Oviedo City leader recently recognized the first Super 7 Robotics Team (7477) from Oviedo at a City Council Meeting.
The team is the first Tech Challenge team based in Oviedo that has competed in over 15 years.
The championship event was held in Houston, Texas.
The Council wanted to recognize the team for Inspiration of Science and Technology (FIRST®), which is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future and is an inclusive, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18 that can be facilitated in school or in a structured afterschool program.
Through a support system including, but not limited to, volunteers, educators and sponsors, teams conduct research, fundraise, design, build and showcase their achievement during annual challenges.
The team is coached by Prasad Chittaluru, Vipin Goyal, Dr. Richard “Dick” Gilson, Pradeep Aeluri, Dylan Khreiche, Mrinall Umasudhan, Don Harper, Rick Van Smith, and Eric Hague, the team consists of the following students: Parth Goyal, Jovin John Peter, Aanya Aeluri, Alaya Aeluri, Yug Umasudhan, Vetri Vidivelli, Sanjay Krishnan, Samuel Rajan, Rishaanth Dasari, and Ajinkya Pawar. This season, the Super 7 achieved success at each level of competition.
At the Division level, Super 7 won the robot competition at the Space Coast League Championship. The Super 7 earned 1st Place for the Inspire Award, the top FTC award which is given to teams that best embody the FTC program.
At the State level, the Super 7 earned 3rd Place for the Inspire Award. For the first time in over five years, Super 7 was also selected as one of five teams from the state of Florida to join over 300 teams from across the world to attend the World Championship.
They finished the competition with six wins and four losses, placing 15th overall in their division.
