Team #1768 teamed up with:

• Alliance Captain, Team #1058 – PVC Pirates from Londonderry, NH
• Alliance Partner, Team #5969 – English Skunkworks, a rookie team from Boston MA
• and backup Alliance Partner, Team #5563 – Phalanx, a 2nd year rookie team from Lynn MA

to win the Boston District Event together. Additionally, the RoboChiefs were recognized as the Event Winner of the Industrial Design Award, sponsored by General Motors, defined with this criteria:

• The design is elegant and efficient (simple/executable) and practical. The entire machine reflects a system design approach, i.e., the overall machine design addresses the many functional systems that must operate together.
• Designing the machine contributes to the team’s success in FIRST – not just in performance on the field of competition.
• Reliability and maintainability are considered in design. For example, it is capable of withstanding the rigors of the contest and servicing is easy.
• The entire machine design, or the detailed process used to develop the design, is worthy of this recognition, and not just a single component.