Front row L to R: Savannah Forgy, Kristy Morrow, Frank Rolewicz, Bruno Rolewicz and Stephen Starasta. Back row: Leslie Starasta, Roux Starr, Dallas Forgy and David Morrow.

Logan 4-H Team LoCo Robo participates in State 4-H Robotics Challenge

 

[April 30, 2016]  LINCOLN - Local 4-H youth participated in the Illinois 4-H State Robotics Competition sponsored by University of Illinois Extension on April 23rd on the U of I Urbana-Champaign campus. The rookie team from Logan County joined 66 other teams from around the State to compete in three events: Table Performance; Technical; and Teamwork.

This year’s theme was DogBot. Teams were required to program DogBots to autonomously complete events that are similar to events used in Dog Agility events. Any robotics kit was allowed to create the DogBot; Team LoCo Robo created 2 DogBots using Lego Robotics NXT and EV3 kits. The playing field was a standard FIRST LEGO League (FLL) table with a 45” x 93” playing surface. Obstacles designed by the team and navigated by the DogBots included a tunnel with a 45 degree turn, a collapsed tunnel, a log run, a teeter totter, and an A-frame ramp. The robots had three minutes to complete the programmed tasks, and must complete them without human team members touching the robots or anything on the field.

Team LoCo Robo members were team captain Roux Starr, Stephen Starasta, David Morrow, Kristy Morrow, Dallas Forgy, Savannah Forgy, Frank Rolewicz, and Keller Judd. The team was led by team coach Leslie Starasta.

Those interested in information about becoming involved in the Logan 4-H Robotics program can contact University of Illinois Extension/Logan County at 732-8289.

[Patty Huffer, Extension Program Coordinator]

About 4-H: Illinois 4-H strives to help youth learn skills for living. University of Illinois Extension provides 4-H programs in every county in Illinois. Illinois 4-H aims to impact the lives of 200,000 youth each year through sustained learning clubs and groups and short-term programming.