South Central Pennsylvania Qualifier

This team inspired the judges with their collaboration and teamwork. Their team culture ensures everyone on the team is engaged and contributes meaningfully. If you look BENEATH THE CAP, they feel there is no limit to what they can achieve when they work together. The Rising Star Award goes to team 20729 ShroomBotics.

The judges were impressed by the simple and efficient design of this robot. The adjustable hooded launcher proved to be both flexible and accurate - which set the competition on FIRE! This team designed an elastic intake to consume the artifacts BLAZINGLY fast.

This team really impressed the judges with their promotion of STEM. They held a team event to allow their alumni to meet new members. This team must REALLY LOVE donuts, since they sell them every 2 weeks as a fundraiser.

This team impressed the judges with their holistic approach to software and control. They implemented an optical sensor to achieve precise odometry. The consistency of their autonomous routine had us doing a double IN-take.

The judges were impressed by the team's unique robot design components. The adjustable lift mechanism was particularly innovative and highly impressive. The bold presence gave the robot a distinctive adventurous character, like JACK SPARROW.

This team impressed the judges by planning to sustain their team for years to come. The team worked towards their long-term stability by developing skills, robot improvement and leadership skills. Their motto is "MENTORING THEIR MENTEES".

This team recognized the important correlation of industry partnership and their team's performance. When they were having trouble, they weren't embarrassed to reach out to a specific vendor for clarification. Their AP Physics Class were TICKLED to learn how to bridge that MONSTER classroom theory with practical engineering design.

This team's well-documented portfolio showed the path of their engineering journey. This season, they improved not only their engineering skills, but soft skills as well. All the GEARS of the engineering process made their robot the LARRY BIRD of the Robot Field.

The judges were impressed by this team's well-designed robot and extensive outreach. Their knowledge of and passion for STEM not only blessed their local community, but spread across the world. It was out of consideration this year to change their robot to white so as not to be confused with the GREEN artifacts.