“TARDIS,” “Durfee Destroyers,” “Globots,” …these are just some of the robots that descended on Carver to compete in Carver Middle High School’s first ever VEX competition. On December 13th, nine teams from five towns competed in timed relays, maze races, bean bag battles, and a challenge aptly named “Swept Away” that requires the “bots” to be adept in both dunking and sweeping.
Carver’s own “King Moonracer” picked up First Place on the high school level, followed by B.M.C Durfee High School’s second, and Global Learning Charter Public School’s (GLCPS) third. Wareham’s “TARDIS” and “Internet ET” placed first and second respectively amongst the middle school teams with “GOGC” picking up another third place for GLCPS. Fairhaven’s team didn’t place, but had a lot of fun competing.
The medals were designed and printed out on a 3-D printer by Carver’s Technology Education Instructor and team Co-advisor Tony Rota; and Carver High’s culinary group provided batches of delicious cookies. Looking forward, Dan Ryan – Carver’s Robotics Club Advisor, expects Carver’s teams will be busy modifying their “bots” for the upcoming competitions at Bristol Community College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
