Lemont Robotics Team Reaches International Competition

LEMONT, IL — A Lemont robotics team has earned its way to an international competition this summer. Enki Robotics consists of six Lemont high school juniors and seniors. The group recently competed at a regional event, and placed second, earning the right to compete at the International ROV competition in June, which will be held in Washington.

The team is not affiliated with LHS, but all members are LHS students, coach Yoriko Bacon said. Her and her husband Jeremie host the team in their "basement lab."

Bacon said they host the team in order for some of the STEM-minded, bright and enthusiastic students to create their own remotely operated vehicle from scratch without any adult help so they can learn how to design, engineer, code, build and experiment on their product.

The team has created two underwater robots which move around and do various tasks in the water.

At the regional competition, ENKI was able to place second overall and got an award for the best display. The competition was held at Northeastern Illinois University.

Photos provided by Yoriko Bacon.