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GHS Robotics
team earns silver
March 31, 2008
Greenville Herald Banner
Herald-Banner Staff
The Greenville
High School/L-3 Communications Robotics team won a silver
medal in another FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology) regional round competition Saturday
in New Orleans.
Member Chris
Follett said the team, known as the Robowranglers, completed
the qualifying round of the Overdrive event with an 8-1
record. The local students continued their success by
advancing through the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, but
coming up short in the finals.
A total of 47
teams from across the country were entered in the regional
event, according to Follett.
The Robowranglers
received two awards, he added. The team was presented
with the Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award for its
design of the robot entered in the competition.
John V-Neun, the
lead engineer for the team, was presented the Woody Flowers
Award as the outstanding mention of the regional
competition. V-Neun works for RackSolutions, which is
sponsor of the team, along with L-3 Communications.
The Robowranglers
consist of students and teachers from GHS, along with
engineers from RackSolutions and L-3 Communications, who
team together each year to build a robot.
Earlier this
month, the team won another regional competition in St.
Louis, qualifying it for the national championship April
17-19 in Atlanta. |
