Robotics teams headed to state

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 5:26 pm

Team SweepCo’s Isabel Bustos, Lilli Gonzales, Jacob Rushin and Cody Frie show off their first place and sweepstakes high point winning intermediate invention during Tuesday’s Robotics Night at Jacksboro Middle School. SweepCo and at least three other JMS robotics teams will advance to the state competition.

Several Jacksboro Middle School students will participate in the state robotics competition.

Teams who placed first and second in the area competition advanced. JMS swept the inventions category, taking first and second in both the intermediate (grades 4-8) and advanced classifications (grades 9-12).

The advanced inventions Clean Team made up of Wil Anderson, Aaron Harmonson, Riley Miller and Zach Sharp placed first with a buffer bot that shines floors.

The intermediate inventions SweepCo team made up of Isabel Bustos, Cody Frie, Lilli Gonzales and Jacob Rushin took first and sweepstakes high point overall with their robot that sweeps floors.

Placing second for advanced inventions were Niahmya DeSantiago, Jaci Gann, Ailsa Marufo and Kennedy Swan with Botler, Inc. and their robot which delivers items in a basket.

The team placing second in intermediate inventions was Par-tee-of Fore consisting of Traci Berend, Destiny Moore, Tradyn Reynolds and Laina Veatch. Their robot retrieves golf balls off of a driving range.

The third place advanced arena team the Helpin’ Fellas — Trey Laake, Edwin Salazar, Randall Hamilton and Caiden Vasquez are in the running to advance as a wildcard.

The date and location for the state competition has not yet been determined, but robotics teacher Jennifer Newby said it should be sometime mid-May in the Austin area.