The list of Participating Teams for the 2025 Rhode Island FTC Championship can be found on FTC Events (https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/USRICMP).

Pit Map:

A modern, searchable Pit Map for the 2025 Rhode Island FTC Championship will be made available in the coming weeks via FTC Events (https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/USRICMP/pitMap).

Schools with more than one competing team will have their pit tables located together.

Pit Amenities:

Each Team is allocated 1 Table, 2 Chairs, and a Power Outlet.

Pit Rules:

The pit area is a very busy place at the Championship, and the below rules must be followed AT ALL TIMES throughout the competition. Failure to adhere to tournament rules, failure to comply with safety directives issued by event staff and volunteers, as well as engaging in unsafe behavior within the pit or competition areas may carry significant match penalties, even for off-field offenses.

Please familiarize yourself with the below rules for Teams to follow while in the Pit Area:

• The Pit Area is for Team Members, Coaches and Mentors only. No non-team affiliated family members, friends or other spectators are allowed in the pit at any time during the competition.

• Safety Glasses and Closed-Toe Shoes must be worn by all individuals in the pit at all times during the competition.

• No power tools are allowed in the pit.

• No cooking equipment is allowed in the pit. This includes, but is not limited to, Crock Pots, Electric Griddles, Microwaves, and Toaster Ovens.

• There is positively no taping (or otherwise adhering) any banners, signage, or other team-specific items or equipment on the walls in the Pit. Any team responsible for placing tape on any wall within the NEIT Automotive Center will be liable for any damages caused during the removal of the tape/adhesive.

• Life Safety Equipment (including but not limited to AEDs, Emergency Eye-Wash Stations, Emergency Chemical Safety Showers) are for EMERGENCY USE ONLY.

• No teams should, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, utilize any NEIT parts, machinery or equipment from the Automotive Center.

• There are positively no deliveries (Food, parts, tools, equipment. etc.) to any of the Garage or Emergency Exit Doors within the Automotive Center. All deliveries must be made via the Main Entrance to the Automotive Center.

• Please ensure there is one Student team representative present at the Team's assigned Pit table at all times, in the event Judges would like to do a follow-up interview with a team.

New this year, Dean’s List Semi-finalists will be interviewed by judges prior to the RI FTC Championship.

Dean's List Interviews will occur on 1/29/25 at New England Institute of Technology in East Greenwich (1 New England Tech Boulevard, East Greenwich, RI 02818). Erin Flynn will communicate directly with coaches/mentors of Dean's List Semi-finalists regarding Dean's List Interview Times.

Rhode Island FTC will nominate 3 Dean's List Semi-finalists to FIRST, who will represent Rhode Island at the 2025 FIRST Championship, held in Houston, Texas April 16-19, 2025, in their bid for one of 10 FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Finalist awards.

Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to view/download the Live updating copies of the Judging Interview, Robot Inspection, and Field Inspection schedules, as well as the general Order of Events for the day. Please note - these documents are subject to change with or without notice. We will do our best to keep all schedules current and accurate as times shift throughout the day.

All Judging and Inspection will take place the morning of the event. There will be no activities and no team access to pits or the competition area on Friday, February 7th, 2025.

Hard-copies of these schedules will be provided to teams at check-in on the day of the Championship.

FIRST requires all youth team members to register in the FIRST Youth Registration System. Youth team members who have not registered will not be permitted to participate in FIRST remote or in-person team meetings, events, or competitions. 

Please note that on the day of the Championship, coaches MUST provide a copy of the team youth registration system with all students/coaches checked off green as part of check in. As you can see from the statement above FIRST, will NOT allow students/coaches to participate who have not completed and provided the form. 

More information on the FIRST Youth Registration System can be found by clicking here or navigating to https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/youth-registration-system

All team members, coaches, and mentors participating in the Championship must complete and provide a signed New England Tech Release Form. This is required by the college. Please use the link below to download the Release Form. The form is in PDF format and can be completed and signed digitally, or printed and filled out manually.

Hard Copy Release Form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PUJpcw4oJi5dHAmjCb7CWVzJbllc4_s4/view?usp=sharing

The 2025 Rhode Island FTC Championship will be $250.00 per team. There are two ways to pay - a Paper Invoice and an Online Payment Link will be included below.

Paper Invoice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wva1mOf_gYR_lpey5kCs2QKxBKFYkJ4p/view?usp=sharing

Online Payment Link: https://secure.touchnet.net/C21113_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=15&FROMQRCODE=true&SINGLESTORE=true

Please Note: Beginning in the 2024-2025 INTO THE DEEP season, there is no longer a Control Award Submission Form, nor are teams required to submit documentation separately from the Engineering Portfolio to be considered for the Control Award. Please see Section 6.2.6 in the INTO THE DEEP Competition Manual for further details on REQUIRED and ENCOURAGED information which must be provided to the Judges to be considered for this award.

If your team is submitting a Compass Award Video, please do so via Google Forms by clicking here or navigating to the following link:

https://forms.gle/Njv7r4bENpKXQkWz5

Please note: There are additional requirements that must be met in order for your team's Compass Award Submission to be considered. Please read the instructions on the Google Form carefully.

Please Note: Beginning in the 2024-2025 INTO THE DEEP season, the Promote Award has been retired.

The Inspire Award Winning Team and Winning Alliance Captain from the 2025 Rhode Island FTC Championship may elect to  advance to the 2025 FIRST Championship, held in Houston, Texas April 16-19, 2025, or the 2025 New England Premier Event held in West Springfield, Massachusetts April 4-5, 2025.

Additional teams will have the opportunity to advance to the 2025 New England Premier Event based on the Advancement Order on Page 19-20 of the INTO THE DEEP Competition Manual. (https://ftc-resources.firstinspires.org/file/ftc/game/manual).

More information on Advancement can be found on Page 19-20 of the INTO THE DEEP Competition Manual. (https://ftc-resources.firstinspires.org/file/ftc/game/manual).

The 2025 Rhode Island FTC Championship will be broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube at https://riftc.org/live.

Live Match Results, Data and Statistics are available via FTC Events at https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/USRICMP.

All competing teams are encouraged to check-in by 7:45AM on Saturday, 2/8. Teams who have not checked in by that time risk forfeiting their spot in the Championship.

To be considered for most Judged Awards, teams MUST bring a hard copy of the Engineering Portfolio with the team number on it to the qualifier to leave with the judges. There are no printers available at the NEIT Automotive Center.

A Practice Field is available in the pit for teams to use during the competition. Teams may use the practice field only when judging, field inspection and robot inspection are completed.

There will be an accessible WiFi Network during the Championship for team use. The Network Name is NEIT-Open. There is no WiFi password required for this network.

Teams who need to perform Lighting Calibration for their Autonomous Programs may do so on both Competition Fields from 10:00-10:15. Please note: this timeframe is for Autonomous Lighting Calibration ONLY; the Competition Fields are not available for use as Practice Fields at any time during the event.

Additional opportunities for Calibration later in the day may be provided at the discretion of Field Staff.

Teams who require additional Accomodations (including but not limited to Gender-Neutral Restrooms, Quiet Room) should contact Erin Flynn, RI FTC Program Delivery Partner, at eflynn@neit.edu.