Robotics team places third, fifth in third competition of season

The Danbury High School robotics team competed in its third competition of the season on Nov. 13, with two of its four robots placing third and fifth of 42 competing area teams.

The robotic teams 5150 consist of a handful of students who are given control of the process of creating the robots. The learning style allows them to learn from each other as they are encouraged to help one another without a lot of input from advisors. They are given the opportunity to develop the robots by themselves and dedicate their time to perfecting the robots. For almost 10 years, the DHS Robotics Team, an afterschool program led by Team Advisor Erik Savoyski, has successfully qualified robots for the VEX Robotics world championships, which culminate the season every spring.

At the Nov. 13 competition at Ridgefield High School, DHS Team 5150D finished third, H team placed fifth and teams E and J finished 14 and 34, respectively. Team D was defeated in the final match and took home the tournament finalist award. The Team D robot was also awarded the Design award for the best engineering notebook for an unprecedent third time in a row.

Teams D, H and J currently hold fourth, seventh and 11^th places, respectively in robot and programming skills in Southern New England, a separate competition for the most points scored in one minute on an open playing field.

The next robotics competition will be held Nov. 20 at Weston High School.