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Kinetic Knights Robotics Team ready to dive into “Reefscape” challenge

Liz DadsonBy: Liz Dadson  January 5, 2025
Kinetic Knights Robotics Team ready to dive into “Reefscape” challenge
The Kinetic Knights Robotics Team of Kincardine (FRC Team 781) is ready to dive into the new FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) “Reefscape” challenge.

Revealed Saturday during kick-off, held at the Kincardine Legion, this year’s challenge requires the robot to clean up a reef by removing algae and adding coral, as well as climb to return to the water’s surface. The Kinetic Knights will have to use their engineering skills to strengthen one of the ocean’s most diverse habitats.

The match features two alliances (each made up of three robotics teams) competing, and the alliance that scores the highest number of points wins the game.



This year’s FIRST robotics challenge is called “Reefscape;” video courtesy of FIRST

With the help of their mentors, the Kinetic Knights now have about eight weeks to design, build and program a robot to meet the “Reefscape” challenge.

The rest of Saturday afternoon was spent brainstorming and then going through the motions of a mock game with the team members acting as the robots and the game pieces.

The team has registered for two competitions in March – one in Scarborough and one in Windsor. If the Kinetic Knights qualify, they would then advance to the provincial championships in Mississauga in April.

Kinetic Knights Robotics is a community youth robotics organization, open to young people, ages 13-19, in Kincardine. Currently, there are about 25 members and 12 mentors who focus on various aspects of team-building, as well as constructing a robot to enter in FIRST competitions.

For more information or to sponsor the team, contact lead mentor, David Dadson, at dcdadson@live.com.



Members of the Kinetic Knights Robotics Team act as robots and game pieces to play a mock game of the FIRST “Reefscape” challenge, during kick-off, Saturday, at the Kincardine Legion

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