James Welch
jamesw@isb.ac.th
Congratulations to the ISB Steel Panther teams for their recent success at the VEX Nothing But Net Challenge in Taipei, Taiwan. The Steel Panthers 1 team with Alessio, Sarida, Easwaar, Judge, and Thee was recognized for the VEX Think Award for the team with the most outstanding use of sensors and programming. They also finished 9th in the Robot Skills Challenge and 5th in the Programming Skills Challenge making it all the way to the quarterfinals of the tournament. The Steel Panthers 2 team with Nico, Anirudha, Thomas, Q, and Stephen scored consistently in each of their round robin matches and received the VEX Judges Award for their unique design and sportsmanship. Both teams had a fantastic time and represented ISB very well. Ms. Herbert and Mr. Welch are very proud of their accomplishments and thoroughly enjoyed seeing them grow from this experience. Until next year Steel Panthers!
The ISB Steel Panther teams competed in the VEX Nothing but Net challenge in Taipei, Taiwan this past Friday and Saturday. Both teams have been working numerous days after school for months in preparation for this event and were excited to compete. Each team had to program their robot to score points by placing or shooting balls into a net for the first 15 seconds of each competitive round. After that, they were able to drive their robot, by remote-control, to pick up balls and fire them into the net for the next minute and 45 seconds.
The Steel Panthers 1 team, which consisted of Alessio, Sarida, Easwaar, Judge and Thee had a very successful tournament. This team finished 9th in the robot skills challenge and 5th in the programming skills challenge and managed to make it to the quarterfinals of the tournament. At the end of the tournament this team was recognized for the VEX Think award, which went to the team with the most outstanding use of sensors and programming. The Steel Panthers 2 team, which consisted of Nico, Anirudha, Thomas, Q and Stephen was not very lucky in their round robin draw for the tournament, but managed to score consistently in each match. This team was recognized by the tournament with the VEX Judges award, for their unique design and sportsmanship that they displayed throughout the tournament.
Both teams had a fantastic time and represented ISB very well. Ms. Herbert and Mr. Welch are very proud of their accomplishments and thoroughly enjoyed seeing them grow from this experience. Until next year Steel Panthers!
