Robomaniacs
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| RoboManiacs | |
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| Rookie Year: | 2003 |
| US State Or Country: | Maryland |
| City: | Aberdeen |
| School: | Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County |
| http://www.bgcharford.org/robomaniacs | |
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History
The RoboManiacs team was formed in 2003 from members of the robotics program in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County. That rookie team had a great year, qualifying for the FLL International Invitational in Atlanta as the Director's Award runner-up in New Jersey. In addition the team was named Director's Award Runner-Up at the Delaware state tournament later in the year.
For the No Limits season, 4 members left the team and 5 new ones were added. The team took the Director's Award at the Maryland State tournament in January 2005. In February 2005, the team traveled to Orlando, Florida for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America - FLL National Championships. Against the top Boys & Girls Club teams from around the country, the team took the Robot Performance award & the Director's Award.
Representing the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the team traveled to the FLL World Festival in Atlanta. Although the robot did not perform as well as we had hoped, the team was thrilled to receive the Director's Award at the event. This meant that we finished the No Limits season as the 2005 FLL World Champions.
Latest News for Ocean Odyssey Season: Robomaniacs took 7th place in the European Championships. There was a total of 52 teams from all over the world that competed in this event. The team worked hard and diligently at it and the results were firm seventh. They did very well and they showed great team work.
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Current Year Events Attended
Maryland State qualifier
Date Attended: December 18, 2004
The team performed well at this qualifier. In addition to running the 2 top performance scores on the table, the team was in the top 4 in all other judging areas. This performance gave the team 1 of the 10 qualifying spots for the state finals in January.
Maryland State Finals
Date Attended: January 20, 2005
Up against the top competition in the state, the RoboManiacs had another outstanding day. The team advanced to the finals of the robot performance round, were they took 2nd to the TechnoDudes who ran 4 scores of 400 or better points that day. The team also received call-backs for both their research and technical presentations. At the award ceremony, the team received the Director's Award as Maryland state champions.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America - FLL National Championship
Date Attended: February 22, 2005
The team joined the top Boys & Girls Club teams in Orlando, Florida for this event. After a day in the Disney parks, the teams returned to the Rosen Center hotel for this event. In addition to the Robot Performance award, the team took their second Director's Award of the season.
FIRST LEGO League World Festival
Date Attended: April 21 - 23, 2005
For the second time in their two years as a team, the RoboManiacs returned to the championship event in Atlanta. The event went very well for the team. Although their robot did not perform as well as expected, the presentations seemed to be well received by the judges. We had resigned ourselves to not taking an award when the team was called as the Director's Award winners for the event.
Lansdale Warm-up Competition
Date Attended: November 2005
The team competed well - achieving 3 of the top 10 scores at the event. For the first time in 3 years, the team took an award at this event, bringing home a "Top Finalist" trophy.
AACS Pre-season tournament
Date Attended: December 2005
In this first-year warm-up event, the team again performed well. the team ran 300+ scores in all of their runs, taking 1st place in the tournament.
Maryland State Tournament
Date Attended: January 2006
In the state event, the team faced their toughest competition to date. The Maryland event has grown progressively larger and more competitive each year. With over 50 teams, this was the largest event to date. The performance finals were a rematch of the finals from last year with the RoboManiacs facing the Technodudes. By winning the the first two matches in the best of three series, the RoboManiacs took the Robot Performance award for the tournament.
With a strong showing in the Technical area, the team also was awarded the top ranking in that category.
European Championship
Date Attended: May 2006
The RoboManiacs were one of 6 teams to represent the United States at this first time event in Eindhoven, Holland. Against 52 teams from over 30 countries around the world, the team, once again, performed well.
In robot performance, the team finished just out of qualifying for the finals. The team's 9th place finish left them one place short of running in the top 8 final round. The team ranked highest in the teamwork category, tying for 3rd place in that area. Their combined score put them in 7th place for the competition.
Awards and Recognitions
- Maryland State finals: (2005) Director's Award, Robot Performance Runner-Up
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America - FLL National Championship: (2005) Director's Award, Robot performance award
- FIRST LEGO League World Festival (2005) Director's Award, Sweet 16 participant
- Lansdale Warm-up tournament (2005) Top finalist award
- AACS Invitational (2005) Tournament champions
- Maryland State Tournament (2006) Robot Performance Champion, 1st place - Technical
- European Championship (2006) 9th place- Performance ; 3rd place tie - Teamwork; 7th place Overall
Prior Years: year
Sponsors
- Comcast
- Tri-S Corporation
- BAE Sytems
- Lockheed Martin
- Harford Mutual Insurance Company
- Gap Foundation
- National Defense Industrial Association, APG Chapter (NDIA)
- International Council of Systems Engineers, Chesapeake Chapter (INCOSE)
- Log.Sec Corporation
- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
