On behalf of the REC Foundation, VEX Robotics, Autodesk, EMC Corporation, and the FUTURE Foundation, we would like to congratulate all of you who took the time to submit entries in the 2012 Online Challenge Competition. There were a lot more than three deserving entrants in each category, and you should all be very proud of yourselves. It is no exaggeration to say that this year was the best ever – with more entries of higher quality than in previous years. The judges worked hard to evaluate your entries, and here are the winners in all seven categories. Again - congratulations to you all.
**Autodesk Inventor Digital Prototyping Challenge **
First: Project Zeta
Second: Team 2114a Robotic Crime Scene Investigation: Arson Specialist
Third: Team 2113 DuctBot
EMC Robotics Team/Club Website Challenge
First: Team 254 The Cheesy Poofs website
Second: K Force Robotics
Third: Team 1138 Eagle Engineering Website
VRC Game Design Animation Challenge
First: Tetra Tumble
Second: Pyramid Peak
Third: Hightower
RECF Team Educational Video
First: Bill Fly the Robot Guy - Triangles
Second: Team 2114a Educational Video: Torque and Speed
Third: How to Build a Competitive Drive Team
**FUTURE Foundation Robot Construction Challenge **
First: Quadriplegic Personal Assistant
Second: The Robo Cleaner 2.0
Third: Recyko
**VRC Promote Award **
First: Sweetch - VRC Promote Award 2012
Second: Saints Robotics VRC Promote Award
Third: The Rescue
Essay Challenge Winners
The four-digit number is the unique entry identification. You can see the winning essays at forum.robotevents.com/design/.
2323 Perfected Perspective (VEXgal)
2359 Robotics is more than just robotics. (JonathanQ)
2386 What VEX Means To Me (robogirl)
2419 A Solid Foundation (EricB)
2491 My VEX. (Scrossley-gcec)
2572 What Vex has taught me (meng)
2581 What does VEX Robotics mean to me (stluke1)
2788 What does VEX Robotics mean to me (stluke1)
2815 What VEX Means To Us (2177ROBOTICS)
2971 More than Metal (mcpat0226)
Winners will be displayed on the Online Challenge Website and will be notified via email in the next two days how to claim their prizes. Winners qualifying for the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship will receive another email with registration instructions. If you have any questions, please post them here on the forum.