Winners: From left, Super Ninja Bunnies team members Johnny Wei, Bruce Yan, Tianhao Xu and Oscar Shi of Burnaby, with trophies from the FIRST LEGO League contest at BCIT.
Global Innovation Award – Finalists Announced! The judges have conferred and concurred and ultimately concluded that the three Finalists of the 2013 FLL Global Innovation Award (in no particular order) are…
**Lucky is our Dog, Columbus, OH, United States, THE BUDDY
**NeXT GEN, Oakland, MD, United States, GRAMMA-JAMMA
**Rockford Christian Royal Narwhals, Rockford, IL, United States, THE MPA: MAGNETIC PLUG ADAPTOR
Thank you to all teams who participated in this year’s FLL Global Innovation Award. Be sure to checkhttp://fllinnovation.firstlegoleague.org often to learn more about the teams, their ideas, and find out how you can enter your 2014 NATURE’S FURY Project idea next season!
The SNB team has received 423 votes. The three finalist teams will be contacted by phone in early April. Public announcement of the finalists will be made after all three finalist teams are notified. The one winning team and two runners-up will be named at the awards ceremony on June 18, 2013.
Super Ninja Bunnies, the winner of the FLL 2012 Senior Solutions robot performance award at the British Columbia provincial championship. This is their best run: Round 4. They scored 490 points out of a maximum of 580 (if they got a strike on bowling).
Here is their program sequence:
Run 1: TV, yellow quilts, blue quilts, dog - possible 130 points, scored 110
Run 2: Cardio, bowling, TV, shopping bags - possible 125 points, scored 55
Run 3: Similarity, ball game, gardening, stove, chair - possible 230 points, scored 230
Run 4: Cardio, strength, transition - possible 95 points, scored 95
