Woodbury’s Raider Robotics team took hope the Special Project Award, one of three top awards, in a regional First Lego League (FLL) event on December 12 at Kirtland High School.
FLL is a collaboration between the LEGO Company and FIRST, a nonprofit organization committed to creating robotic competition programs. It combines engineering, computer programming, problem-solving, researching, presenting and teamwork.
The Raider Robotics team competed as rookies this year and claimed the prize for their AutoSorter 1.0, a self-sorting trash can that uses Arduino technology to automatically sort trash from recyclables.
Adviser and Woodbury teacher Mrs. O’Leary-Stark also took home the Coach/Mentor Award after being nominated by the student team members.