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CHS FIRST Team Enters First Regional Competition submitted by Cindy Hansberry He sets, he shoots, he scores! Meet Campbell High School’s newest soccer phenom, BIOS, an honest-to-goodness robot created by CHS’s inaugural For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) team and engineered to master a specific challenge at this year’s BAE Systems FIRST Robotics Competition called “Breakaway.” Led by their Physics Teacher and Coach, Patrick Kaplo, this enthusiastic group of potential engineers and technicians received their kit in early January and had six short weeks to build a robot that would be placed on a 27 by 54-foot field for three-on-three soccer matches held March 5 and 6 at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The group chose “Potential Energy” for their team name and organized into smaller groups to address Design, Electrical, Mechanical, Marketing, Strategy, Software, and
Digital Arts challenges. of our alliance partners mistakenly deleted all the operating codes “The 30 CHS students on our robotics team, ‘Potential Energy,’ for their robot, which resulted in it not moving at all for the final performed admirably in our first regional competition this match. Although we ultimately tied 1-1 while shorthanded in the weekend,” stated Coach Kaplo. “We finished 26 of 48 in the 3-on-2, it wasn’t enough.” standings and played a total of 10 matches on an alliance with two “Our students represented the school well and we had plenty other teams.” of fan support. Many thanks to all who could make it!” enthused “In the earlier rounds, we had some difficulty getting our new Coach Kaplo. kicker fully integrated and functioning during the autonomous period,” continued Coach Kaplo. “After the hectic start on Friday and plenty of frenzied adjustments, the team started performing better and ran a sevengame unbeaten streak, which brought us to our highwater mark of 11th place in the rankings. Going into our final match, the team was well positioned to have a shot at advancing into the final rounds and spirits were high. Campbell High School FIRST team members shown at their inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition with team robot BIOS. Back row: Jeremy Johnson, Tim Beauregaurd, Bobby Cautela, Evan Ordway, Matt Harden, Bobby Harte, Alex Efstratiou, Shannon Langtry, Lucas Dube, Steph Unfortunately, Loeb, Seth Miller, Evan Leith, Spencer Soulard, Chris Rhodes, Geoff Pomerleau, Nick Forrence, Mike Ortolano, Tim Basey, Joe Kang, Zach moments before Waggoner, Matt Rafferty, Jess Rau, Matt Roberge, Kevin Driscoll, John Battaglia, Coach Patrick Kaplo. Front row: Rebecca Howard, Valerie the start of the Plunkett, Hayden Leith, Ryan Coyne, Rita Wang final match, one
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