Hayhurst SchoolLego Robotics Team 2011-12
The Hayhurst Neighborhood School Lego Robotics team wins a trophy at the regional robotics competition at Catlin Gabel School, sponsored by ORTOP, Saturday, December 10, 2011.
Every year, teams across the world take on the First Lego League Challenge. The challenge is released early in September and the tournament is in early December. This year's theme was Food Safety. The challenge always consists of three parts: the robot game, the research project and FLL core values. For the robot game, the teams design, build and program a robot to complete challenges on a themed competition board. The robot has three opportunities to complete the tasks within 2 1/2 minutes. The second part of the robot game is technical judging on the programming and robot design. The research project involves selecting an existing, real life problem, researching it and recommending a solution. The FLL Core values are the foundation of the program, reminding all of us that Lego Robotics is about being a team, about being good sports and about enjoying the journey, regardless of the outcome. Most importantly, it's about having fun.
The Hayhurst Neighborhood School Lego Robotics team, "Lego My Lettuce", competed against 19 other teams in a regional tournament held at Catlin Gabel School, Saturday, December 10th, 2011. They had spent the previous 10 weeks, designing and building their robot, writing programs and working on their research project. "Lego My Lettuce" had a balanced day at the competition, performing well in all of the categories. They did especially well on the research project. They researched lettuce harvesting and discovered a high incidence of contamination, including listeria, salmonella and ecoli. The team designed an invention that could be strapped to a harvester's arm or leg. The device uses solar powered, ultraviolet light combined with a liquid cleaner to sterilize the harvesting knives. The process involves swiping the knife before each head of lettuce is cut, reducing the contamination. The team wore farmer's costumes, created a lettuce field for a prop, built a prototype of their invention and wowed a panel of judges with their presentation. They were awarded a trophy for their project.
Lego My Lettuce
Tyler Brown, Reid Kille, Sam Weber, Kailin Gilzow, Dominic Lenzini
and Josiah Barney (missing in photo).
The coaches are Fran Barth, Shannon Rodgers, John Kresl, and Kathy Taylor.
Very, very special thanks to Danielle Lenzini and Lori Weber for their help on the research project.
