The Stephens County Middle School Robotics Team took first place for the Core Values and finished third overall against 22 other teams. This placement has allowed the SCMS robotics team to possibly advance to World’s which will be held in Massachusetts at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute this summer.
In February, the SCMS Robotics Team competed in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s FIRST LEGO Regional Championship in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In this competition, there were 8 state teams from the Southeastern region.
Four categories for competition
The competition included four categories. The Robotic Games category involved robots that were pre-programmed to accomplish a series of missions to earn points. In the Core Values category, the students had to show how they worked as a team and as a part of their community. Then in the Robotic Design category, the robots were inspected with students showing off the strongest features of their designs and programs. The last category was the Innovation Project.
This year the theme for the Innovation Project was “Masterpiece”. Participants were assigned to create a new product or take an existing one and make changes or educate others about it.
Freedom Writer
The team’s innovative project, Freedom Writer, was designed with a fellow student and team member in mind. It would allow for the student who has no control over her fine motor skills to be able to color and draw with ease.
Sponsors
Country Financial and Farm Bureau sponsored the Middle School Team by purchasing shirts and covering the meals at the competition.
The SCMS team members are Easton Andrews, Emmalee Cappa, Harmoni Colon, Kennedy Hurst, Aaden Lerma, Aiden Perrin, Rylee Sorrells, Myles Segers, and Maddie Grace Turner.
