2 Walshbots Teams Qualify For World Robotics Championships

Written by Peter Erbland

Framingham High Robotics Club Advisor

WalshBots Team 9791C - Revolution was awarded the Excellence Award at the Southern New England Nothing But Net Championship (Middle School Division) out of a field of 44 middle schools.

The team competed on Feb.28 at North High School in Worcester.

WalshBot 9791C's robot, dubbed "Wolverine" for its unique lifting devices that extended three rails, was the only robot to successfully lift alliance partner's robots in the final 30 seconds of matches in the middle school division.

This lifting capability added up to 50 points per match.

In addition, Team 9791E Espanol and their robot "Amigo" was invited to the World Championships, based on its programming skill scores.

9791E members are part of Walsh's two-way Spanish program with native Spanish and English speaking members documenting their engineering design in both Spanish and English. Their Spanish language fluency will be an asset during VEX World Championships, where they will interact with students from around the globe.

The members of 9791C are Connor Flynn (7th grade), Ryan Memmott (7th grade), Nicholas Tessitore (7th grade), Brendan Qi (8th grade), and Liam Neal Reilly (8th grade).

Team 9791E is comprised of Sam Moffat (7th grade), Emmett Bernstein (7th grade), Erik Glazier (7th grade), Reymond Sanchez Cuellar (6th grade), and Arjun Ramachandrula (8th grade).

Next comes the daunting task of fundraising to pay for team registrations ($850 per team), lodging, food and transportation.

To support the Walsh teams, please send checks made out to the Walsh PTO with "Walsh Robotics" in the memo, and send them to Pascal Chesnais, Walsh Middle School, 301 Brook Street, Framingham, MA 01701.