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Update: Superior Roboworks Headed to the State Robotics Competition Following Success in Escanaba and at LSSU

Update: 857 Superior Roboworks wasn’t the only local robotics team to see success in Escanaba and at Lake Superior State University during March.
 
Calumet’s CopperBots 2586 and Lake Linden-Hubbell’s Robotic Turmoil 5486 took third and seventh, respectively, in the finals at Escanaba. Calumet CopperBots also earned the District  Engineering Inspiration Award.
 
While at LSSU Calumet ranked 3rd and earned the Quality Award. Robotic Turmoil also performed well, lacing 4th and earning the Team Spirit Award. The FIRST in Michigan website District rankings places Superior Roboworks 8th, CopperBots 21st, and Robotic Turmoil 96th out of 514 robotics teams in the state. 
 

Superior Roboworks takes away top honors in Escanaba, and teams up with two other Upper Peninsula teams to compete at Lake Superior State University over the weekend. During the First Robotsics playoff round earlier this month in Escanaba, Superior Roboworks, made of area students and based out of Houghton High School, earned a #3 ranking ahead of the alliance section of the competition. During the alliance, Superior Roboworks teamed up with BraveBots Gladstone to earn a blue ribbon and gain a spot at the District competition at Lake Superior State University over the weekend.

At LSSU Superior Roboworks ranked 3rd out of 41 teams during qualifications. In the playoff, the team joined the 6569 Gladiators from Ontonagon and 6088 Stephenson Eagle making it the final rounds. After a stellar performance in the final rounds, Superior Roboworks earned a place at the state competition in April.

The robotics team plans to attend this Saturday’s MakersFest at the Houghton High School, where kids can explore robotics and learn more about Superior Roboworks and their recent success during regional and district competitions.

Superior Roborworks encourages students to explore their passion and curiosity for STEM fields thanks in part to sponsors General Motors, Great Lakes Sound and Vibration, ThermoAnalytics, Orbion Space Technologies, GS Engineering, Michigan Department of Education, Xeratec, and David Kent Consulting.

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