All-Girls Robotics Team From Livingston Earns Award At US Tourney

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of Exit 5 Robotics. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site here

Exit 5 Robotics (E5R), an all-girls robotics team and part of Livingston Robotics Club, concluded their 2017-2018 competition season with the Design Award at the CREATE US Open Robotics Championships, held April 5 - 7 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Competing in the Open Category, the E5R team went up against 59 other teams from China and the USA.

The Design Award is presented to a team with an professional approach to the design process and a clear overall strategy to accomplish their goals. The Open Category competition is "open" in the sense that any reasonably priced components from any source were allowed in the robots construction and design. In all other aspects, the actual competition is very similar to VRC (VEX Robotics Competition) with the same scoring features and and game rules.

All told for the 2017/2018 competition season, the E5R team won six awards in seven competitions, and captained two alliance finalist teams in qualifying tournaments. At Feb 25 NJ State VEX Robotics Championships held in Cherry Hill NJ, the team won their fifth award, Build Award, given to a team constructing a well-crafted robot with a robust design, innovative use of materials, and efficient application of electronic and mechanical components.

Now entering its 9th year, Exit 5 Robotics is looking to add talented team members, grades 9 to 12, with strong interest in any of the following non-technical and technical fields: marketing, graphic design, CAD, mechanical engineering, programming, video editing/production. Candidates can be from neighboring communities outside of Livingston, and current team members hail from Morris, Essex, and Union counties. Contact exit5robotics@gmail.com for more information.

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