Bomb Squad begins First World Competition in Houston

Bomb Squad begins First World Competition in Houston

Gearing up to take on the world’s best, Mountain Home Career Academies’ robotics team, the Bomb Squad, is in Houston, Texas for the First Robotics World Championship Competition. Fifteen students left at four yesterday morning to compete with 600 teams from around the world. Of the eight divisions, the Bomb Squad is currently second in its division and last year the team managed to be top 150 out of 3,500 teams in the world, putting them in the …

The robotics team, Tigers 6652, of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León obtained its pass to the FIRST Championship after obtaining the Impact Award at the FIRST Robotics Competition in Kansas City. UANL students are now preparing to participate in one of the world’s leading robotics championships, which will be held from April 16-19 in Houston, Texas. At least 500 teams from different countries participate in the FIRST Championship with the a…

5 teams of high school students participate in the world stage of the Robotics Championship. The Alphatronic team of “Transylvania College” from Cluj arrives in the USA. The First Tech Challenge takes place in Houston, USA, on April 16-19. The teams representing the country are from Cuj, Ploiești, Pitești, Timișoara, Buzău. The theme of the competition, “Into The Deep,” challenges contestants to explore the depths of the oceans. Alphatronic's ro…

Team RUSH Robotics back-to-back state champions

By Wendi Reardon Price Staff Writer wprice@mihomepaper.com UNIVERSITY CENTER — Clarkston High School’s Team RUSH 27 Robotics team is heading to the FIRST World Championship this week with the team’s most recent title – state champions after winning the competition at Saginaw Valley University Center for the second consecutive year, April 3-5. “They were so excited,” said Coach Kyle Hughes. “To win our division was amazing. We have always comment…

Multiple NMRC Teams at FIRST World Championship in Houston  – R & J Broadcasting Inc.

Seven robotics teams from the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference will be competing at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston this week. Alexandria Robotics Advisor Jennie Engel, and Andy Paulson of Perham Robotics tell us what the next few days will look like for the teams in attendance.  There are multiple ways for robotics teams to qualify for state. Engel and Paulson tell us how their teams qualified, and the other ways teams ca…

Three robotics teams earn invite to Houston at state event

When it comes to high school robotics, the tri-county area can compete with the best areas of the state.