Jr. Robotic Teams Wow at FLL Expo

As part of , the Livingston Robotics Club Jr. presented their 3rd annual outdoor Junior First Lego League Expo on Saturday.  The event, which was sponsored by St. Barnabas Medical Center, was the largest outdoor Jr. FLL Expo in the nation and also coincided with Livingston’s Family Festival Day. 

Thirteen teams from 10 towns participated in this year’s expo.  The theme of their projects this year was food safety.  The kids built projects out of legos related to how their food was produced, transported, consumed and how the food is safe.

There was also a 45-minute interactive show about chemistry behind the food by “Mad Science,” hands-on experiments related to the science of food.

Awards

Descriptions

Team #

Team Name

Town

Effort and Learning

For a strong effort and a willingness to learn and try new things: This team prepared for success.

2068

Blue Brick Builder Bunnies

Montvale

Inquiring Minds

For interest in science and enjoyment of the building process: Always looking to find a solution, this team kept morale up while creating smart solutions.

618

Robo Benders

Plainsboro

Independent Leadership

For impressive and varied designs: This team created ideas with little outside guidance. They took ideas from each team member into consideration to produce quality results.

2684

Legobotics

Livingston

Awesome Machine

For creative use of simple machines such as gears, levers, pulleys or wheel & axles in the model.

2941

Legoistas

West Orange

Complexity and Decoration

For beautiful model construction, with great decorative touches.

2942

Awesome Octopus Dudes (AOD)

West Orange

Robust Design

For the team with understanding and application of construction knowledge which allowed them to produce the sturdiest design.

2742

Rocket Bayblade

Millburn

Out of the Box

For innovative ideas during model recreation and design improvement

2515

Lego Tacklers

Secaucus

Excellent Research Project

For excellent research project: effectively communicates an existing  problem and proposes a solution.

1496

Exotic Fruits

Parsippany

Most Explosive

For explosive ideas, explosive team energy, and their love of legos

2639

Dayton Wolf Den

Dayton

Gracious Professionalism

For exemplifying Gracious Professionalism during the Event: This team was thoughtful, kind, and showed respect towards others.

1023

Lego Warriors

South Plainfield

Teamwork

For hard work on teamwork: Success as a team came first. Always first to a team solution, this team knows that Together Everyone Achieves More.

2938

Super MEGA Bolts

Livingston

Cool Programming

For outstanding programming that can effectively activate the model to convey movement and design intent.

1854

Spongebots

Livingston

Amazing Robot Design

For extensive use of all robotics components in the model including sensor, motor, gears and advanced programming.

285

Dragobots

Old Bridge

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