Knob Noster robotics team earns berth to World Championships – The Daily Star-Journal

Knob Noster's inaugural robotics team - Stealth Panther Robotics 6424 - competed in the 10,000 Lakes Regional Robotics Competition on April 8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they won the Rookie All-Star award.

The award gives them a berth to the World Championships on April 26 in St. Louis.

At the competition, the Stealth Panther Robotics squad advanced to the quarterfinals before being bounced from the tournament.

The Rookie All-Star award is the highest judged award for first year teams. It is given based on preseason achievements, technical design and execution, competitive performance, gracious professionalism, teamwork, inspiring others to learn about science and technology and overall representation of the FIRST core values.

In this year's competition, the robot must collect and deliver wiffle balls to a boiler, which powers an airship. It must also collect gears for the airship's rotors. For the first 15 seconds of a match the robots operate autonomously, then the teams drivers take over to operate robots for the remainder of the match.

During the final 30 seconds of the match, the robot must acquire and use a rope to climb about the airship before the match ends.

Teams compete in groups of three, called alliances, that consists of robots of other schools participating in the competition.

Knob Noster was also among the 24 teams invited to participate in the Missouri State Robotics Championship May 12-13. The Stealth Panther Robotics are currently ranked 21 out of 72 active teams in Missouri and is the highest ranked rookie team in the state.

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