Rutherford High School Robotics team is heading to the FIRST Tech Challenge Florida State Championship! The Catastrophic RAMifications FTC Robotics team competed on Saturday at the AEROcoast FTC Regionals hosted at the Doolittle Institute, Niceville.
The team of 13 students from 8th through 12th grade displayed skill and craft to finish the day with 9 wins from 11 matches, earning them one of just six bids to the state Championship. Their robot, which they design, build, and program; collects and launches a 5in “wiffle ball” into a goal in a high pace 2min 30sec match with 3 other robot teams.
This is the first time this team from Bay County will be competing at the Florida State Championships with 60 teams from across the state. The event is held at AdventHealth Fieldhouse in Winter Haven the first weekend in March.