The Issaquah High Robotics Society proved their engineering and team-problem-solving dominance at the Seattle Cascade FIRST Robotics tournament in March at CenturyLink Event Center. Not only did the team place fifth overall in the tournament, it also won the Quality Award, which honors “machine robustness in concept and design fabrication.” In other words, the Issaquah High robot displayed a high degree of excellence and stood out as an example to all other teams.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics is an organization that motivates students to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering through hands-on experience. To compete in the robotics competition, teams are issued a design challenge at the beginning of each year; the robots then compete at the regional, state, and national level to see which perform the specific tasks best.