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Robofest Competition (4-18-08 Ann Arbor, and 4-26-08 at Lawrence Technological University)

Thanks to Frank Przybylo and Joel Stein (parent) for sponsoring the ROMS’s robotics club. 


The Nuclear Apple Corps, ROMS’s team, earned first place in two categories (Exhibition – with the Painting Robot, and Sumo – with Fluffy the Sumo Robot) during last Friday’s (4-18-08) competition.  On April 26, 2008 they are moving on to the World Robofest Championship where they will compete with teams from other states and several countries.  Way to go!!!


 

 UPDATE

On April 26, 2008, ROMS’s robotics team competed in the World Robofest Championship Competition at Lawrence Technological University.

The competition from Korea, England, France, Canada and the United States was brutal and fierce.  Fluffy, our Sumo Robot, earned first place in North America and second in the World Senior Division (10th, 11th & 12th grade teams)!  Our painting robot, in the Exhibition Category, earned third place.

Along with trophies and school pride the teams earned $6,000.00 in scholarships!

 Autonomous Painting Robot (Exhibition Category): Yes, the robot has a roller, tray, and it paints flat surfaces!Autonomous Painting Robot (Exhibition Category): Yes, the robot has a roller, tray, and it paints flat surfaces!
ROMS 1st place winners in the Sumo and Exhibition categories!: The competition is sponsored by Lawrence Technological UniversityROMS 1st place winners in the Sumo and Exhibition categories!: The competition is sponsored by Lawrence Technological University
 The Nuclear Apple Corps Team (ROMS's team name)The Nuclear Apple Corps Team (ROMS's team name)
Fluffy (our robot): The student-built sumo (as in wrestling) robot where the goal is to push the other robot out of the ring.Fluffy (our robot): The student-built sumo (as in wrestling) robot where the goal is to push the other robot out of the ring.
 Fluffy, our undetectable stealth robot has foam walls so the opponents’ sensor beam gets absorbed. So Fluffy is invisible!: Fluffy fools opponents in the sumo ring by the attached edge to its front. Other robots think they have reached the edge of the wrestling ring and back up and up and up…indefinitely. They fall. We win!Fluffy, our undetectable stealth robot has foam walls so the opponents’ sensor beam gets absorbed. So Fluffy is invisible!: Fluffy fools opponents in the sumo ring by the attached edge to its front. Other robots think they have reached the edge of the wrestling ring and back up and up and up…indefinitely. They fall. We win!