CHS robotics team. Back row (L-R): Kayla Krauth, Yasser Garcia, Christian Floyd, Luke Grater. Front row (L-R): Andrew Hathcock, Rushir Parikh, David Lawson(team captain).
GAINESVILLE - The Chestatee High School robotics team, the CHS RACE Eaglemaniacs, recently earned the right to compete in the upcoming state championship.<br />
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According to team sponsor Nick Scheman, "It took ten long hours at GSMST (the Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology) in Lawrenceville on Saturday for the CHS RACE Eaglemaniacs Robotics Team to win their first ever Robotics Qualifier, which guarantees them a spot at the state championship..."<br />
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Scheman added that for founding senior members Rushir Parikh and David Lawson "this has been a long four-year challenge, which included many robot rebuilds, constant coding refinement, and funding procurement. Team captain David Lawson has kept the team focused, determined, and united in their quest for robotic domination by gathering team members whenever possible after school."<br />
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This year's competition was titled "The Cascade Effect" and teams had to design robots that could move different size plastic balls into different sized containers. To earn points, robots had to be coded so that they could move autonomously for 30 seconds and then for two minutes while under the guidance of student drivers. To optimize a competitive advantage at these events, teams must form collaborative alliances in order to accumulate the most points.
