Photo Credit: Ayden Adair
Out of 47 teams, Ridgebotics received 2nd place at the Colorado Regional tournament held in Magnus Arena, at the University of Denver. They will be participating in the Worlds championships in Houston, Texas on April 19. It will be the team’s first time attending this highest level of competition in Robotics, of the six years Ridgebotics has become official at the school. “The Worlds championship has been a dream for the past six years and feels surreal to have won an event to qualify,” said Ayden Adair, co-driver for the team’s robot.
The competition will be live streamed for schools and families to support Ridgebotics from home. “I am excited for this trip because it will be the last time to spend time with the seniors who are ending their journey at the highest honor in the F.I.R.S.T Robotics Competition,” said Adair. The live stream for the competition can be found at this link.
Countless hours dedicated to the fabrication of the robot from scratch has involved personally cut and welded metal designing, pneumatics, vision coding, and chain fed all weighing about 120 pounds. “Each individual puts in about 250 hours during the week and even more outside,” stated Adair. “ It will feel extremely good to see results after thousands of man hours involved.”
The Worlds championship is a global event drawing more than 250 robotics teams from over twenty countries. It is a highly competitive four-day event that has received global recognition. Members hope to receive the opportunity to compete on Einstein Field with the remaining finalist teams after the qualification matches. Adair claims that with current trends of the team, they have a good chance of making the elimination matches and are excited to be competing against famous world class teams.
Kaitlyn Philavanh • Apr 27, 2017 at 8:35 am
Well written and informative without getting too lengthy. It was also really neat to see the accomplishments of fellow students here at Fossil!
Citlalli Garcia • Apr 27, 2017 at 8:18 am
I like how the article is short and gives information about the competition, how Fossil did and what the world championship is all about.
Kaley Himler • Apr 27, 2017 at 8:03 am
I like this article because Ridgebotics is not really looked at a lot and a lot of people just ignore it but it gives good information and gives a good stand point from the ridgebotics guys.
Eric Haabestad • Apr 27, 2017 at 8:02 am
I would like to know about the events and what the team competed in and which event they won to qualify for worlds. The entire premise is incredibly interesting to me since I competed in Lego Robotics in elementary and middle school, but this is an entire new kind of competition.
Brandon Cates • Apr 27, 2017 at 7:58 am
Seeing our team competing on TV in the cafeteria gave us the sense of pride in our team seeing them go all the way
Farhan • Apr 27, 2017 at 7:51 am
Great article with all the who, what, when , where, and why in the first paragraph but I feel that the link to the live stream should be in the first paragraph as people might miss it.