A local team of young engineers and programmers from Warwick recently competed at the FIRST Tech Challenge Excelsior Regional MVCC Qualifier. Team T.A.C.A. (Total and Complete Amateurs) members are Thomas Magee (Captain), Aiden Woods (Captain and FTC Dean’s List Semi Finalist), Ronan Patel, Ashok Sathiyamoorthy, Kahlan Fallon, and Swathi Sathiyamoorthy.
They competed against 30 teams in the virtual Ultimate Goal challenge to build and code robots to complete autonomous and driver tasks in two-minute rounds of competition. The Ultimate Goal is the name for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics game for the 2020-2021 season. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology.
Team T.A.C.A. worked many long hours to complete the design, build and programming of a robot while learning Java and CAD design. They also connected with local members of the engineering, science and technology community. The team received the Judges Award which is given to a team whose unique efforts, performance or dynamic merit recognition. They also placed third for the Connect Award which is given to the team that most connects with their local science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) community.
Team T.A.C.A. members (from left) are: Thomas Magee, Aiden Woods, Kahlan Fallon, Ashok Sathiyamoorthy, Swathi Sathiyamoorthy, & Ronan Patel.
