AC Robotics Teams Compete at Local FIRST Robotics Competitions
Posted on December 19th, 2019 by acsrochesterFour AC robotics teams recently competed in local FIRST robotics competitions. Representing the Lower School in the FIRST Lego Robotics City Shaper challenge, were the “Wolf Pack” and the “Lightning Boltz”, led by AC faculty member Donna Chaback. Teresa Parsons, with the help of AC parent John Palomaki, led our middle school team, the “AC Aces”, while the upper school team, “Team 11779”, led by Phil Schwartz and Maya Crosby, competed in the FIRST Tech Challenge.
The “Lightning Boltz” team received the Rising Star award at the competition. This award is given to rookie teams that show promise to go on and do great things. Nice job Boltz!
The “AC Aces” alliance lost their semi-finals match to the eventual tournament champions. It was an excellent first run of the year, and we look forward to participating in the Corning Qualifying event on January 12th.
“Team 11779” had a successful event, participating in the final qualifying matches with teams that consistently qualify for the state level tournaments.
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- The middle school AC Aces team shares their “Vend-A-Vest” innovative project repurposing newspaper vending boxes to provide low-cost reflective vests for bikers to decrease the number of bike crashes in the city of Rochester each year.
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- The Upper School team practicing.
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- The upper school team ready to compete!
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- Lower school teams are ready for the robot game!
