FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Team GloboRoboTron Won 2009 Smart Moves NC FLL Region 1 Competition on
January 23, 2010
January 23, 2010 --
Team GloboRoboTron from Bryson City won the North Carolina First Lego League
Region 1 Tournament held on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Western Carolina
University. The GloboRobotron team is made up of students at Swain High School,
Swain Middle School, Mountain Discovery Charter School, and home schooled.
GloboRoboTron is not sponsored through any particular school, but is a
non-profit organization to help the youth in Swain County to participate in
science, engineering, and technology activities including the robotic
competitions. Shay Marceau, team captain, and a freshman at Swain High School,
lead her team to two victories at the tournament. The team’s robot won 1st
place in Robot Design and they earned the top score in the Robot Mission Runs
running away with the top place with their robot scoring the most points at the
tournament winning the 1st place trophy for Robot Performance. Each
team member had a part in the competition. There are 4 phases of the
competition: Teamwork, Project, Robot Design, and Robot Performance.
For the project GloboRoboTron put on a skit about the dangers of Drowsy
Driving. The dressed up as Crash Test Dummies and designed Crash Test Cars.
Matt Mordhorst and Brandon Penely as Crash Test Dummy BoBo and Fud were
narrators for the “Drowsy Driving is for Dummies” skit. Vance Tyson as Crash
Test Dummy Dave Doge was the driver of the Crash Test Car with the HALT (Human
Alertness Level Test) with his passenger George Cruise as Crash Test Dummy
Buster. Rye Hester was Crash Test Dummy Chili Pepper who was in the engine of
the car running the flashing headlights. Shay Marceau as Tina the Crash Test
Dummy was in a separate Crash Test car without the HALT system that crashed
while "driving drowsy". The HALT system was played by Jesse Hart as Crash Test
Dummy Hal T. The team members enjoyed creating their Crash Test Cars and Crash
Test Dummy uniforms.
For the Robot Design, the judges were impressed with GloboRoboTron mindstorm
robot that used binary logic to straighten itself and had a unique steering
system. The team was ecstatic to win the 1st place trophy for Robot
Design.
The main portion of the competition was for Robot Performance in 2.5 minute runs
to see how many points the team can receive through completed missions.
GloboRoboTron scored more points than the other teams.
Shay Marceau with the help of Brandon Penely ran the table, starting their robot
for each mission run. George Cruise and Vance Tyson helped to keep score to
match up with the judges score, Jesse Hart was the team time keeper, with the
other team members, Matt Mordhorst and Rye Hester, cheering the team on for each
robot run. The team enjoyed the cheering from their parents while competing.
Without the parents the kids would not have been able to work as much as they
did on their robot and their project.
Since GloboRoboTron won 1st place they will be advancing to NC FLL
State Championship at the Greensboro Coliseum on February 20, 2009.
Team GloboRoboTron would like to extend thanks to Nantahala Cabins, the Swain
County Chamber of Commerce, and the Swain Rescue Squad for meeting space. We
would like to thank Lowe’s of Sylva with the help with the Crash Test Dummy
Uniforms and the Swain County Community Foundation for the grant to purchase the
additional Lego materials needed in helping us win the 1st place
Robot Design Trophy. We would also like to thank Nantahala Canopy Tours for our
team building session.
If anyone is interested in joining or helping with Team GloboRoboTron please
contact Coach Jeanette Marceau at (828) 488-1622. Kids between the ages of 9
-14 are eligible to join the First Lego League Team and would be welcomed. Any
High School age students that are interested in forming a High School Robotics
team for the 2010 First Tech Challenge season are welcome to call.
Congratulations and Good Luck GloboRoboTron at the FLL NC State Championship!
For More Information Contact:
GloboRoboTron
580 Nantahala Cabins Lane, Bryson City, NC, 28713
Tel: (828)488-1622
FAX: (828)488-1433
Internet:
info@globorobotron.com
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