LEGO Mountaineers Score a Perfect 400!

The LEGO Mountaineers are getting ready to go to the U.S. FIRST State Competitions. I challenged the team that if they could get a perfect 400 score I would take everyone out for fresh doughnuts at the Bear Claw Bakery. They have been practicing for weeks, doing everything they could to optimize their robot, tighten the programming source code, and rehearse all movements to shave off a few seconds wherever possible. It's very rare for a team to achieve a perfect 400 score, in fact we used to think it was impossible. Inspired by The Flying Geeks, the kids learned that it was possible and set their sights on a perfect four hundred score in 2.5 minutes.

Next step: The State Competition. After that, the Nationals, and, hopefully, a reception at the White House!

The team has been working hard for months. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do at the competition and to celebrating their accomplishment with them.

P.S. Other than LOTS encouragement and scheduled meetings, the adults did NOT help and did not build or program the robot.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Mindstorms
• US
• First
• Lego
• Robotics

[bigdestroyingrobot]

are you kidding have useen the new one Smart move its extremely hard

[jepdiniz2]

400 was easy in the power puzzle challenge, climate connections is way harder

[lass3567]

now that's what i call nerdy.

[MrGoodmanshow]

In smart move there is almost no way to score.

In all the other ones there were a lot of ways to score.

[apmason]

I agree!!!!