On May 17-18, manufacturing’s future was on full display at the NRL 2019 National Competition at California University of PA. 58 teams from 7 states assembled to determine who’s remote-controlled Bot would survive our unique version of FULL CONTACT INNOVATION.
In the end, Bedford High School’s Rosie the Riveter came from behind to defeat Pine-Richland High School’s M.O.A.B. to take home 1st Place. In addition, Bedford High School was named NRL’s Grand Champion as a result of their combined scores from the arena, documentation review and interview. Bloomsburg Area High School’s Rhynex 2 took home the 3rd Place.
Other award winners included:
NRL Innovation Award sponsored by the alliantgroup – Pine-Richland High School
Coolest Bot – CMU Robotics Club
Best Engineering Documentation – Frazier High School
Best Sportsmanship and Best Engineered Bot – Hempfield Area High School
If you would like to witness the students and their Bots in action, click over to https://gonrl.org/event/2019-nrl-national-competition/ for the links to the archives of the live stream. For more information on how to engage manufacturing’s next generation through full contact innovation, contact Bill Padnos at bpadnos@ntma.org.
