Team 41 from Watchung Hills Regional High School, in Somerset, has once again signed up for the annual first Robotic Competition. The competition is expected to have around 1,500 teams participate; including teams from every state as well as, Brazil, Chile, Canada, England, Mexico and Israel. This years theme is,"Lunacy." The competition will involve a series of challenges, with ramps, speedways, platforms and twisted raceways. "Lunacy" will be played on a huge crater covered with a plastic and than in natural material from the moon also known as, regolith. The game consists of three game pieces. Moon rocks and empty cells worth two points and super ells worth fifteen points. The robot is made in a way so that it can pick up multicolored balls and latticework spheres with a diameter of eight inches. The object of the game is to suck up as many game pieces as possible and drop it in your opponents trailer as well as avoid being targeted by other players in the time given. In the end, which ever team with the least balls wins. This years challenge was revealed on Jan. 3 when officials gave out a standard kit of parts and a set of rules, with only six weeks to complete building the robot. It takes time, effort, team work and intelligence to complete this task.
Team 41 has competed since 1997 and are taking part in the regional on Feb. 26-28 at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton and March 6-8 Janvits Center in Manhattan. Hopefully Team 41 will make it to the Championship on April 16-18 in Atlanta, GA. Good luck guys!
Check out this link for more information: http://www.nj.com/reporter/index.ssf/2009/02/watchung_hills_regional_high_s_11.html
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