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Country School’s Robotics Team Achieves Knighthood at ROBOnanza!
The Country School Middle School Robotics team brought home several medals after showing off their programming prowess and resilience in overcoming technological and logistical difficulties. On May 2, they traveled to Greenwich Academy for the sixth annual ROBOnanza!, a robotics competition for local independent schools. This year had a medieval theme, “Bots of the Round Table.”
Arjun Dayal took first place in the Castle Siege, the most difficult of all the challenges, while Chris Calderwood and Jack Johnson took second place in the challenge. Of the seven schools participating in ROBOnanza!, only two teams even successfully tackled this challenge.
Niki Sulkowski and Billy Warner took third place in the Jousting competition.
In addition, Arjun Dayal took third place in Running the Gauntlet, another extremely difficult challenge taken on by only a few of the robots at the ROBOnanza! His robot had to complete all the challenges, with very limited substitution of parts. It required great skill to design and build a robot that could successfully master such a wide array of challenges.
Rakesh Conway and Charlie Gosk’s robot was on the road to victory when it unexpectedly dropped and could not be put back together in time. In addition, Caitlin Neafsey, Dania Zein, Menna Delva, Maggie Ruvinsky and Amitav Nott all accomplished personal bests, programming their robots and making changes on the spot. Shane Carbin and Henry Katis also found success and overcame considerable programming challenges. Last but in not way least, Lila-Vivi Fagel was unfortunately ill this weekend, but has worked hard with the team all year!
All team members took home certificates for successfully completing challenges on the “Squire” Level.
Middle School Robotics Team Members:
Christopher Calderwood
Shane Carbin
Rakesh Conway
Arjun Dayal
Menna Delva
Lila Vivi Fagel
Charlie Gosk
Jack Johnson
Henry Katis
Caitlin Neafsey
Amitav Nott
Maggie Ruvinsky
Nikki Sulkowski
Billy Warner
Dania Zein
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