Fifty elementary students from across Martin County, Minn., teamed up for an energetic robotics competition at Truman High School the morning of Saturday, Dec. 9th.
This event required students to navigate their robots around the game field, working collaboratively to score points by placing blocks in goals, clearing the supply zone, and parking their robots. These robots are created from a kit of pre-approved parts. Students followed a set of instructions to build a base robot and then were free to create their own designs to better play the game.
This Martin County KnowHow! VEX IQ Robotics Competition saw 5th & 6th graders from the Truman, Fairmont, Martin County West, and Granada-Huntley-East Chain school districts — 50 students across 22 teams — working together to face a friendly collaborative challenge. These students spent several weeks building and learning how to operate their VEX IQ robots, and were excited to put their hard work to the test.
Congratulations to the podium finishers: 1st - That Robot + The Farmers; 2nd - Chicken Nuggies + Mischief Minion Army; 3rd- S.O. Robots + El Battery
The 22 teams were:
Stiltyz (Truman)
Goldfish (Truman)
Boti (Truman)
That Robot (Fairmont)
Girl Power (Fairmont)
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson 2.0 (Fairmont)
Chicken Nuggies (Fairmont)
Hot Pink Monkeys (Fairmont)
S.O. Robots (Fairmont)
Monster (Fairmont)
Little Timmy (Granada Huntley East Chain)
The Farmers (Granada Huntley East Chain)
El Battery (Granada Huntley East Chain)
IDK (Granada Huntley East Chain)
Billy Bob (Granada Huntley East Chain)
Da Hog Riders (Martin County West)
The Butter Flies (Martin County West)
Humans (Martin County West)
Mischief Minion Army (Martin County West)
The Sisters (Martin County West)
Walleyes (Martin County West)
Big Banana Squad (Martin County West)
Thanks to all of the students who participated, their fans who came to cheer them on, all of our adult & youth volunteers who helped put on this event, and Truman Pride for providing concessions! You’re all an important part of this fun application of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in our community.
Special thanks to our founding supporters Project 1590, Martin County Area Foundation and Kahler Automation, and additional supporters Martin County Youth Foundation and Bank Midwest.
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