{"id":1044,"date":"2008-03-20T11:58:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T17:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/haz-central-robohawks-advance-in-first-robotics-st-louis-regional\/"},"modified":"2008-03-20T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-20T17:58:05","slug":"haz-central-robohawks-advance-in-first-robotics-st-louis-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"Haz. Central Robohawks Advance in FIRST Robotics St. Louis Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hazelwood Central High School Robohawks advanced to the semifinal round at the 2008 For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics St. Louis Regional competition.<\/p>\n

The team placed 21st out of 45 teams from around the Midwest in solo competition but other, higher-placed teams selected the Robohawks during the alliance portion of the contest. During the allied phase, Hazelwood Central\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s team made it to the last semi-final round, falling just a few points shy of making it to the final match. This year also marked the first time that all three Hazelwood high schools participated in the regional robotics contest.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Robohawks took home the Rookie All-Star Award after their robot, In Theory, made positive impressions on several teams and judges. This year brought a new contest and a new robot, Reality Check.<\/p>\n

“Things have gone really, really well,” said Hazelwood Central sophomore Christopher Viers from the pit area on the second day of competition. “We have done a great showcase of our robot; we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re having fun and doing our best.”<\/p>\n

The contest involved a 54-foot by 27-foot oval track divided by a fence into a red side and a blue side. Crossing the fence is an \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcoverpass\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 marking each side\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finish line. Teams had to maneuver around the track manipulating red and blue trackballs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c putting them on the overpass or knocking opponents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 trackballs from the overpass for points. Crossing lane markers and finish lines also scored points.<\/p>\n

Each round has two scoring periods. One is a 15-second period where the robot drives itself according to a pre-programmed sequence of moves and the machines travel in a counter-clockwise direction. A two-minute period follows where the robots respond to radio-controlled signals from student drivers who stand at either end of the field. <\/p>\n

In the bay next to Central\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pit area, the Hazelwood East High School Spartans Robotics worked on their machine. Students sporting burgundy and gold T-shirts and white <\/p>\n

T-shirts that read WHNI which stood for, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWe Have No Idea,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 worked on their machine with some help from a team from Indiana.<\/p>\n

Problems happened to the Wildbots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 robot from Hazelwood West High, too.<\/p>\n

“Something happened to our left wheel, it stopped working,” said junior Stephanie Felts of the Wildbots team. “Since we finally got it up to speed, students from Central have been helping us out. We have been grateful for the help.”<\/p>\n

“One of the biggest challenges is, we have a lot of new students this year learning systems like pneumatics and electronics,” said East science teacher Dan Hiebert, who leads the Spartans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Robotics Club. He added that a lot of his students from last year graduated. The latest obstacle was working with the robot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arm welds, which broke during a previous match. <\/p>\n

“It has been a definite learning experience,” Hiebert added. By Saturday, the Spartans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fortunes had improved, they won matches and both East\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and West\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s robots ended up on the short list of teams with robots on standby in case something fatal befell one of the robots in the semi-final and final rounds. <\/p>\n

As the final day of competition continued, the Robohawks became more enthused about Reality Check\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chances of making it all the way through.
\n “It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great; we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re excited,” said senior Zach Robinson. “We would like to go to the finals; we think we can make it. Our robot is in good shape, so we think we have a chance!”
\n Randy Guinther, one of the industrial technology teachers and a Wildbots sponsor at Hazelwood West High, commented on West\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first robotics competition.
\n “We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to be ready to go so we are ready to fill in,” he said of their standby role. We did a great job considering it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our rookie year. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little sad that we weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t selected in the allied finals; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a great experience though.”
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