Carmel Catholic's NYAN Robotics team advances to State

Carmel Catholic High School's NYAN Robotics team will compete at the Illinois FTC Championship Tournament, held Friday, February 22-Saturday, February 23, 2019, at Elgin Community College. The team is currently ranked 1st in the state and 7th in the world.

At the 2018 State Championship Tournament, NYAN Robotics finished in 1st place and advanced to both the National and World Championships, where the team ended their season in 9th place.

The FIRSTTech Challenge Illinois Championship Tournament is an intense two-day event showcasing robots developed and operated by teams of high school students. The competing robots are the best robots from the FTC Qualifying Events held all around Illinois. The robots represent the product of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, and managing project deadlines.

In the competition, two alliances (red and blue) each composed of two robot teams play each other on fields that are 12' by 12' in size. Most of the day is spent on a series of Qualifying Rounds matches played between randomly generated alliance teams to determine the top four seeded individual teams. These top four individual teams will then select two other teams that they would like to join them in forming an alliance for the Elimination Rounds matches. Late Saturday afternoon starts off with the four alliances competing in the Semi-final Matches, then the Finals where two alliances will vie for the title of Winning Alliance.

Learn more about NYAN Robotics at nyanrobotics.com.