{"id":59816,"date":"2015-01-20T08:11:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T13:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=59816"},"modified":"2015-01-20T08:11:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T13:11:19","slug":"robotics-competition-gets-rave-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/01\/20\/robotics-competition-gets-rave-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics competition gets rave reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Van Wert independent<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday\u2019s FTC robotics competition hosted by the Van Wert Robotics Club was extremely successful, to judge by comments received by club advisors Bob Spath and Zane McElroy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59817\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/VWHS-robotics-competition-1-2015.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59817 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"This robot attempts to complete a task as part of the Van Wert Regional Robotics Competition held over the weekend. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/VWHS-robotics-competition-1-2015.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"458\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This robot attempts to complete a task as part of the Van Wert Regional Robotics Competition held over the weekend. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo say it went well is an understatement,\u201d McElroy said. \u201cHere are a few comments made by the participants: \u2018Your school is amazing. How does a town this size support such an awesome venue\u2019; \u2018you and the volunteers put on a fantastic event\u2019; \u2018hard to believe it was your first time hosting\u2019; \u2018it was by far the best-run FTC event I\u2019ve been to\u2019. These are just a few of the positive comments received.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spath and McElroy, along with the entire VWHS robotics team, thanked all those who pitched in to make the competition a huge success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it was financial support, food donations, or by simply putting up signs welcoming the participants, all was appreciated,\u201d McElroy said. \u201cOnce again, the community came together for the good of all. Hopefully, Van Wert will be asked to host future robotics competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several awards were handed out during the event, which was held in the Van Wert High School gymnasium. The winning alliance in the team competition consisted of The Mecha-Hampsters of Martinsville, Indiana, Broken Axels from Toledo and Tobor, from Crawfordsville, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Other awards given on Saturday include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inspire Award: Broken Axels of Toledo<\/li>\n<li>Think Award: Men in Kilts, Mequon, Wisconsin.<\/li>\n<li>PTC Design Award: Broken Axels of Toledo<\/li>\n<li>Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: RoboChargers of Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/li>\n<li>Connect Award: Broken Axels of Toledo<\/li>\n<li>Judge\u2019s Award: Techno-Raiders of Toledo<\/li>\n<li>Motivate Award: Cville-ized Botman of Crawfordsville, Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Control Award: Broken Axels of Toledo<\/li>\n<li>Promote Award: Quantum Barracudas of Strongsville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent This past Saturday\u2019s FTC robotics competition hosted by the Van Wert Robotics Club was extremely successful, to judge by comments received by club advisors Bob Spath and Zane McElroy. \u201cTo say it went well is an understatement,\u201d McElroy said. \u201cHere are a few comments made by the participants: \u2018Your school is amazing. 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