Robotics regionally recognized

Megan Resler — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:25:05 +0000

The MTHS FIRST Robotics club was recognized during the first weekend of April at the Seattle Regional Robotics competition, winning both the Business Plan Award and Safety Award.

The event was held at Key Arena for the 3rd year in a row. It was led by Derek Burkett and David Krienke, the Robotics team who won the Underwriter’s Laboratory Team Safety Award. The team managed the distribution of safety glasses for the entire event, showed the team’s comprehensive safety plan, and posted safety posters around the event.

The Business Plan Award was also given to the MTHS robotics team for the second year in a row.

Our team was awarded for developing the best and most comprehensive business plan. Brandon Crader and Tyler Baker worked to update last year’s plan, also an award winner, and received the award again this year. As the regional event’s judges noted, this bodes well for our team’s growth and development in the year’s to come.

Emilie Woog finished the 2010 robotics season by receiving the top female engineering award for the entire Regional Event.

The “Dean’s List” award is given to the top male and female engineering students from all 64 teams present at the event, roughly 1000 students. This month Woog will travel to Atlanta, GA to compete for the National Dean’s List Award.

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Robotics update

Shahrum Ali — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:03:01 +0000

While winter sports are finishing up, Robotics Team is starting to prepare for this year’s competition.
The weekend of March 6 marks the start of this year’s regional competition. The team will start by traveling to Portland for their first face-off, and then later to the Seattle Key Arena for the second. The team has been preparing most of fall, have already shipped their robot, and spent the last few weeks planning strategies.
Despite being only around for a short three years, the team shows an impressive record. 2006, the year the team first formed, they took the Rookie All Star Award in Atlanta. In 2007, doubling in awards, they were a regional finalist and also took the Safety award, honoring safety features in design. Last year, they took another finalist spot in Seattle and also won the Imagery award, rewarding presentation and spirit.
Every year, the producers of the competition, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) throw in an extra twist to challenge their competitors According to Team 1778 Co-President Brandon Crader, their year’s challenge is a slippery playing field. “The floor is like ice,” he said. “There’s almost no friction. They always add a twist to the end to make it more fair.”
For now, the most important factor for the team is more recognition. Crader and his team are looking for more recognition of their club. “We’ve been looking for a lot of support from our school,” he said. “So that they can see our accomplishments.”

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Hawkeye » robotics

Robotics regionally recognized

Robotics update