Woodinville Robotics Team Places at Space Elevator Conference Competition

Woodinville’s Team 417, came in second place in one of the robotics competitions at the annual Space Elevator Conference on Aug. 13, at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond.

RoboQuest was a robotics competition in which robots built by youth teams from around the Puget Sound area vied to climb a 15' ribbon as quickly as possible while carrying weights simulating satellite payloads, according Carolyn Davids, Swerve Team spokesperson.

With twelve teams competing in three different categories, the competition was fierce between the robots but friendly among the kids, according to Davids. Students collaborated and competed with each other throughout the day and when the final tallies were totaled, the winners were as follows: In the (Almost) Anything Goes class, team W.A.S.A.B.I., from Bellevue, took first place with Woodinville’s Team 417, Swerve Robotics, coming in second. In the LEGO Only Pre-built class, Bellevue-based Mindstorm Masters, came in first, with second place taken by The Brick Heads, a team from Duvall. And in the LEGO Build on the Spot class, first place went to the Star Climbers team from Bellevue, with Sammamish-based Brit Bots claiming second.