News Summaries

Dec 15, 2007 - FIRST Lego League State Competition

Out of 311 teams in Michigan, 48 advanced to the Flint State Competition and 48 to the Novi State Competition. Results of the state competition at Flint are posted here:

2007 FLL State Competition - Flint, Mich - Dec 15, 2007

Team "RoboFlight Reloaded" scores 3rd highest robot mission score with a 396 out of 400 and finishes 4th place overall!

RoboFlight Reloaded again wins trophy for Creative Research presentation and finishes 2nd place in research category.

RoboFlight Reloaded ties for 3rd place in Robot Programming!

Team "Girls on a Mission" scores 5th highest robot mission score with a 392 out of 400 and finishes 12th place overall!

Girls on a Mission achieves the highest average robot mission score with an average score of 381 out of 400!

Girls on a Mission again win Robot Programming trophy and score perfect score on Robot Design judging!
See final Scores from State

Nov 17, 2007 - FIRST Lego League Regionals

2007 FLL Regionals - Flint, Mich - Nov 17:

Energizers win the Teamwork Trophy with a perfect teamwork score !

RoboFlight Reloaded wins trophy for Creative Research presentation and finishes 2nd place overall !

Girls on a Mission win the Robot Programming trophy and a Robot Performance Trophy for having the second highest robot score!

RoboFlight Reloaded qualifies for advancement to state competition!

Girls on a Mission qualifies for advancement to state competition!

Energizers, RoboFlight, and Girls on a Mission finish in top 5 Robot Scores!

Christine receives young mentor award!
See final Scores from Regionals

April 28, 2007 - Robofest World Championship

Team Rescuers won a Judges Award by finishing 5th place at the 2007 Robofest World Championship! The Rescuers worked 8 weeks preparing for regionals and another 5 weeks since regionals preparing for the championship. They scored 90 out of 100 points in the first round. A mishap with a dislodged sensor resulted in a score of 55 in the second round. Their average score was still high enough to place 5th! For the junior age group, more than 30 teams from Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore and several states around the United States were represented. These teams had advanced from regional competitions where 125 teams had participated. Congratulations Rescuers for a fantastic showing! Official Scores from Jr Games Category.

March 31, 2007 - Robofest Regionals

Three teams from RCLAHS competed in the 8th annual regional Robofest robot competition in Northville, Michigan along with 11 other teams. While spending the past eight weeks preparing for the competition, the kids applied and extended the skills they learned last fall during the FIRST Lego League season. The three Robofest teams from RCLAHS are named Lifeline Robotics, Rescue Bots, and the Rescuers. The Rescuers finished in 3rd place to qualify for advanced to the world championship in Southfield, Michigan to be held April 28, 2007. The Rescue Bots won a 1st place trophy for the unknown, mystery mission. Worldwide, more than 220 teams are participating in regional Robofest competitions.

Dec 16, 2006 - FIRST Lego League State Competition

2006 FLL State Competition - Flint, Mich - Dec 16:
Results

SuperSonicSix misses a perferct robot score by 2 points (and an opponent team space elevator miss) narrowly missing out on 1st place overall. The all girls team finished 5th overall and won the First Place Trophy for best Robot Programming!

RoboFlight v2.0 finished 7th with a strong showing in the research project and scored two rounds over 300!

Rookie team Nanonians' improve Robot score from 283 to 350 and finish in top 30!

Nov 18, 2006 - FIRST Lego League Regionals

2006 FLL Regionals - Flint, Mich - Nov 18:
Photos and Results
Nanonians qualify for advancement to State competition !
RoboFlight v2.0 qualifies for advancement to State competition !
SuperSonicSix qualifies for advancement to State competition !

SuperSonicSix wins First Place Trophy for Robot Programming !
RoboFlight v2.0 wins Runner-Up Trophy for Robot Programming !

More Photos & Scores to be uploaded ...

September 2006 - FIRST Lego League Kick-off Meeting

May 13, 2006 - RoboFest World Championship

Team Fantastic Four placed fourth place overall at the Robofest World Championship. The team achieved a perfect score, 102 points, in their first round, 85 in their second, and 85 again in their third round. The team met several times after regionals, working very hard to hone and perfect their robot. Congratulations to Fantastic Four team members Ashley, Chris, Christine, and James! (More than 180 teams competed world wide in regionals and world competitions: 117 junior teams, 58 senior teams. )

(More Robofest World Championship Photos)
(Final Standings and Scores)

April 7, 2006 - RoboFest Regionals

On April 7, four teams from RCLAHS competed in the 7th annual regional Robofest robot competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan along with 16 other teams. While spending the past six weeks preparing for the competition, the kids applied and extended the skills they learned last fall during the FIRST Lego League season. The four Robofest teams from RCLAHS are named ARMD With a Bot, Lego Jedi, Robo Eagles, and Fantastic Four. Fantastic Four finished second out of ten in the junior division to qualify for advancement to the World Robofest Championship to be held in Southfield, Michigan in May. More than 160 teams are competing in April at various regional competitions across the world.

(More Robofest Regional Photos)

December 10, 2005 - FIRST Lego League State Competition

On December 10, two competition robot building teams from the Robot Club of Livingston Area Homeschoolers, "9 Girls & a Bot" and "RoboFlight" competed in Novi, Michigan along with 72 other teams at the Michigan FIRST Lego League tournament. Both teams, whose members reside in Livingston County, made strong showings at the state competition with "9 Girls & a Bot" placing 22nd in robot performance score and team RoboFlight finishing 24th in robot performance and 24th in the all around category. These 72 teams had been narrowed down from a field of 350 teams at various regional competitions held in November.

The girls team is unique in that they were the only all girls team at the state competition (as well as at the regional competitions held in November) comprised mostly of boys. The girls' robot performance score of 275 was a significant improvement over their score of 165 at the regional competition. The boys' improvements in their research project and design judging allowed them to finish 24th in the all around category. The winner of the all around category will go to Atlanta in April to compete in the international competition along with 70 teams from the United States and around the world. (Dec 10 Photos)

November 19, 2005 - FIRST Lego League Regionals

On November 19, two competition robot building teams from the Robot Club of Livingston Area Homeschoolers, "9 Girls & a Bot" and "RoboFlight" competed in Flint, Michigan along with 33 other teams at the regional FIRST Lego League tournament. Both teams, whose members reside in Livingston County, placed high enough to qualify for advancement to the state competition to be held in Novi on December 10. "9 Girls & a Bot" is unique in that they were the only all girls team at the competition comprised mostly of boys. These girls also received a trophy for most creative research presentation. Three of the 35 were homeschool teams. (Nov 19 Photos)
Scores