West Geauga students in the Geauga Engineering and Robotics 4-H Club (GEAR) had great successes at a recent contest with their robotics projects that they’ve been working on since October. In the maze contest, Anthony Fioritto participated in the high school division and Ginny Goodall in the middle school division. These students programmed their robot to navigate a complex maze. Ginny took home third place (bronze)!
Two teams of West Geauga students competed in the rescue robots contest. The rescue robot is designed to simulate going into a demolished building with a goal to retrieve four ping pong balls. The sixth-grade team, Collette Johnson, Sam Geraci and Noah Lear took first place (gold). The eighth-grade team, Lena Wright, Mandi Petonic, Molly Moidell and Janna Winningham took second place (silver). In addition to a second place, the eighth-grade team was also awarded the prestigious Honda Innovation Award, the top competition prize. There were over 460 robots and over 1,300 participants at this event. Winning the Honda Innovation Award was an extraordinary accomplishment, especially as it was their first year at the competition. Congratulations to all participants and special thank you to the GEAR advisors, Jeff and Adrienne La Favre.
