Manchester
School of Technology’s FIRST Robotics
team came home victorious from the New England District Greater Boston
competition, just weeks after the first-ever team at MST was established. Team
6763 placed third on its own, then captained the alliance team that won first
place in another part of the competition. In addition, Team 6763 received the
Rookie Highest Seed Award for scoring the highest points in a match and the
Rookie All-Star Award.
A
generous grant from the FIRST Foundation
helped get Team 6763 started in January. 2 Mentors and a few parents
volunteered to coach the 25 students, and several MST staff members are helping
out as well. The team then faced a February 26 deadline to create a working robot
for its debt competition on March 3. Coming in 21st place but
excelling in certain functions and learning lessons along the way earned the
team the Rookie Inspiration Award.
MST’s
Career and Technical Education program allowed Team 6763 to make use of its
many resources including advanced CNC machining, welding, and CAD design.
“Preparing
for competition is a student-driven operation,” said FIRST Robotics Team 6763 coach Andrew Nicholas. “The team’s
collaborative prototyping process and approach to building their designing,
engineering, mechanical, and technical skills make them factored into their
achievements as 21st century thinkers.”
In addition to all of their hard work on the field,
Team 6763 is reaching out to the community to help grow the younger FIRST community. Students have shared their
learning experience with children at Manchester Police Athletic League.
The
most recent results from Boston put Team 6763 in third place in New England. Up
next is another district-level event at UNH on April 6-9. From there, if MST’s students are the highest
scoring rookie team or place high enough to gain enough merit points, they will
qualify for the World Championship in St. Louis, MO, on April 26.
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