Post from the FIRST LEGO League World Championship in St. Louis

From the FLL Results Press Release
See below: Bar Harbor's 'Pickles' got a 1st and a 3rd (out of the 80 teams competing at the World Festival)


FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) World Festival – FLL introduces younger children to real-world engineering challenges by conducting research projects and building LEGO-based autonomous robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. FLL teams, guided by their imaginations, discover exciting career possibilities and learn to make positive contributions to society. This year’s challenge, NATURE’S FURYSM, engaged 228,000+ kids on nearly 23,000 teams to explore the awe-inspiring storms, quakes, waves, and other natural disasters.

Top honors went to Champion’s Award 1st Place winner, Team 20650, Invicta, Canterbury, United Kingdom;Champion’s Award 2nd Place winner, Team 21450, Fast and Curious, Aley, Lebanon; and Champion’s Award 3rd Place winner, Team 737, S.H.I.E.L.D., Brookfield, Wis.

Other FLL awards included:

• Robot Performance Award – Team 21550, OMG, of Kaoshiung, Taiwan (and the Pickles got 3rd place in this as well)
• Strategy & Innovation Award – Team 5515, Oh Boy…These Pickles are Natural Disasters, Bar Harbor, Maine
• Programming Award – Team 3551, M, San Mateo, Calif.
• Mechanical Design Award – Team 20700, sAPG-Tigers, Mosbach, Germany
• Research Award – Team 10296, CyberHawks, River Vale, N.J.
• Presentation Award – Team 21350, DYCI Blue Ocean 10, Bulacan, Philippines
• Innovative Solution Award – Team 6371, Positive Aftermath, Great Falls, Va.
• Teamwork Award – Team 8157, The Golden Eaglz, Bear, Del.
• Inspiration Award – Team 654, MO Peeps, Flint, Mich.
• Gracious Professionalism® Award – Team 21900, Team DAS, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
• Outstanding Volunteer Awards – Mark Daniels of New Hampshire and Stephen Scherr of Virginia
• Young Adult Mentor Awards – Christopher Smith of Flint, Mich., and Akshay “Big” Rathish, of Folsom, Calif.
• Adult Coach/Mentor Awards – Teofilo A. Gutierrez Gonzales of Peru and Robert and Chris Allsbrooks of Bowie, Md.