Eight high school robotics teams competed Jan. 27 at the SE Alaska First Technical Challenge (FTC) hosted by Sitka High School. Five qualifying rounds sent four teams to the finals: Bro-bots + 1 (Thunder Mountain High School), Wired Wolves (Sitka), Genetic Advantage (TMHS) and Team Duct Tape (TMHS).
Bro-bots+1 and Genetic Advantage were the alliance winners for the competition. The Inspire Award went to Bro-bots+1, the Think Award (engineering notebook) went to Genetic Advantage and the Connect Award (community outreach) went to Team Duct Tape.
All four of these teams will advance to state Feb. 20 to face 32 other teams in Eagle River. The TMHS teams would like to thank their sponsors: Hecla Mining, Conoco Philips, Integrity Home Inspection, Morris Engineering, Meridian Systems, Couer Alaska, Donna’s Restaurant and Chris and Christy Wallace.
