Month: February 2019

These robots have a cool stinger on the back of the robot to capture another playing piece.

Lots and lots of driver skill going on there!

The results and awards for the 2019 CR Robotics Roundup

• Tournament Champions – 8890B IronRAMS B John Dickinson High School
• Tournament Champions – 8890A IronRAMS A John Dickinson High School
• Tournament Finalist – 3348A Indians Indian River High School
• Tournament Finalist – 3348B Indians Indian River High School
• Judges Award – 3348C Indians Indian River High School

16 Teams attended

High School Results

• Excellence Award – 3389C TEC-Tigers Wicomico County Robotics Club
• Tournament Champions – 3389E Tec-Tigers Wicomico County Robotics Club
• Tournament Champions – 3389C TEC-Tigers Wicomico County Robotics Club
• Tournament Finalist – 28724X West Nottingham Academy Maroon
• Tournament Finalist – 8890A IronRAMS A John Dickinson High School
• Design Award – 3389A TEC-Tigers Wicomico County Robotics Club
• Judges Award – 8890A IronRAMS A John Dickinson High School
• Robot Skills Champion – 28724X West Nottingham Academy Maroon

Middle School Results

• Excellence Award – 90967F Springer F – Mickey Bean Springer Middle School
• Tournament Champions – 8890C IronRAMS C John Dickinson Middle School
• Tournament Champions – 90967F Springer F – Mickey Bean Springer Middle School
• Tournament Finalist – 90967D Springer D – French Fries Springer Middle School
• Tournament Finalist – 90967C Springer C – Zebra Springer Middle School
• Design Award – 90967A Springer A – Crikey Springer Middle School
• Judges Award – 4333B Gänger P.S. duPont Middle School
• Robot Skills Champion – 90967C Springer C – Zebra Springer Middle School

We are all pretty excited about our robots and how many points they can score.

Here is a video of a robot doing 22 points (stacking both yellow bonus hubs and a high hang).

Something to think about and work on as we enter the last month of competition!

22 Point Next Level video

Mt Pleasant Elementary was host of the largest event this season with 22 teams in attendance.

Roboteers have a few events of experience so there were more high scores and some new modifications that are starting to appear.

Overall averages were up this week. Today’s high score was 18, with hangs and scoring both bonus hubs stacked! At the end of the qualifications the standings were:

Ranking	Team Name	Average Score
1	Lombardy Google	13
2	Claymont Boeing	12.67
3	Lombardy Tesla	11.89
4	Maple Lane Rocky	11.0
5	Hanby Beetles	10.89

In the finals the 9th alliance of Claymont Lenovo and Pixar surprised the crowd with their 14 point showing. (Their prior averages were 7 and 8 points). Their lead held for 4 more finals when the third alliance of Hanby Beetles and Claymont Tesla tied them. In the tie breaker Tesla and the Beetles had three more points.

The Tournament Winners were Claymont Boeing and Lombardy Google with a high of 19.

Second place teams were Hanby Beetles and Claymont Tesla.

On the judged award side, the Claymont Lenovo robot took the design award with their fork with gears supporting the inside edge. They were able to make some last minute parks with the setup. They are also working on a motor driven hook that shows promise.

The build award went to the Hanby Hornets for their combo H drive and four bar linkage. The judges chose Maple Lane Shadow Knights for their unique scoop along the front.

Thanks to Mary Flowers and Jackie Chesworth our lead mentors and the staff of Mt Pleasant Elementary for pulling off such a great event. Thanks to the five parents that pitched in to be score keepers. And to Michell Kutch and Jason Heller for being our announcer and making sure the event ran smoothly.

Thanks to Steve and Foster from STEM Robotics keeping all the electronics and scoring running smoothly. And a special thanks to all the teams that brought fields to the event.

Our next IQ events are the first weekend in March with 1 March being the Claymont Friday night event and 2 March at Georgetown Elementary.

The Rt 9 Library and Innovation Center was the venue for their annual event “Innobots”. This years event almost doubled in size with 14 teams in attendance. We ran two fields in the Blackbox theater so each team got a chance to play with all the other teams.

About a third of the teams had been to prior events, Saturday was the debut of all the Lancashire teams, Team Orion, Prometheus and our host robots from Rt 9 Library, Savage and Newton.

Today’s high score was 18, with hangs and scoring both bonus hubs stacked! At the end of the qualifications the standings were:

Ranking	Team Name	Average Score
1	Claymont Boeing	10.56
2	Claymont Tesla	9.11
3	Hanby Beetles	8.44
4	Team Orion	7.67
5	Hanby Hornets	7.67
6	Lancashire Gazels	7.56

The 7 finals runs went very fast. The second seed of Hanby Hornets and the Lancashire Gazelles showcased the Hornets ability to high hang to score a 12., The Claymont duo of Tesla and Boeing in the last finals racked up a 12 to TIE! A tie breaker had Gazelles / Hornets scoring 10 for a total of 22. Tesla and Boeing came back with a strong 12 to take the event with 24 points.

Team Orion took the build award with the unique drive base and arm, the robot can push two and carry one hub at a time. The judges award went to Rt 9 Savage for their simplistic arm and scoop. The extended arm and pointer was able to flip both bonus hubs off in most matches.

Thanks to Pam Stevens for running the event!

Our Referees: Jessi Glassco & Shuntea Langley

Staff support from: Yumarys Polanco-Miller, Albert Grant, Robin Kondzielawa and Shante Watson

Thanks to STEM Robotics: Steve and Foster for producing the event.

See you at the next event on Saturday 9 February at Mt Pleasant Elementary School from 8:30 until 3 PM