LT Robotics team wins state, advance to nationals

Four Lyons Township High School Robotics teams performed exceptionally well at the recent Illinois VEX State Championships. At one point in the tournament, all four LT teams - Peach Mango, C of Spades, The Juice Bots and Baby Drivers – ranked among the top 7 teams during the qualification matches.

Baby Drivers was one of two teams standing at the end of the elimination rounds and won the entire tournament. They also won the Amaze Award, which is given to the team with an amazing, well rounded and top-performing robot. Baby Drivers will advance to the Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship May 20-22.

LT’s Robotics clubs is just four years old, yet this is the second consecutive year a team has advanced to national competition. Three of the four years at least one LT team has competed at Worlds.

Teams consist of 3-6 students and each student has a different role. The two main roles are builder and coder. The builders construct the actual robot and troubleshoot any mechanical problems that might happen. The coders create custom actions for the robot to do in order to score points with speed and accuracy. Students have been building their robots and coding them for months when the new competition was released.