Rosemount Team Competes in Robotics Meet

Rosemount fared well, but couldn’t gain the final rounds in the fourth annual North Star Regional robotics competition Saturday at Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

Rosemount went 5-3 in the qualification matches and finished 16^th in the North Star Regional.  The team didn’t advance into the elimination matches.

Competing in the Minnesota First Regionals robotics competition Saturday, Rosemount had some things go well, and other not so well.

The First Robotics Competition challenges teams of students and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of competitions.

 The regional competition involved two parts. The main task was to build a robot which could lift inner tubes onto a rack. A secondary challenge was to build a “mini-bot,” which could climb a 12-foot pole.

The team is sponsored by Pentair and Rosemount High School.