Control Award
Description
Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical or software – to provide unique machine functions.
Guidelines
- A team must be able to identify and describe the controls innovation and can trace its conception, design, manufacturing/assembly, or deployment.
- The control system is innovative and unique. It is integrated with the machine, human players, strategy, etc. in concept and execution.
- The innovation is practical; it addresses the game’s challenge and is reliable under the stress of competition.