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Re: [FTC]: Judging Session and Student Ideas

1. Yes they should each introduce themselves (name & title in the team). Keep it short. Shake hands if you can. For all the competitions I went to they sit behind a table so it's a bit of an inconvenience but it can't hurt.

2. Bowing is a nice touch but nothing more than that - not necessary but can't hurt.

3. No. The goal of judging is to present your team & robot, not to "show off" how many languages each student know. It distracts away from the presentation. However it can be noted in the engineering journal if you have a profile section.

4. Yes. Each students do something on the team so they can talk about what they do for example. It also shows team balance / dynamic / work.

5. Think of it as a conversation. You are telling someone about your team and what you do. It's more towards casual since all the technical stuff are recorded (or they should be) in your engineering journal; the team is there to talk with the judges and clarify / highlight anything they want to talk about. Practice a few times and have a general guideline / routine that the team does, like first introduce themselves, then each subsystems of the robot, then Q&A, etc.

6. The judges usually let you know how long the team have to present and for a Q/A. Practice beforehand helps tremendously.
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