Huntington County 4-H Robotics and Crestview Middle School, Thunderbirds FIRST LEGO League finishes in the top five at Hammond, IN qualifier today. The team won a technical award for Best Robot Design. There are four main scoring categories: Teamwork, Technical Robot Presentation, Smart Move Project Presentation and Robot Performance. Teams are selected based on overall scoring in each of the four main categories of which Thunderbirds FLL 3669 scored highest in Technical Robot Presentation. Due to the nature of the competition core values, it is unknown the exact ranking of the top five in a qualifier other than they have succeed in all four categories above to advance onward. The State Finals will be held at the IPFW campus December 12th. Approximately 48 other teams out of about 150 teams total in the State of Indiana will complete for Championship title for Indiana. Only 1 to 2 teams move onward to Atlanta in April where the World Finals will crown the World Champion LEGO team for Smart Move.
More information about State Finals:
http://www.etcs.ipfw.edu/fll/
National FLL website:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll/default.aspx?id=970
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Huntington County 4-H Robotics and Crestview Middle School will take their first “rookie” team to Hammond, IN this weekend, Saturday, November 14th to compete at the Indiana State Qualifier rounds for FIRST LEGO league this season. FIRST LEGO League (FLL) started for Huntington 4-H Robotics 9 weeks ago when the international challenge theme was released world wide called “Smart Move”. This theme challenges the team to think of innovate ways to look at how things are moved in this world and come up with solutions to everyday problems.
Also part of the Smart Move theme is a robotics competition built entirely of LEGOs with a programmable computer that the kids learn to program using feedback sensors to accomplish missions for points.
Thunderbirds will compete against 20 other teams in the Indiana region in hopes of advancing to the State Championship held at IPFW in Fort Wayne, IN coming December 12th, 2009.
Members of the team include: Students Henry Easley, Quinten Lintz, Brooke Elston, Jason Hart, Drew Kennedy, Austin Kennedy, Sarah Jernigan, Kyler McVoy, Elijah Chesterman, Jiosa Johnson, Jacob Hunnicutt Adults: Coach Paul Hart, Engineering Mentor Chris Elston and Teacher Sponsor Mr. Travis Bollinger.
For more information about the State Qualifier:
http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/technology/first-lego-league-information/
For more information about the State Championship:
http://www.etcs.ipfw.edu/fll/
