NNSRI Team 1305 following the Waterloo Regional win. Photo by Maureen Clout.
NNSRI Team 1305 following the Waterloo Regional win. Photo by Maureen Clout.NNSRI News Release
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The Near North Student Robotics Initiative competed in the FIRST Greater Toronto Regional this weekend, making it all the way to the finals. Their robot, R2-T2, was completely redesigned after the Waterloo Regional event and lead to them being picked by the third alliance. After being victorious in the quarter and semi-finals, their alliance went on to compete in the finals, in a best of three match system. After a close victory in the first match, an issue with their alliance lead to a loss in the second match. The third match was very well played by all teams; however, the opposing alliance took first place 97-90. The team performed well in all conditions and was very pleased by their performance at the event. The team has already qualified to go to the Championship in
Atlanta by winning the Chairman’s award at the Waterloo Regional.
NNSRI, Team 1305‘ICE3’ is a team of students from 3 high schools and 2 elementary schools competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition. They build two robots to compete in challenges which change every year. They rely on the community for funding and mentorship and have been very successful, qualifying for the championship event every year.
FIRST For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an international robotics organization build on the credo of Gracious Professionalism. There are 3 levels of FIRST, of which the NNSRI competes in the higher two. FIRST is composed of over 17,000 teams and over 196,000 students. The annual championship event is held in Atlanta Georgia in late April.
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