NMTCC students have recently formed a Robotics Team. With sponsorship from Montgomery County Community College, NMTCC students have been able to form their own robotics team. Last week, NMTCC’s team competed against 18 other schools at the Southeast FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Regional Qualifier competition held at Montgomery County Community College. The students placed 12th in this competition, but with some tweaking to their robot and some updates to their programming, the team hopes to compete in future qualifying competitions. The top teams at the qualifying competitions earn a spot in the state competition which will be held in March.
FTC is designed for those who want to compete head-to-head, using a sports model. Teams of up to 10 students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as for well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.
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