In its first competition ever, the Moonachie Robotics Team came in second place overall at the South Bergen Jointure Commission’s Vex IQ Highrise Robot Competition. The com- petition took place at Carlstadt Public School on December 2, 2015. The competition was comprised of three rounds in which robots had to move and stack colored cubes in 1 minute. The first two rounds involved team members con- trolling the robots, while the Team members (L to R): Julianna Pandorf, Michael Gallo, Matthew Druciak, Jasmine Garcia, Daniel Sarmiento-Arias, Luis Vicioso-Gil, Joanne Kwon, Bryan Spadavecchia, Kyle Kaneshige, Yosuke Tobe, Christina Monti. Advisor: Joshua Frisch third round had robots running on automated programs cre- ated by each team. Moonachie achieved the highest score after the first two rounds (133 points), but ultimately lost by 2 points to South Hackensack. However, the team was given the “Individual Team Award” for having the highest score in the human controlled rounds. The team will compete again in March at the next SBJC com- petition. Provided by Joshua Frisch and Phil Facendola The Gazette
