Robots lift, push, pile and build their way to the top at the 13th Annual CRC Robotics Competition

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It was noisy, chaotic, riveting and fun as 700 keen and driven students and their robots pushed, lifted and rolled their way to success at the 13th Annual CRC Robotics Competition, February 20 to 22, 2014. Thirty-one teams from twenty-eight high schools and Cegeps participated in a roof-raising competition that is one of the liveliest and most entertaining high tech contests around.

"The Robotics Competition is a great event,” said Vanier organizer Stephen Newbigging. “It’s always amazing to see what the teams come up with in terms of their robots and their kiosks. The sky is the limit, or in the case of MacDonald High School, which always has an imaginative approach to the competition, the roof of the Sports Complex was the limit with a kiosk that was almost twenty feet high!”

Organizers were thrilled with this year’s entries and impressed with the kind of cooperation demonstrated between the competing schools and the teamwork among the participants.

Everywhere you looked there was a flurry of activity: teams were assembling and hosting their kiosks, groups of students huddled over their robots, going back and forth between their creation and a tool box, making final adjustments before the heats; others were carrying their prize robot onto the playing field. The air cracked with excitement, imagination and creativity.

This year it was Collège Montmorency that won the Overall Champion Trophy - best combined score in all categories. The other Overall Awards finalists with the highest combined score in all categories were: 2nd: Marianopolis College 3rd: Macdonald High School Best Rookie (highest rank among schools in their first year of participation): Centennial Regional High School

Congratulations to the Vanier Robotics Team for winning the Award for Best Tutorial.

In all, eighteen schools won awards in ten categories. But every team that came to the competition with working robot, learned an immeasurable amount, had an exhilarating experience, and made lasting bonds and friendships. They all went home winners.

Planning will soon begin for next year’s competition. The CRC is open to any school who wants to join, and CRC representatives are available to visit schools, to give live robotics demonstrations and to get students interested in forming a team and joining the fun.

The CRC Robotics Competition is unique because it’s the only robotics competition where all the work is done exclusively by students who must build a robot and a kiosk, as well as make a video and design a website, in both French and English.

Teachers, students, and school administrators who would like more information on participating in the CRC Robotics Competition or for sponsorship, mentorship and volunteering opportunities, please contact Jean Philippe Gélinas jp@robo-crc.ca or Simon Marcoux 514-805-6958.