NEW CASTLE – Nikolas Uhler, a student from Eastern Hancock High School, was recently among the team of New Castle Career Center engineering students who participated in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Tech Challenge. This competition attracts nearly 7,500 teams from across the country to complete science and technology challenges.
The task for this year’s competition was to build a robot that could pick up and foam rings and place them into one of four scoring areas on a 12-by-12-foot playing field. In a traditional year, the playing field would be occupied by four robots with teams of two playing against one another. This year, however, a hybrid system was developed so teams could compete virtually from their own facilities rather than travel to a central location.
The team worked its way through the competition, increasing its scoring percentage by nearly 150 percent by the last round. Ultimately the team placed 11th out of 20 teams in the South Indianapolis Invitational.
For more information about the Engineering Career Program or the 17 other career programs offered at the New Castle Career Center, visit nccareercenter.org
