Student Activities

Prout Robotics #1 Again

The Prout School’s robotics team (called “Hyperion”), and its two alliance partners, finished first in last year’s Rhode Island state championships of the FIRST Tech Challenge. The event was held on February 9 at New England Institute of Technology’s Automotive Center in Warwick.

The challenge was called “Rover Ruckus”, a nod to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first humans on the moon. Robots were challenged to “descend from the lander”, “collect minerals from a crater”, and place the minerals in the “cargo hold”.

This was the second year in a row that Prout’s “Hyperion” team claimed the state championship as part of a three-team alliance that won the final match after a full day of competition. Thirty-one teams competed at the event, including teams from Bishop Hendricken HS, North Kingstown HS, Barrington HS, The Wheeler School, Narragansett High School and Rocky Hill School. Prout also took home the Design Award, presented to a team that best incorporates industrial design elements into their solution.

The other two teams in the winning alliance with Prout were the “Cybears” from Shoreline Robotics club in Westerly and the “Gold Diggers” from Mt. Hope High School in Bristol.

Team sponsors include South County Health, Providence Engineering Society, Schneider Electric and Greenwood Credit Union.