DHS robotics team competes in VEX World Championship in California Two robotics teams from Danbury High School headed to California at the end of April to compete in the Vex Robotics World Championship. Danbury’s E-team finished 55 of 86 teams in the math division, winning four of its last five matches. Team D finished 23 of 86 in the arts division. D-team finished 14th in the world for Vex driving skills. The teams competed statewide earlier in the statewide, earning two of the six slots to the event from Connecticut. Erik Savoyski, DHS Technology Education Teacher and the team’s adviser was awarded Volunteer of the Year, as he serves a referee at all the state events. The team dedicated hundreds of hours toward building and programming their three world-class robots. VEX Robotics is the fastest growing robotics platform in the world. VEX comes up with a new game to play every year, this year it is “Toss Up,” which is played on a 12-foot by 12-foot perimeter with two scoring zones and two goals, which teams attempt to score two sizes of balls into. Teams are broken into alliances of two to strategize for the 15-second autonomous and 1:45-minute driver periods. The DHS Honors Robotics class engages students in science, technology, engineering and math, helping prepare students for tomorrow’s high-tech workplace. Students taking the course have the opportunity to join the competitive robotics club, Team 5150. Working within the VEX robotics platform, the team has competed across Connecticut and New England for the past four years and qualified for the VEX World Championships three years in a row, first in Orlando, Fla. and twice in Anaheim. Students on the team learn skills such as planning, brainstorming, collaboration, and teamwork in response to the challenges and obstacles. Problems are solved by individual efforts, or through interaction with their teammates and mentors. They experience firsthand the discipline of completing projects within timeframes. Robotics represents the perfect storm of applied physics, computer programming, integrated problem solving, networking, and leadership. #Danbury Board of Education#
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 14:22:07 +0000
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