The Extraordinary Innovation Labs Robotics Team competed December 8-10 in the 2016 Texas State UIL/Regional BEST Robotics Contest. The event was held in Frisco, Texas and included over 70 qualifying teams from Texas and New Mexico. EIL is a homeschool robotics team sponsored by the Extraordinary Education Center in Magnolia.
The team earned high honors at the Regional contest winning the prestigious SIMULINK PROGRAMMING DESIGN AWARD and a $1500 CASH PRIZE from MathWorks, Inc. In addition to the Simulink Award, the team earned the JUDGES’ CHOICE AWARD and placed in the TOP TEN in the ROBOT COMPETITION, ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK and overall BEST AWARD.
The team qualified for the Regional competition by taking 1st Place in the overall BEST AWARD at the local 2016 North Houston BEST Hub contest in October. The BEST Award is the highest honor a team can earn in BEST. It encompasses all aspects of the competition in 5 different areas including a Marketing Presentation, Marketing Display, Engineering Notebook, Robot Performance and Team Spirit. In addition to the overall BEST Award, the team also earned several other top awards at the local competition including 1st Place MARKETING PRESENTATION, 1st Place MARKETING BOOTH & INTERVIEW, 1st Place ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK, 1st Place PROGRAMMING AWARD, and 4th Place ROBOT COMPETITION.
Learn more about BEST Robotics at their website: www.bestinc.org
Learn more about the EIL Robotics Team at the team website: www.eilrobotics.com or their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/eilrobotics
Learn more about the Extraordinary Education Center at:
www.extraed.org
2016 EIL Robotics Team Photo
Back Row L-R: Aiden Campbell, Ion Powell, Eli Rose, Jackson Davidson, Jacob Parker, Logan Tucker, Colin McKenzie,
Middle Row L-R: Tabitha Ford, Tandi Ford, Madison Gutierrez, Jason Eaton, Terrell Ford, Daniel Lopez
Front Row: Alex Gutierrez, Nabeel Bacchus,
(Team members not pictured: Taryn Campbell, Jack Fruehwirth, Chris Martens, Andrew Riley)
