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Robotics => Robotics News => Topic started by: Tyler on January 27, 2009, 05:00:04 pm

Title: Vex Robotics Competition Report from Lansdale, PA
Post by: Tyler on January 27, 2009, 05:00:04 pm

Vex Robotics Competition Report from Lansdale, PA
     


Foster Schucker of non-profit educational robotics organization STEMRobotics sent us a report on
the recent
Vex Robotics
scrimmage at Christopher Dock Mennonite
High
School in Lansdale, PA.

Cheers, groans and loud music filled the Christopher Dock Mennonite High
School gymnasium as robotic creations battled is a 12 foot square
arena.

Roboteers, coaches and families from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania filled the gymnasium with robots and teams dressed in
colorful costumes. The 18 inch 20 pound metal and plastic robots ranged
from Team 555’s simple tank robot to Team 631's ultra complex
“Strike
Freedom” - a robot capable of picking up 10 cubes at a
time.

  Foster also sent links to not
just one but two
galleries full of photos from the event. From the look of it, there
are a lot of potential roboticists at Christopher Dock High School. Read
on for Foster's full report with more details of the event and the final
scores.
   

http://robots.net/article/2742.html