Monday, April 25, 2011
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) hosted its fourth annual USI Robotics Competition
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Jessie Bowen Student Worker News & Information Services 812/465-1192 Thirty-nine teams, nearly 150 students, participated in this year's competition. The competition has grown roughly 40 percent since it started in 2008. Teams of up to four worked together to design, build, and program a LEGO Mindstorms robot. This year's objective was "A Mission to Mars." Students were asked to develop a LEGO robot to navigate a Martian mining site to clean up debris, harvest ore, and deactivate an emergency beacon. Three divisions were in the competition-Middle School RCX, Middle School NXT, and High School. RCX is an older model of LEGO Mindstorms and NXT is the newer model. Awards were given to the top three in each division. Middle School RCX Division Mutated Bears, St. Joseph School (first place) Sydney Allison Ashley Egler Cole Lannert Nick Will RCX-perts, St. Joseph School (second place) Matthew Ondash Brant Rexing Jacob Schapker Rocky Rovers, St. Joseph School (third place) Tanner Rexing Tabitha Schaefer Abby Stratman Abigail Tenhumberg Middle School NXT Division Servo Sisters, Castle South Middle School (first place) Betsy Richardson Casey Richardson WE PB & JS, Helfrich Park STEM Academy (second place) Patrick Barchett William Elfreich Jakob Scott Mindstorm Maniacs, St. John the Baptist (third place) John Kalt Nathaniel Schadler Matthew Schadler Brett Weyer High School Division Brainyaches, Homeschool (first place) Josh Duncan Dacie Lindner Stephanie Schutte Rachel Shopmeyer Java the Hut, Homeschool (second place) Nick Biever Alex Flick Jacob Marino Isaac Morris Robo-Vikes, North Posey High School (third place) Nathan Buchanan Brian Kaetzel Pascal Maier The competition was organized and run by USI ASME with the support of the faculty, staff, and students in the USI Department of Engineering. With the USI Robotics Competition, students have the opportunity to learn about foundational elements of the robotics field by designing, testing, and implementing LEGO robotic systems. "I want to thank volunteers from USI ASME, the engineering department, and Alpha Kappa Psi," said Ken Schnautz, coordinator of USI RC and president of USI ASME Student Chapter. "We had 21 volunteers from USI running the four and a half hour event." Photos of the competition can be found at https://picasaweb.google.com/usiasme/USIRC11 |
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