Robotics teams from the tri-state area competed in the "Brunswick Eruption."
"The Warhawks," the J.P. Stevens High School Robotics Team, competed at the FIRST Robotics Competition at North Brunswick High School. Pictured are, back row, adviser Kevin Kearney; team members Jay Patel and Daniel Zhou, mentors Adam Krauze and Mandev Singh; middle row: Grace Wu, Omer Shah, Yash Sanghvi, Maharshi Patel and Matthew Krauze; kneeling, William Li and Samarth Patel; and Alison Kearney, foreground.NORTH BRUNSWICK -- Last weekend, the North Brunswick Township High School First Robotics Competition Team, the Raider Robotix, hosted "Brunswick Eruption," its 15th annual off-season FIRST Robotics Competition.
FIRST Teams from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania competed, guiding their robots through this year's challenge called "Stronghold." The medieval-themed challenge required teams to program their robots to overcome obstacles and launch foam balls into castle-like goals.
An alliance formed by T.E.S.T. Team from Bridgewater-Raritan High School in Bridgewater, Nemesis from Robbinsville High School, Xtreme Heat from Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, and the Mechanical Marauders from Bay Shore Senior High School in New York were the day's winners.
Additional awards went to Kathryn Rogers of The MidKnight Inventors from Plainsboro, who received the Kumu Mentor Award for her "passion and dedication" in leading her team; Team Mercury from Hightstown, winner of the Gracious Professionalism "Mahalo" Award for lending tools and parts to their competitors and helping them repair their robots; the East Brunswick Astraea Robotics, recipients of the Future Glory Award, given to new teams; and David Zahler and Karen Ramsden-Zahler from the Raider Robotix, who received The Big Kahuna Award, given to volunteers for their year-round commitment.
The newest FRC challenge will be announced in early January. Once the challenge is issued robotics teams will have only six weeks to design, build and test a robot to meet and compete in a new round of competitions.
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