | 13201 Team Hazmat | Brookfield | |
| Design | 3rd | 8572 Wall-Y Robotics | Waterford |
| 2nd | 14631 Laser Tech | Wales | |
| 1st | 8680 Kraken-Pinon | Mequon | |
| Collins Aerospace Innovate Award | 3rd | 7974 Great Scot! | Mequon |
| 2nd | 16252 Ruh-Roh | Two Rivers | |
| 1st | 10829 Bay Robotics | Whitefish Bay | |
| Connect | 3rd | 265 Viking Robotics | Milwaukee |
| 2nd | 10686 Phoenix | BadgerBOTS | |
| 1st | 4605 RoboHackerz | Beaver Dam | |
| Think | 3rd | 16310 Rising Rhinobots | Brookfield |
| 2nd | 6981 Hortonville Robotics | Hortonville | |
| 1st | 7974 Great Scot! | Mequon | |
| Finalist Alliance | Captain | 13201 Team Hazmat | Brookfield |
| 1 Pick | 14631 Laser Tech | Wales | |
| 2 Pick | Rising Rhinobots | Brookfield | |
| Winning Alliance | Captain | 10100 Phoenix Force | Middleton |
| 1 Pick | 8680 Kraken-Pinion | Mequon | |
| 2 Pick | 14542 OVERRIDE | Hartland | |
| Inspire Award | 3rd | 8680 Kraken-Pinon | Mequon |
| 2nd | 10829 Bay Robotics | Whitefish Bay | |
| 1st | 4106 Supposable Thumbs | New Berlin |
