McKenzie Robotics Team Caps off Season with Division Win at World Championships

The McKenzie Robotics team just got back from Atlanta and capped off a very successful season with a division win, sealing the Kil-a-Bytes claim to Champion status.

About 340 teams participated in the National/World Championships.  Teams from the US, Israel, Holland, France, Mexico, Canada and Brazil were there.  The championships are divided into four divisions – The Kil-a-bytes won the Archimedes division but did not advance in the final rounds of the championships.

To put this into perspective, there are about 1,500 active teams.  Only 12 teams make it to the championship round and compete on the “Einstein field.” McKenzie was one of the 12 teams.  They are certainly considered to be one of the top performers on a world level.

Here is a re-cap of the year:

Midwest Regional, Chicago, IL
Champion
Set Regional and National high score
Won the Motorola Quality Award – Celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication.

Boilermaker Regional, West Lafayette, IN
Champion
Set Regional high score
Won the imagery award – Celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.

Buckeye Regional, Cleveland, OH
Champion
Set Regional high score
Won the GM Industrial Design Award – Celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively achieves the game challenge.

Nationals, Atlanta, GA
Archimedes Division Champion
Set Division high score
Won the National Rockwell Automation Award – Celebrates and innovative control system or application of control components to provide unique machine functions.
To view our matches at the nationals, go to www.thebluealliance.net and enter team #1024