This weekend (February seventeenth), the Menacing Muffin Dragons attended the Second Likelihood Robotics Match in Philomath, Oregon. The workforce identify was adored by the announcers, the opposite groups, and viewers, the emcee truly needed to pause and acquire himself after studying the workforce identify out loud – and this was throughout a contest with a whole lot of artistic workforce names.
This match supplied a final alternative to qualify for the State Match for groups from across the State who didn’t fairly make it throughout their league qualifying tournaments.
After successful all of their qualification rounds – together with a match excessive 153 factors with the primary ranked workforce as their alliance accomplice, the Menacing Muffin Dragons have been in second place going into Alliance choice.
The League that NKN Robotics participates in, known as Silicon Forest, was an especially aggressive surroundings for groups this yr. 5 groups from Silicon Forest made it to the finals on the Second probability match together with the first, 2nd, fifth, ninth and twelfth ranked groups out of 24 groups.
Alliance choice is the method the place groups are chosen for the finals. MMD selected the third place Dread Pirate Robots from Coos Bay and the ninth place Pac-Bots as their Alliance companions for the finals. MMD was significantly excited to accomplice with the Dread Pirates as they’re a coastal workforce that shares our faculty mascot, and the robots and sport methods labored fairly nicely collectively.
This was an especially aggressive Alliance that beat the third alliance within the semi-finals, and gained certainly one of three finals matches towards the primary place Automated Skeletons and their alliance.
After some very aggressive play throughout the first and second rounds of the finals MMD resulted in second place within the match. The workforce got here residence with a 2nd place Innovate Award trophy, and a bigger trophy for Finalist Alliance Group Captain.
They have been very near incomes one of many 4 coveted tickets to the State Competitors.
Two members of the Menacing Muffin Dragons Jay Johansen and Michael Troxel are graduating this Spring, and the remaining youngest members of the Menacing Muffin Dragons are excited to return subsequent season armed with the expertise and data they gained this yr.
In different information:
Karsten Johansen spent the weekend volunteering on the match for Group Argonauts who’re headed to the State Match on March ninth and tenth. Volunteer work and selling Robotics with the higher neighborhood are two main targets of FIRST competitions.Final week NKN Robotics held an afterschool occasion to introduce 11 potential new members to Robotics. Referred to as Robotics Bootcamp – the 4 day after faculty occasion taught an introduction to programming and constructing, and had all 4 groups competing on the efficiency area in a simplified model of the Centerstage sport on the finish of the week.
What a busy couple of weeks for NKN Robotics!
Upcoming dates of curiosity for Robotics:
Monday Feb twenty sixth – Closing assembly and celebration for all three groups!
March ninth and tenth – State Match at Liberty Excessive College – come and cheer on the Argonauts!
Many because of NKN Robotics sponsors– Mudd-Nick Basis, Eugene Schmuck Basis, Tillamook County Creamery and ORTOP.
Many because of our coaches and mentors – Kathryn Harmon, James Johansen, Kirk Dickey, Evan Solley, David Hummel, and our match volunteer and mentor Katie Inexperienced.
Many because of the mother and father who attended Second Likelihood and cheered on our groups! #NKN56 #WeAreCTE