The Kinetic Knights robotics team is gearing up for the kick-off of this year's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) challenge. The game will be revealed Saturday morning at the Holiday Inn, Kincardine.
The team then has six weeks to build a robot that will play the game at two district competitions, possibly advancing to Ontario and then world competition.
Meanwhile, the team hosted a successful FIRST LEGO League regional at Kincardine District Secondary School, Saturday, Nov. 24.
Six elementary school teams competed, including two from Huron Heights, Kincardine, two from Collingwood, one from Sauble, and one from Headwaters Academy near Thornbury.
Their challenge was to identify a problem for a person spending a long time in space travel, and then provide a solution to that problem. Each team produced a robot that completed several maneuvers to do with space travel, as well as a project, and discussed FLL core values pertaining to the challenge, with the judges.
The Mighty Martians compete at the Kincardine FLL regional tournament
The Kinetic Knights and friends provided some half-time entertainment just after the lunch break.
The Kinetic Knights and friends do some dancing during half-time at the Kincardine FLL regional
At the end of the day, the NASA Nerds of Collingwood won the Champions Award, while Synergy of Huron Heights, Kincardine, won the Robot Design and Robot Performance Awards, the Mighty Martians of Collingwood won the Project Award, and the Sauble Storm of Sauble won the Core Values Award.
Nathan Williams received the Volunteer Award, and Gwen Cavasotto won the Mentor Award.
More dancing by the Kinetic Knights and friends; video by David Dadson
The Kinetic Knights also held a successful spaghetti dinner fund-raiser at the Kincardine Legion, Friday, Nov. 30, serving about 80 people.
And finally, Wal-Mart Port Elgin presented the team with a corporate donation of $1,000.
January 2, 2019
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