Spring-Ford Hosts Epic 'Battle Bots Competition', Takes 5th Overall

ROYERSFORD, PA -- Middle and high school students battled it out on Saturday for the title of robotics champion during the Spring-Ford High School Open Robotics Competition.

More than 30 teams duked it out with VEX robots they created specifically for the sanctioned VEX Robotics duel.

Dozens of competitions took place around the country on Saturday as the 2016 VEX competition season began.

The 2016 incarnatino of the competition, called “Nothing but Net,” requires each team’s robot to score higher than their opponent in a tournament of one on one matchups. The goal is to use the robot to score as many balls in a net on the other side of the court as quickly as possible. The rules of the game are explained in further detail in the video below.

The competition is hosted by the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, which seeks to increase student interest and involvement in STEM fields with curriculum-based robotics engineering programs.

The Knights team from Delaware County Christian School in Newtown Square took home the overall prize, going an undefeated 6-0 to win all rounds.

Here are the overall results. Several schools entered two or more teams:

1. Knights (Delaware County Christian School)
2. Dock Robotics Beta (Christopher Dock)
3. Radnor Robotics (Radnor HS)
4. MaSTerminds (MaST Community Charter School)
5. Rambot B (Spring-Ford)
6. Dremelition (Parkland)
7. Cherry and Steel II (Bermudian Springs)
8. WSCA 3 (West Shore)
9. The Iron Pack (New Foundations Charter)
10. The Iron Pack (New Foundations Charter)
11. Knights (Delaware County Christian School)
12. The Iron Pack (New Foundations Charter)
13. Parkland HS Engineering (Parkland)
14. Cherry and Steel I (Bermudian Springs)
15. Knights (Delaware County Christian School)
16. The Iron Pack (New Foundations Charter)
17. VEXtreme Team D (Norristown Area School District)
18. VEXcellence (Parkland)
19. Dock Robotics Gamma (Christopher Dock)
20. Rambot C (Spring-Ford)
21. VEXtreme Team B (Norristown Area School District)
22. Robo Bears (Quakertown Christian School)
23. Rambot D (Spring-Ford)
24. The Iron Pack (New Foundations Charter)
25. Knights (Delaware County Christian School)
26. WSCA (West Shore Christian Academy)
27. Knights (Delaware County Christian School)
28. VEXtreme Team C (Norristown Area High School
29. Sun Valley Robotics (Sun Valley High School)
30. Dock Robotics (Christopher Dock)
31. Griffinbots (Church Farm School)
32. Rambot A (Spring-Ford)
33. The Viper Strike (MaST Community Charter School)

Other teams competing included Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School and Germantown Academy.

Image courtesy VEX Robotics.