CSW's First Tech Challenge (FTC) Teams #404 =ma and #402 =mc2 wrapped up an exciting season with a strong performance at the Delaware FTC Championship. This season, the Force Robotics program expanded to two FTC teams.
Team Members include Brian Altrichter, Doruk Elbeyli, Avneet Aurora, Rishi Bhavsar, Asvika Gobinathan, Emily Howard, Anna Huang, Ameet Rao, Rohit Karthik, Maximilian Shi, Subi Srinivasan Vidya, Manav Suresh, Anu Thirukumaran, Elaine Zuo, Tarun Chandraprakash, Arnav Choubey, Adrito Das, Joshua Ford, James Hearn, Matthew Howard, Chenxi Jin, Rudra Ketkar, Elise Lakofsky, Alesha Singh, and Akil Sankarganesh.
Both teams were strong contenders, placing 3rd and 11th in the qualification round. Team #404 =ma advanced to the elimination round but had some unfortunate luck and lost in the quarterfinals. Team 404 =ma was recognized with the Innovate Award (sponsored by RTX) for bringing great ideas from concept to reality and demonstrating creativity in their robotic designs and solutions. Team 402 =mc2 also won the Motivate Award for sparking others to embrace FIRST and promoting the program throughout their school and community.
Thank you to our mentors, Mr. Ozer Elbeyli, Mr. James Altrichter, Mr. Baojing Shi, and our sponsoring teacher, Mrs. Michele Culley, for the many hours spent with the team and the invaluable guidance they provided throughout the past six months as the team prepared for the competition.