Monthly Archives: February 2016

Heartland Regional Robotics Middle School World Qualifiers

Congratulations to the world qualifiers from the Middle School division of the Heartland Regional Robotics Championships.  Five teams qualified for the upcoming World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

Award Number School Winner
Excellence Award 3018V TechnaPwns VEXcalibur
Tournament Champions 1060A Buffet MS 21 Bolt Street
1073A Marrs MS Decoded
1028J Brownell Talbot Murphy’s Law
Design Award 3018E TechnaPwns EMC^2

Heartland Regional Robotics High School World Qualifiers

Congratulations to the world qualifiers from the High School division of the Heartland Regional Robotics Championships.  Eleven teams qualified for the upcoming World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

Award Number School Winner
Excellence Award 1064A Omaha North Nebraska Nerd Herd
Tournament Champions 5813B Abraham Lincoln Black Squirrels
1970K Mount Michael Knight Shift
1064A Omaha North Nebraska Nerd Herd
Tournament Finalists 2501J Thomas Jefferson Full Metal Jackets
1064P Omaha North Almost HD
1045D Benson The Bunny Overload
Programming Skills Winner 8675 NRAI Fuzzy Wuzzy 2.0
Programming Skills Second Place 5233J NRAI Justice League
Robot Skills Winner 6813B Millard West MW M^3
Design Award 1028A Brownell Talbot C:\DOS\RUN

2016 High School Heartland Regional Qualifiers

Congratulations to the 44 High School teams who qualified for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship. The VRC Heartland Regional Robotics Championship will host 44 of the best High School VEX Robotics teams from Iowa and Nebraska. These teams will compete for eleven qualifying spots to the 2016 VEX Robotics World Championships.

You can find full event details for the High School division.
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2016 Middle School Heartland Regional Qualifiers

Congratulations to the 32 Middle School teams who qualified for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship. The VRC Heartland Regional Robotics Championship will host 32 of the best Middle School VEX Robotics teams from Iowa and Nebraska. These teams will compete for five qualifying spots to the 2016 VEX Robotics World Championships.

You can find full event details for the Middle School Division.
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Heartland Regional Championship Qualifiers as of Feb 6th

This weekend held the final two qualifying events for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championships.  Teams across Nebraska and Iowa competed at the ‘2016 Western Iowa Pwnament’ and the ‘Omaha North High’ VEX Robotics tournaments this weekend.

Congratulations to the three newly qualified High School teams who will be competing at the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship: 6813C (MW LEO LIFT) from Millard West High School, 1064P (OPS – Almost HD) from Omaha North High School, and 1045D (OPS – The Bunny Overload) from Benson High School.

The VRC Heartland Regional Robotics Championship will host 44 of the best High School VEX Robotics teams and 32 of the best Middle School VEX Robotics teams from Iowa and Nebraska. This post is an unofficial list of the teams have currently qualified for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championships as of December 12th, 2015. Check out the full details of who has qualified below. Note: This post is unofficial, it should not be used in an official capacity.

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Omaha North Feb 6th Tournament Results

Nebraska RoboticsFebruary 6, 2016
The Omaha North Feb 6th Tournament is the final regular season Nebraska VEX Robotics tournament. Teams took a last opportunity to qualify for the remaining spots at the VRC Heartland Regional Robotics Championship.

This tournament qualified three teams for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship, the Excellence Award winner and the three Tournament Champion teams. The Excellence award was awarded to team 6813C (MW LEO LIFT) from Millard West High School. The Tournament Champions were 1064P (OPS – Almost HD) from Omaha North High School, and 1045D (OPS – The Bunny Overload) from Benson High School.

A great performance by these teams and the rest of the field! Check out the results below. Continue reading

2016 Western Iowa Pwnament Results

Nebraska RoboticsFebruary 6, 2016
The 2016 Western Iowa Pwnament is the final regular season Iowa VEX Robotics tournament. Teams took a last opportunity to qualify for the remaining spots at the VRC Heartland Regional Robotics Championship.

This tournament qualified five teams for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship, the Excellence Award winner and the three Tournament Champion teams. The High School Excellence award was awarded to team 2501J (Full Metal Jackets) from Thomas Jefferson High School. The Middle School Excellence award was awarded to team 3018V (VEXcalibur) from TechnaPwn Robotics.  The Tournament Champions were 2501J (Full Metal Jackets) from Thomas Jefferson High School, 7232 (Cyber Pirates) from Belton High School, and 2501B (Optimus Dime) from Thomas Jefferson High School.

A great performance by these teams and the rest of the field! Check out the results below. Continue reading

2016 Nebraska & Iowa Online Challenge Entries

The mission for Robotics in Nebraska is to develop critical Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills.  These skills will prepare our students to succeed in a future job environment that will be very different from what we see today.

Robotics competitions have been a effective way to engage students and get them interested in developing these skills, but it isn’t the only method.  We encourage many other activities that develop our students, including judged presentations and online challenges.  This year, the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation ran ten different Online Challenges that spotlighted different skill sets for students to work on.

Nebraska and Iowa Entries

We’d like to spotlight the great work we’ve seen from Nebraska and Iowa teams on the Online Challenges.  We saw high quality submissions across both High School and Middle School.  You can recognize their projects by voting for their entries and/or ‘Liking’ their entry pages.  Check them all out:

High School

656 – Crete, NE Robotics

1028 – Brownell Talbot

1064 – Omaha North HS

3018 – Techna Pwn Robotics

3141 – Gross Catholic High School

5813- Abraham Lincoln High School

6202T – Moment of Force

Middle School

985 – Mary Our Queen (MS)

3018V – VEXCalibur Techna Pwn Robotics

Did we miss one?

There’s a good chance that we may have missed an entry from Nebraska or Iowa. We tried to find all of the entries we could, but you can help by sending us additional entries that we can add to this post. Send an email to [email protected]

Latest Regional Championship Qualifiers as of Jan 30th

Second weekend in a row with four VEX Robotics tournaments. We saw over 120 teams competing, with seven new teams qualifying for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship from the Kearney, Millard South, Benson High School Division and Benson Middle School Division VEX Robotics tournaments.

Congratulations to the five newly qualified High School teams who will be competing at the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship: 8019J (Techno Jocks) from Lakeview High School, 8019X (Blaegger) from Lakeview High School, 1028B (SV_Wall_Hacks) from Brownell-Talbot,  5813A  (The Kanesville Krush) from Abraham Lincoln High School, and 1049B (South Bots) from Omaha South High School.

Congratulations to the two newly qualified Middle School teams who will be competing at the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship: 1060A (OPS – 21 Bolt Street) from Buffett Magnet Middle School and 985D (Not Found in Nature) from Mary Our Queen School.

The VRC Heartland Regional Robotics Championship will host 44 of the best High School VEX Robotics teams and 32 of the best Middle School VEX Robotics teams from Iowa and Nebraska. This post is an unofficial list of the teams have currently qualified for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championships as of December 12th, 2015. Check out the full details of who has qualified below. Note: This post is unofficial, it should not be used in an official capacity.

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Millard South VEX Robotics Tournament Results

Nebraska RoboticsJanuary 30, 2016
Millard South High School hosted their High School Vex Robotics tournament this weekend.  This tournament qualified three teams for the Heartland Regional Robotics Championship, with the three Tournament Champion teams earning that qualification.  The Tournament Champions were 5813B (The Kanesville Krush) from Abraham Lincoln HS, 1028B (SV_Wall_Hacks) from Brownell-Talbot, and 5813A  (Black Squirrels) from Abraham Lincoln HS.  There were no judged awards at this tournament.

A great performance by these teams and the rest of the field! Check out the results below. Continue reading