by NJ Press Media
The Zero RoSparta robotics team tops in U.Stics competition, sponsored by NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), requires students to write control software for small satellite robots, according to a press release from the school, which said the competition so far has consisted of two qualifier tournaments and a semi-finals tournament that were run entirely by computer simulation at MIT. Pope John Robotics and eight other top teams from the semi-final tournament have now advanced to the finals of the competition. The finals will no longer be a simulation: they are played in orbit aboard the ISS using real robotic satellites in zero gravity. There were 149 high school teams competing in Zero Robotics this year. Eighteen teams advanced as “captain teams” to the semi-finals, Pope John among them at the fourth seed position, the release said. In the semifinals, which were played on Dec. 4, Pope John outscored every other USA team and is now seeded first for the finals, which will take place on Jan. 23, the release said.
http://www.app.com/article/20111211/NJNEWS/312110093/Sparta-robotics-team-tops-in-U-S–
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