TAYLOR'S BEST DAY EVER!

Taylor is the youngest member of the Fairview Robotics Team, but that didn't stop him today. They had a competition over at Hillcrest High School where they had a competition called Sumo Robot. This is where they would try to knock the other robot out of the circle or beat them in points, and if they did they would be the winner of that round. Taylor designed his sumo robot by himself and competed against high school students. He was so cute, he was nervous at first and didn't think his robot would be good enough after he saw all the big metal robots that he was up against, but Mrs. Funke told him just to try and have fun! Taylor had fun alright; he won the whole sumo competition, even beating the 12th graders! He had the whole gym cheering for him! I have never seen Taylor so proud. Mrs. Funke kept yelling, "That is my third grader!!!" (She is not shy and will belt her cheers right out there!) All of the 12th graders kept coming up to Taylor telling him that he did an awesome job and that his robot was "sic"! Way to go Tay, we are so proud of you!


Taylor and his sumo robot. The spikes on the front would get caught in the other robots, causing their gears not to work, so Taylor's robot could push them out of the circle (very clever!) They modified it a little bit for the last round, trying to add some weight and some colored tape to confuse the sensors of the other person's robot. My camera died so I didn't get pictures of the robots that he was up against, but I have video which is hilarious with everyone cheering for Tay.


This is the Fairview Robotics Team. Mason and Austin also built a robot to compete in capture the flag, but something happened with their program and they couldn't download it right. They all had fun cheering for Taylor though!