Palmer Trinibots Rank #1
This year, the brand new Middle School Robotics Club,
dubbed the Palmer Trinibots, made their mark in the world
of middle school robotics. The team was made up of three
members: sixth-grader Daniela del Rosal and seventh-
graders Ben Arnold and Jack Sulkes. On December 9,
2017, the team joined its first ever competition at the W.
R. Thomas Annual Robotics Open. It was an amazing
event featuring 32 competing teams. During the day-long
event the team competed in driving and programming
challenges and earned 3
rd
place out of 32 teams! They also
joined other schools' teams during teamwork challenges
and earned 2
nd
place out of 12 team pairs.
On Saturday, January 20
th
, the Palmer Trinibots went to
their second competition ever: the ACSP Middle School
Qualifier. The team created a STEM Research project
focusing on the design and creation of a medical assistant
robot and the ethical dilemmas that engineering it might
face. They also prepared an engineering notebook
chronicling their design, build, and testing processes.
Daniela and Jack presented the project and then moved
on to the skills events to drive and run their autonomous
programs. Ben was the lead programmer for the
autonomous portion.
The Palmer Trinibots won the Skills Challenge award and
Excellence award at the competition and were ranked #1
in the State of Florida, #11 in the United States, and #20 in
the world out of 1,800+ middle schools.
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