GEAR wins four awards at 2024 NRC!
The following GEAR members participated at the 2024 National Robotics Challenge, April 18 to 20.
Robot Maze Contest
Ginny Goodall: Bronze Award, robot maze, middle school division
Anthony Fioritto: robot maze, high school division.
Rescue Robot Contest
Collette Johnson (team captain), Sam Geraci (operator) and Noah Lear : Gold Award, rescue robot, middle school division
Janna Winningham (team captain), Lena Wright (operator), Molly Moidell and Mandi Petonic: Silver Award, rescue robot, middle school division
Honda Innovation Award
Janna Winningham, Lena Wright, Molly Moidell and Mandi Petonic were awarded the Honda Innovation Award for their Rescue Robot entry. This is the top award given each year at the NRC.
CLICK HERE for a video of the awards ceremony.
CLICK HERE for a short video of a portion of the interview for the award.
At the awards ceremony the presenter said our team's passion for their work set them apart.
8th grade Rescue Robot team (from left to right): Molly Moidell, Janna Winningham, Lena Wright and Mandi Petonic
6th grade Rescue Robot team (from left to right): Sam Geraci, Collette Johnson, Noah Lear
Ginny Goodall, robot maze, middle school division, Bronze Award
CLICK HERE for a video of Ginny's winning run at the contest.
Anthony Fioritto, robot maze, high school divison.
In practice the day of the contest, Anthony's robot was able to run the complete maze. During his three runs during the contest, his robot did not complete the maze, although his last run came very close. Anthony spent many hours developing his code for the maze, which contained more than 250 lines in C-language.
CLICK HERE for a video of Anthony's last two runs at the contest.
8th grade Rescue Robot climbs the stairs to pick up the ball at the top.
CLICK HERE for a video of robot picking up the ball.
6th grade Rescue Robot grabs the ball in the gravel pit. The robot has a centrifugal blower that draws a large volume of air into the tube at the front of the robot. When the tube is near a ball, it is sucked into the tube.
Rescue Robot Videos
Our two teams played against each other three times to determine Gold and Silver Awards
CLICK HERE First match - 6th grade team wins
CLICK HERE Second match - 8th grade team wins
CLICK HERE Third match - 6th grade team wins - Gold Award!
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