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Press Release

Deb Allen

Medina County “Robofest 2012”

Local Qualifying Competition

On Saturday, March 3, 2012, the “Robofest 2012” Local Qualifying Competition, sponsored by the Medina County Schools’ ESC, was held at the Medina County University Center. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Students in Grades 4-8 competed in one of three categories: Exhibition, RoboFashion/Dance, or Robots to the Rescue.

Students competing in Exhibition built and programmed their robots in any fashion they wanted as long as the program used science or math in its presentation.

Teams that competed in RoboFashion and Dance choreographed multiple robots as well as their own dance moves to music.

Robots to the Rescue set up the premise that there was an earthquake, and in order to save “people” from the top of the buildings, “rocks” had to be removed. Teams programmed their robots to use light, touch, and sound sensors to accomplish these tasks.

Teams advancing to the Regional Robofest Competition will submit a video of their presentation for judging. World Championships will be held at Lawrence Technological University in Michigan on May 19.

Winners of the qualifying competition are as follows:

RoboFashion/Dance

Robo Waiters - Sharon Elementary (Highland Local Schools)

Claire Dickerson

Tyler Madison

Andrew Michaels

Joey Sewell

Junior Game - “Robots to the Rescue”

Waite Earthquake Rescue- Waite Elementary School (Medina City Schools)

Ryan Block

Emily Gacek

Alex Miller

Hailie Payne

Technobees – Claggett Middle School (Medina City Schools)

John Fonseca

Joe Gamin

Patrick McIntyre

Junior Exhibition

Robonerds - Highland Middle School (Highland Local Schools)

Jackson Carriero

Boyd Colbrunn

John Maglosky

Nathan Upole

Sam Zeleznik

Robotic NXT (National Xtinguisher Team) - Sharon Elem. School (Highland Local)

Grace Fischer

Justin Haag

Gregory Karwowski

Spencer Phillips

The Robo Nerds – Independent (Medina City Schools)

Tyler Brocato

Andy Ziogas

Snack Attack - Waite Elementary School (Medina City Schools)

Logan Gormley

Jeff Hurst

Claire Johnson

Andrew Kotick

Anne-Marie Shimko

Christian West

Robofest robot logo.jpg Robofest is a program and registered trademark of Lawrence Technological University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Math and Computer Science.