Fort Gibsons Hostile Gato robotics team moved its robot further into competition than ever. <\/p>\n
And that was quite a feat for such a boxy device. <\/p>\n
Hostile Gato was part of a three-team alliance that placed second in the FIRST Robotics Oklahoma Regional, held March 22-25 in Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n
Fort Gibson sophomore Noah Jorgensen said he felt a big sense of accomplishment and pride after the contest. <\/p>\n
Youre seeing a thing that you helped build be able to complete tasks that most people would be stumped on, Jorgensen said. <\/p>\n
Teammate Whittman Abbott, also a sophomore, said teams are given six weeks to put their robot together and compete. <\/p>\n
Thats six weeks in which we plan it, design it, build it, program it, test it, break it, fix it, play, win, Abbott said. <\/p>\n
Fort Gibsons alliance, which included Chickashas Cockadoodle Dominators and RoboLobos from Edmond Santa Fe, competed against eight other alliances to make it to the final round. <\/p>\n
According to the FIRST Robotics website, the group played the finals round against Tiger Strike from Broken Arrow, the Circuit Chargers of Tulsa Memorial and Team S.W.A.T. of Smithville, Missouri. <\/p>\n
According to the website, Hostile Gatos alliance won the first round, 311 to 235. However, the opposing alliance won the second two rounds. <\/p>\n
Alliances and teams were scored on their robots ability to do certain tasks. <\/p>\n
Abbot said one task was to shoot balls into targets at each side of the playing field. One point was scored for every three balls shot into a higher target and one point for every nine balls shot into a lower target. <\/p>\n
Abbott said this this years theme was steam punk, and the balls were supposed to represent fuel. <\/p>\n
Another objective was to program the robot to put gears on an airship. <\/p>\n
The team had to preprogram the robots instructions for part of the round and were allowed to directly control the robots the rest of the time. <\/p>\n
Abbott said he learned new things, such as how to deal with Plexiglas and Turtle Wax. <\/p>\n
We got to do new stuff this year, Abbott said. I never dealt with wiring before, or an actuator. I call it a pusher-outer. <\/p>\n
The actuator pushed the gear or docking station onto the peg. <\/p>\n
This years Hostile Gato team was made up of 30 students. <\/p>\n
Abbott said FIRST Robotics tasks and themes are different each year, so team members could not predict what Hostile Gato must do next year to top this years success. <\/p>\n
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