Prout Robotics Team wins FIRST Tech Challenge RI Qualifier

The Prout School Robotics Team was the overall winner of the January 21st Rhode Island FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifying Tournament held at the East Greenwich Campus of New England Institute of Technology.

Additionally, the Prout team was recognized in four award categories:

First place, Control Award - presented to the team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve game challenges such as autonomous operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the field.

Second place, Think Award - presented to the team that best reflects the “journey” the team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season.

Second place, Inspire Award - given to the team that truly embodied the ‘challenge’ of the FTC program. The Inspire Award Winner is an inspiration to other teams, acting with Gracious Professionalism™ both on and off the playing field.

Third place, PTC Design Award - recognizes design elements of the robot that are both functional and aesthetic, and the team that best incorporates industrial design elements into their solution.

With this win, the Prout team moves on to the RI State Championship, which will be held on Saturday, February 4, at the New England Institute of Technology Automotive Campus in Warwick.

The FIRST Tech Challenge is designed for those who want to compete head to head, using a sports model. Teams of students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year, and is programmed using a variety of languages.