Mocksville Logistics Challenge 2016

6th Annual Davie County Schools Robotics Challenge

On April 22, Davie County Schools held its 6th Annual Robotics Competition at Davie County High School. The six elementary schools and three middle schools all competed in this year’s event. The event was judged by Clint Junker (DCS Board of Education), Teresa Kines (Dean, DCCC – Davie Campus), Danny Cartner (Davie County Schools - Retired), and Gary Bullard (Grey Engineering). A special thanks to Davie County Schools’ instructional coaches Heather Ratledge, Kelly Myers, Christy Cornatzer, and Rebecca Marion, along with Davie County High School’s National Honor Society, who supported in various roles. This year’s elementary school theme was a throwback to the Mocksville Logistics Challenge. Pinebrook Elementary School claimed the top two spots with Robot Apocalypse (Chloe Ledford and Caleb McDaniel) taking first place overall and Explosion of Purple (Brianne Winfrey and Savannah Gouch) taking runner-up honors. The Diva Twins from Mocksville Elementary School finished in third place.

The three Davie County middle schools competed in a brand new event. Teams engineered and built their EV3 robots to collect golf balls and return them to their assigned bin. Teams competed simultaneously on a three-dimensional table, avoiding obstacles and other teams to collect the most balls for the win. This competition incorporated remote control and the sumo wrestling aspect from the previous challenges this year. JPR Robotics (Will Jones, Josh Pilcher, Josh Clark) from North Davie Middle School were crowned champions. South Davie Middle School’s Swag Sauce (Byron Jones, Hunter Snyder, Johnathan Moore) finished as runner-up and Little Tike Gamers (Chandler Carter, Kenan Boswell, Madelyn Kenney) finished third. Awards were also handed out for the Middle School Sumo, Dragster and Tug-of-War series. South Davie swept the series with # InsertCoolNameHere (Jake Linville, Nathan Linville, Nolan Crotts, Kaitlyn Roscoe) taking first place for the Sumo Challenge, Pro_Bots (Luke Snider, Luca Iacopi, John Vargas) taking first place for the Dragster Challenge and Swag Sauce taking first place in the Tug-of-War Challenge.

None of this would be possible without the support and tireless hours put in by the coaches of these robotics teams (CES: Teresa Carter and Christy Kauffman; CZES: Leah Hayes and Lisa Doss; MES: Kris Shepherd and Joe Ramsbotham; PES: Mary Winfrey and Brian Winfrey; SGES: Tina Pickett and Tammy Essic; WRD: Carrie Trivette and Kristy Coble; NDMS: Cindy Cline, Janet Dyson and Thomas Johnson; SDMS: Ben Baity and Emily Fanning; WEMS: Karen Martin).

Mocksville Logistics Challenge 2016

Instructions:

• • Vehicles must travel on designated streets - No cutting across the mat.

  • Any “wait” must be preceded by a STOP.

• 1. LAUNDROMAT: Drive from BASE to Campbell’s Coin Laundry and complete a 360o spin like a washing machine, keeping the front wheels inside the circle and return to BASE.

  2. ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Drive from BASE around the Gas Station to Salisbury Street. Turn right on Water Street. Using the light sensor to follow the line, SLOW DOWN for construction along Water Street, and then speed back up to return to BASE.

  3. CAR SHOW: Drive from BASE on Main Street using the light sensor, turn left and follow the circle in the center of town (follow the circle all the way back to where you started). When you get back to main street, stop and perform a creative move (ie. play a tune, spin wheels, do a wheelie, wave at spectators) at the car show. Return to BASE.

  4. ROTARY CLUB: Drive from BASE to Energy United to attend a Rotary Club Meeting, wait 3 seconds then travel to Restaurant 101 to meet some friends for lunch. Wait 3 seconds before returning to BASE.

  5. FIRE AT HORN OIL: Drive from BASE to the Fire Department and wait 3 seconds. There is a fire at Horn Oil. Drive as fast as you can to Horn Oil coming to a stop using the bump sensor. Wait 3 seconds, then return to BASE at slower speed.

  6. DONATED BOOKS: Start at BASE and travel to the Davie Foundation For an important announcement regarding your charity. Wait 2 seconds, then travel to pick up books donated by the Book Rack. Using an attachment, deliver the books to the Mebane Foundation for the LIteracy Program and return to BASE.

  7. PLANTING TREES: First Presbyterian Church is planting trees around the church. Start at BASE and travel to Southern States. Using an attachment, pick up a tree and deliver it to the Square and replace where one of the trees was recently cut down. Return to BASE.

  8. BAND EQUIPMENT: The Brad Ratledge Band is playing at Junker’s Mill. Deliver band equipment by starting at BASE and travel to the road between Junker’s Mill and Davie Foundation. Using the bump sensor to come to a stop, wait for 2 seconds (delivering the band equipment), then travel back to BASE.

  9. ANTIQUE RING: You enjoy shopping for antiques. Start at BASE and travel to the Antique Store and wait for 2 seconds. While shopping you find an antique ring. Using an attachment to take the ring to Foster’s Jewelry to have it appraised. Wait 2 seconds then return to BASE with the ring.

  10. FAMILY NIGHT: Your family is spending the evening in Mocksville. Start at BASE and travel to the parking lot across from Junker’s Mill (wait for 2 seconds) while you attend the Winter Festival. Then travel to Restaurant 101 for dinner (wait 2 seconds), then get ice cream (wait 2 seconds) and end your evening at the First Presbyterian Church with movie night in the fellowship hall (wait 2 seconds). Return to BASE.

  11. DISABLED VEHICLE: Your friend’s car has broken down at the Gas Station. Start at BASE and travel to the Gas Station. Using an attachment, push your friends car to York Exxon to be repaired and wait 2 seconds. Then move the car to Triad Auto to be sold and return to BASE.