Cybergnomes looking for support

The 2013 Cybergnomes Robotics Team will host a fundraising Spaghetti Supper and Silent Auction from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on Thursday, February 7 in the Stayner Collegiate Institute Cafeteria.

Soldiering on as a committee of Clearview Council after its existence for this school year was threatened by the teachers’ labour dispute and the removal of extra-curricular activities at SCI, the Cybergnomes team is planning on attending three First Robotics events in March and April – one in Oshawa, one in Mississauga and one in Boston. A win at any of these competitions would earn them a berth at the world championships, to be held in St. Louis, Missouri at the end of April.

For those who have never seen what these First Robotics teams are capable of, check out the video below describing their challenge for the 2013 season. Team members learn all kinds of valuable skills, from machining to welding to computer programming.

The past few years have seen the SCI team make the quarter finals in Boston, ranking them in the top 100 teams out of thousands across North America. This is quite an achievement, when you consider that most of their competition at that level is sponsored by entities like NASA and General Motors.