By Karen Miller HC STEMM Foundation Board Member
On Saturday, Feb. 5, Patrick Henry High School was host to the San Diego FIRST Tech Challenge “Freight Frenzy” tournament for Turing League (Meet #3).
Two Henry Cluster neighborhood FTC teams competed: the Wizalos (FTC 14129) and the Dapper RoboNoodles (FTC 18365). Each of the Turing League attending teams played five matches and will take their cumulative season scores with them to the Turing League finals held at Sage Creek High School later this month—and possibly advance from there. Nearly 60 FTC teams compete within the SDFTC region; hopefully we will see the Wizalos and the Dapper RoboNoodles at the regional championships in March!
Video of Turing Meet #3, which was livestreamed on the San Diego FTC Twitch channel, is available at twitch.tv/videos/1288019663.
The Patribots (FRC 4738), the FIRST Robotics Challenge team at Patrick Henry High School, made arrangements to bring the Turing Meet #3 event to the school, made space in their workshop to store event materials, and provided services to participants. All this despite being in the middle of their own very hectic build season for the “Rapid React” challenge.
They will be competing in the San Diego Regional tournament from March 18–20, 2022 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. This is expected to be a live, in-person event. The region is monitoring the Covid-19 environment to determine whether spectators will be allowed. Additional information and updates are available at https://cafirst.org/frc/sandiego.
Local FIRST LEGO League teams, Garage Engineers (FLL 50739) and Krazy LEGO Bots (FLL 34264) will be competing at the Spring Showdown on April 30, as will the Pershing Middle School teams, Robotic Panthers (FLL 55271, 55272, 55273, 55275). The theme is “Planes, Trains, and Robot-Mobiles,” and fingers are crossed that this event will be a return to live matches! The Garage Engineers will also be participating in the 2022 Western Edge Invitational, a remote event scheduled for May 13–15.
Finally…the San Carlos Branch Library Robotics Extravaganza is also hoping to return later this spring!
This Extravaganza is an excellent opportunity to see our community’s robots in action, and to meet our local FLL, FTC, and FRC teams. Past Extravaganza attendees have included SDSU teams, underwater teams, and a SWAT team robot! It’s always a fun morning; contact [email protected] for more details.
Photo credits: Peter Laohoo and Karen Miller
