Several CGHS robotics students judged the junior high robotics competition at Emporia State University last Thursday.
Dylan Allen
Abbie Schroeder
Abbie Schroeder, Mike Philo
Gracie Nelson
Mike Philo
Photos by Mrs. Schroeder and Lydia Weltha; Editing by Sam Goodwin
The team begins the day by warming up their instruments and poms!
Ella Kirk, Calla Unruh
"Knock that duck into the water, Dedric!"
Abbie Schroeder, Dedric Frese
Don't get caught on the mesh again!
Devin Adams, Sam Goodwin
Our booth was Sea-tacular!
Dylan Allen, Calla Unruh
Gabe puts his gaming skills and headgear to good use, and drives a round while the team supports him
Gabe Reichart, Eli Kormanik, Devin Adams, Dawson May, Brenda Kirk, and Lydia Weltha
Balance is key!
Abbie Schroeder and Gabe Reichart
Make lots of noise they said. It'll be fun they said.
Devin Adams, Dawson May, LaiCee Scott, Lydia Weltha, Dustin Lindley, and Eden Crabb
Focused on the goal
Gabe Reichart and Sam Goodwin
Sometimes things break, so we fix 'em
Sam Goodwin and Devin Adams
We're all in this together
Photos by Abbie Schroeder, Kyra Smith-Blosser, Ella Kirk, and Mike Philo; Editing by Zoey Barber and Aaron LeMay; Captions by Sam Goodwin
Dawson May, Eli Kormanik, Sam Goodwin, Abbie Schroeder
Sam Goodwin, Dylan Allen
Lydia Weltha, Jim Gant, Sam Goodwin, Dedric Frese, Eli Kormanik, Mrs. Schroeder, Abbie Schroeder, Dylan Allen
Photos by Devin Adams and Mike Philo; Editing by Aaron LeMay
Dawson May, Philip Neuhaus
Jim Gant
Jim Gant
Dedric Frese
Abbie Schroeder, Gabe Reichart
Gabe Reichart
Abbie Schroeder
Philip Neuhaus, Dawson May
Philip Neuhaus, Dawson May
Dedric Frese
Abbie Schroeder, Gabe Reichart
Photos by Mrs. Schroeder and Abbie Schroeder; Editing by Natasha Boyce
Sam Goodwin, Dylan Allen
Braves Robotics placed 5th in the overall BEST competition, which qualifies them for the Regionals competition in Fort Smith, Arkansas in December.
The robot performed better than it ever has and placed 11th overall. The drivers were Dawson May, Dedric Frese, Jim Gant, Philip Neuhaus, Gabe Reichart, and Abbie Schroeder.
The Notebook placed 3rd overall. This is a 53 page document that details everything Braves Robotics did to build the robot; from brainstorming to safety to mathematical analysis. Abbie Schroeder, Sam Goodwin, Amy Hiebert, and Kyra Smith-Blosser were the writers. Jim Gant created the CAD drawings and wrote the software and simulation section.
The Marketing Presentation placed 6th. Abbie, Dawson, Sam, and Dylan Allen were our presenters.
The Public Relations Booth manned by Lydia Weltha and Dylan Allen placed 8th.
The Spirit placing was the highest ever at 8th.
The Braves also received the tweeterific award for the @bravesBEST account and the best designed t-shirt.
Braves Robotics Team: Abbie Schroeder, Lydia Weltha, Dylan Allen, Dedric Frese, Dawson May, Amy Hiebert, Jim Gant, Sam Goodwin, Philip Neuhaus, Matt Goeckel, Ethan Craige, Brady Dewitt, Dustin Lindley, Gabe Reichart, Kyra Smith-Blosser, Ashley Irwin, Alex Soria Coach: Tracie Schroeder
Extra Band Members and Cheerleaders: Blake Meadors, Claire Bankes, Alex Gentry, Kayla Watson, Haven Pearson, Milayani Mullen
Dawson May
Abbie Schroeder, Dawson May
Mrs. McIver, Dedric Frese, Matt Goeckel, Jim Gant
Lydia Weltha
Gabe Reichart
Philip Neuhaus
Ethan Craige
Photos by Abbie Schroeder, Alex Gentry, Sam Goodwin, and Dawson May; Editing by Sam Goodwin; Story by Mrs. Schroeder
Robotics Practice Day was Saturday at WSU.
On Kickoff Day, September 2, teams were each given two kits — a “returnables kit” that included a VEX controller, joystick, motors, etc., that will need to be returned to Kansas BEST after the competition; and a “consumables kit” that included screws, wood, hinges and many other items. All robots must be built out of the parts in these two kits, and all must perform certain tasks.
Practice Day allows teams to see how their robots perform under scrutiny, and teams demonstrate their robots to each other.
Tomorrow, the Marketing Team will present their marketing plan to professionals in Wichita.
Saturday, October 14, is Game Day at Charles Koch Arena.
Jim Gant
Philip Neuhaus and Dawson May discuss their robot with another team.
Gabe Reichart and Dawson May
Dylan Allen
Dawson May, Gabe Reichart, and Philip Neuhaus
Sometimes the robot does not perform as planned.
Gabe Reichart
Mrs. Schroeder and Philip Neuhaus
Philip Neuhaus
Jim Gant
Photos by Abbie Schroeder and Lydia Weltha; Graphics by Jim Gant; Editing by Sam Goodwin
Blake Meadors, Sam Goodwin
After the Robotics team returned to Council Grove from the Kickoff in Wichita, they spent the rest of the weekend working on their own robot.
Amy Hiebert, Jim Gant
Ashley Irwin
Amy Hiebert
Dedric Frese
Photos by Lydia Weltha and Dawson May; Editing by Natasha Boyce
Jim Gant and Dedric Frese
Mrs. Schroeder (on right)
Jim Gant
Jim Gant
Dedric Frese
Dedric Frese, Dawson May
Jim Gant, Dedric Frese
Photos by Abbie Schroeder and Mrs. Schroeder; Editing by Sam Goodwin
Dawson May, Matt Coe
WILBUR
Billy Sales, Matthew Coe
Billy Sales
Blake Meadors, Aaron LeMay, Toby Weltha
Lydia Weltha
Devin Adams
Jordan Kelley, Alex Gentry, Gracie Fetters, Kayla Watson
Abbie Schroeder
Sam Goodwin
Photos by Jessica Prudence; Editing by Natasha Boyce
Sam Goodwin
Billy Sales, Dawson May
Billy Sales
Dawson May
Billy Sales
WILBUR (Wholly Integrated Locomotion BioMass Utlilization Robot)
Dylan Allen, Devin Adams
Dylan DeVries, Kobe Hula
Billy Sales
Abbie Schroeder, Billy Sales
Abbie Schroeder, Dawson May
Photos by Abbie Schroeder and Jess Prudence