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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
B. Russell Alexander, P.E. Robotics Team Reaches Finals and Wins Award Columbus, Ohio ---- The Design Factory, Inc. congratulates the Whetstone High School Robotics Team “Team Lugnut” for their outstanding performance at the FIRST Robotics Pittsburgh Regional and Buckeye Regional Competitions. In early March at the Pittsburgh Regional, Team Lugnut was recognized with a special Judges Award for the excellent design and implementation of the ball-grabber end effectors or “hands” on their robot. The judges said, “During the course of the competition, the judging panel may encounter a team whose unique efforts, performance, or dynamics merit recognition. The judges want to give a special award today to one such team. This team's robot had clean lines and was a strong competitor. They continued to improve its implementation and strategy throughout the competition. In particular, this team had a strong 2x capping technique with a reliable grabbing arm. The judges' award for Ball Handling and Herding goes today to Team Lugnuts.” Two weeks later in Cleveland, the team rose through the ranks to compete in the finals for a final standing of 6th out of a field of 60 robots. B. Russell Alexander, President of The Design Factory, Inc. leads the company’s mentoring of Team Lugnut. Mr. Alexander is a licensed Professional Engineer with over two decades of product and equipment development experience. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, The Design Factory, Inc. has provided creative mechanical design engineering for products and equipment since 1990. To find out more, visit their website at www.designfactoryinc.com or email them at:
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