The Guide to Judging states: This design element, strategy, or other attribute is unique or uncommon among Innovate Award candidates at the event.
The Guide to Judging: Awards in the REC Library Knowledge Base, https://kb.roboticseducation.org/hc/en-us/articles/4912455338391-Guide-to-Judging-Awards#innovate-award-aMwxd: This design element, strategy, or other attribute is unique or uncommon among teams at the event.
Scenario: In the event there is only one team who submits for the Innovate Award, but the innovation is not unique which from the above applies? If we follow the Guide to Judging we would have to give the award to the one team who submits, that is inconsistent from the knowledge base.