Spartronics Make the Semis at Mt. Vernon, Win Two Huge Honors
It was the first time Spartronics, their families and supporters made the nearly three-hour trek to Mount Vernon for our second District Event competition, but it was worth every minute that we spent going northbound on I-5 Friday afternoon taking home three huge achievements: ARES our 2016 Stronghold competition robot battled back to hold strong and helped Spartronics […]
Update on Mount Vernon: Spartronics are playing well!
After the first day in Spartronics second District Event competition, the team was ranked 13th overall, far higher than how we finished in Glacier Peak. ARES is battling through the high-impact game — Stronghold – and despite a broken chain that connected one of its front wheels went on to finish supporting its final Alliance […]
Update on our robot ARES: What happened at Glacier Peak, what we’ve done for Mt. Vernon
By Kolin Hawkins | Drive Team Coach The Glacier Peak District Event, as our Mentor Dana Batali so aptly described, was an epic saga of medieval proportions for Spartronics 4915. We wanted to provide a full account to anyone who was there experiencing these unusual circumstances with us, or those of you watching at home […]
Spartonics head to Mount Vernon this weekend for our 2nd District Event!
This year we have back-to-back competitions, with the next one taking place in Mt. Vernon this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20. This will be our second District Event, but we may not know until early April if we made it to the regional competition in Portland, Oregon. If you can’t make it […]