Anderson VEX tournament Dec 8th

Excitement for this year’s VEX game, Turning Point, continues to build.

Anderson hosted 34 teams for a tournament on 12/8/18 and the cafeteria was buzzing with excitement. ALL of these teams demonstrated such graciousness and patience, as there were some significant delays due to technical difficulties in getting started. But, true to VEX creators’ way of thinking, solutions were imagined and carried out on the fly and the qualification matches were ON.

Congrats to our Tournament Champions; that was an exciting Final match!

The Skills field was a popular place to be, with some awesome scores achieved.

Murchison Hosts Austin VEX Tournament

December 1st, 2018 was the date for Turning Point tournament held at Murchison Middle School. CANs had a strong presence, both as competitors and as volunteers.

Congrats to some trophy winners; you will see them again at State level competition!

Tournament Champions: 2158A (“99.5% reliability”)

Design Award AND Robot Skills Champion: 2158R (“Rotisserie Chicken”)

(photos coming soon)

Night of the Robots Dec 2018

December 7th saw Anderson bustling with youthful enthusiasm as we hosted 60 elementary school students for a night of fun. The cold and wet thunderstorm raging outside was no match for the excitement inside the building. Friends enjoyed demonstrations, robot themed activities, and hanging out with the team over dinner and a movie. Stay tuned for news about our next event!

VEX teams to San Antonio November 2018

Several ausTIN CANs VEX teams made the drive down I-35 to compete in the East Central ISD Fall VRC Tournament- Turning Point held on November 10th, 2018.

Overall it was a good day for the CANs, with an all- Anderson Top Alliance partnership entering the final match. With a stalled drive and a worthy opponent, the CANs lost that match 18-24. While disappointed in not taking home the Championship trophy, the teams gained some valuable experience and also secured 2 awards:

2158X earned the Excellence Award and is now qualified to compete at State.

2158R earned the Design Award, which also qualifies for State (a double honor for them!)

Kudos to all the CANs and their parents who participated in a long day of travel excitement:

2158A

2158B

2158K

2158R

2158V

2158X

And, again, a shout out to our Mentors Mr. Wrencher and Robert for all your support!

The hosts were fantastic, and even put out a welcome sign.

Last minute troubleshooting

Alliance partners in Quarterfinals

Strategic planning

Final Match!

2158X

CANs teammates inducted into NHS

Congratulations to our robotics students who were inducted into the Anderson High chapter of the National Honor Society October 20th. It is quite an accomplishment and we celebrate with you! (Not all students honored were available for photo.)

Proof that they don’t always wear yellow t-shirts! Congrats, CANs!

Houston Maker Faire first VEX event of the year

First VEX tournament of the season in the books! 3 teams traveled to the Houston Maker Faire for a fun 2 day tournament October 13-14, 2018.

Congrats to 2158R (qualified for State by winning the Excellence Award; they also took home the Robot Skills Award), 2158K (Undefeated Tournament Champion), and 2158X (Alliance 2 Captain). All 3 teams did well in Skills (#1, #2, and #3 for the tournament!) and came home with a few new ideas for finessing their designs.

Many thanks to our Mentors for making the trip.

Those convention center hallways can be very long when you are carrying toolboxes!

REC rep Luis was so enthusiastic about seeing those new V5 motors in action!

Legos and Drones and LEDs, oh my! Houston Maker Faire was an exciting venue.

Point counting at the end of a match

Team dinner following Day 1 of tournament

What do you do on the night between tournament days? Fine tuning and new programming, of course!

Nice match!

Robot Skills Winner: 2158R

(Undefeated!) Tournament Champions 2158K with their alliance partners 1814D

Excellence Award Winners: 2158R

This award was the only one of the tournament that qualified for State tournament in February. Great job, CANs!