{"id":41628,"date":"2020-02-11T16:27:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=63079"},"modified":"2020-02-11T16:27:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:27:12","slug":"go-go-gadgetrons-egms-robotics-competes-at-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/community\/go-go-gadgetrons-egms-robotics-competes-at-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Go Gadgetrons: EGMS robotics competes at state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script> jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#imageGallery-63079-693').lightSlider({ gallery:true, item:1, loop:true, thumbItem:9, slideMargin:0, enableTouch:true, enableDrag: false, currentPagerPosition:'left', onSliderLoad: function(el) { $( '.gallery-loading' ).hide(); $( '.swift-gallery' ).css( 'opacity', 1 ); \/*var maxHeight = 0, container = $(el), children = container.children(); children.each(function () { var childHeight = $(this).prop( 'scrollHeight' ); if (childHeight > maxHeight) { maxHeight = childHeight; } }); container.height(maxHeight);*\/ } }); }); <\/script> <\/p>\n<div class=\"row gallery-loading\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<p class=\"text-center\"><i class=\"fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" style=\"opacity: 0;\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-63079-693\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-in-the-Semi-Finals-with-the-Robo-Yetis-from-Aspen-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-in-the-Semi-Finals-with-the-Robo-Yetis-from-Aspen-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Team Gadgetron compete in the semi-finals with the Robo Yetis from Aspen.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Team Gadgetron compete in the semi-finals with the Robo Yetis from Aspen.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-in-the-Semi-Finals-with-the-Robo-Yetis-from-Aspen-1024x681.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Metal-Minds-Competing-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Metal-Minds-Competing-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Team Metal Minds compete at the semi-finals.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Team Metal Minds compete at the semi-finals.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Metal-Minds-Competing-1024x681.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/MPHS-Terramech-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/MPHS-Terramech-1024x498.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Team Terramech competes at the semi-finals. Each team builds a robot to complete specific tasks and earn points. Teams are also awarded for design, their engineering process and teamwork.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Team Terramech competes at the semi-finals. Each team builds a robot to complete specific tasks and earn points. Teams are also awarded for design, their engineering process and teamwork.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/MPHS-Terramech-1024x498.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/MPHS-High-Ground-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/MPHS-High-Ground-1024x498.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Team High Ground competes at the semi-finals.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Team High Ground competes at the semi-finals.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/MPHS-High-Ground-1024x498.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-looking-for-Alliance-Members-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-looking-for-Alliance-Members-768x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Gadgetrons looking for alliance members at the semi-finals in January.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Gadgetrons looking for alliance members at the semi-finals in January.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-looking-for-Alliance-Members-768x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-with-Alliance-Teams-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-with-Alliance-Teams-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Gadgetrons with their alliance teams that they competed with in the semi-finals.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Gadgetrons with their alliance teams that they competed with in the semi-finals.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetrons-with-Alliance-Teams-1024x681.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetron-Team-Pic-with-Trophy-Robot-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetron-Team-Pic-with-Trophy-Robot-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | The Gadgetron team is made up of eight seventh and eighth graders.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>The Gadgetron team is made up of eight seventh and eighth graders.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Gadgetron-Team-Pic-with-Trophy-Robot-1024x681.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/High-School-Team-Picture-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/High-School-Team-Picture-1024x498.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Team High Ground\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Team High Ground<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/High-School-Team-Picture-1024x498.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Metal-Minds-Team-Picture-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Metal-Minds-Team-Picture-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Missy Quinn | Team Metal Minds\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Team Metal Minds<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Missy Quinn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Metal-Minds-Team-Picture-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the first time in the East Grand School District\u2019s robotics program history, eight middle schoolers took their custom-built robot to compete at the state competition and battled more than competitors on the way.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the East Grand School District\u2019s robotics program history, eight middle schoolers took their custom-built robot to compete at the state competition and battled more than competitors on the way.<\/p>\n<p>East Grand Middle School\u2019s Team Gadgetrons, part of the FIRST Tech Robotics program, placed 24th out of 31 total teams at the all-day state competition Feb. 8 at Mountain Range High School in Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were holding steady well into the first half of the event \u2014 they were killing it,\u201d said Missy Quinn, technology teacher at East Grand Middle School and robotics coach. \u201cJust making it to a state event where you\u2019re going up against all high school teams, making it as a middle school team \u2014 that\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s day started off delayed by the weekend snowstorm and an avalanche on Berthoud Pass early Saturday morning. However, the team was determined to make it to the competition and that determination stuck with them throughout the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was harrowing. We weren\u2019t sure if we were going to make it,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cBut it was a great day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team Gadgetrons is made up of seventh-graders Logan Walker, Bridget Aither, Egan Osborne, Kaylee Hoover and Elaine Oliveria, and eighth-graders Adam Zeleznikar, Zeke Morrow and Braden Burns.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, the team had placed second in the qualifying rounds at the semi-finals in Denver granting them a chance to compete at state.<\/p>\n<p>According to Quinn, this is the second FIRST Tech Robotics team to make it to the state competition, but the first team to have a robot compete. The other team that made it to state was honored for engineering work.<\/p>\n<p>Team Metal Minds, the other East Grand Middle School team, placed third in the THINK award, which highlights the engineering experience throughout the season as documented in the team\u2019s engineering notebook.<\/p>\n<p>This year was the first year that Middle Park High School had competitors in the FIRST Tech Robotics program and the two rookie teams both received accolades at the robotics meet.<\/p>\n<p>Team High Ground, consisting of ninth-graders Blake Allen, Steffi O\u2019Flaherty and Luke Vecchiarelli, were recognized with third place in the Collins Aerospace Innovation Award, which celebrates teams that use innovation in the design and performance of their robot.<\/p>\n<p>Ninth-graders Paddy Aither and Brayden Webb of Team Terramech placed fourth in the qualifying rounds of the robotics meet in Denver. They narrowly missed qualifying for state. Terramech also received second place for the Design Award, thanks to its functional and aesthetic robot.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn hopes to continue growing the robotics program with more teams at the high school level, as well as an all-girls middle-school team. In the future, she\u2019s also interested in bringing the FIRST Lego League to fifth- and sixth-graders, which is like an introductory program for robotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really challenges them to think outside the box, to build something for a specific task, and it also teaches them how to work in teams,\u201d Quinn said of FIRST Tech. \u201cI think overall it\u2019s just a really great program for them to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"swift-infobox p402_hide \">\n<div class=\"module module-promo card shadow-sm\">\n<div class=\"card-header\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i> East Grand Robotics Sponsors<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<div><strong>East Grand Middle School sponsors:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Gold Sponsors: Munn Architect, Acord Asphalt, Granby Dental, Chillcoots Construction<\/div>\n<div>Silver Sponsors: Mountain Parks Electric, Power to the People Electric, All Cracked Up, Grand Lake Plumbing &amp; Heating, Conroy Excavating<\/div>\n<div>Bronze Sponsors: Indian Peaks Rentals, Murdoch&#8217;s Ranch and Supply, Big Valley Construction, Millworks, EGMS PAC, Bob Stanek, The Roofing Company, Fraser Valley Ace<\/div>\n<div><strong>Middle Park High School sponsors:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>JVA Engineering, Hernando&#8217;s Pizza, and a grant from the Grand Foundation &#8211; Blue Valley Ranch Youth Fund.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END .card-body --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .module --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .swift-infobox --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Gadgetron compete in the semi-finals with the Robo Yetis from Aspen.Courtesy Missy Quinn Team Metal Minds compete at the semi-finals.Courtesy Missy Quinn Team Terramech competes at the semi-finals. 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