Two FIRST robotics teams – one made up of students from Palmyra and Hershey high schools, the other composed of students from Dauphin County Tech and Harrisburg SciTech high schools – joined forces to secure victory at the FIRST Robotics Hatboro-Horsham District Qualifier competition.
The Krypton Cougars, from Palmyra and Hershey, and Normality Zero, from the Harrisburg area, competed at an event that ran from Friday through Sunday, Feb. 28-March 2, at Hatboro-Horsham High School. They competed among 32 teams from the Mid-Atlantic District.
“With the win, both teams now have their sights set on the Mid-Atlantic District Championship at Lehigh University April 3-5,” David Walker, lead mentor and coach for the Cougars, said in an email. He noted that a trip to the World Championship in Houston, Texas, is on the line.
According to Walker’s email, the recent competition was called REEFSCAPE. Participating robotics teams raced to place coral on the reef while cleaning algae from the reef and climbing onto cages attached to a barge. Game animation is available online.
More information about FIRST Robotics and the Krypton Cougars is available online.
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