On Friday August 15, 2014, the Empower Wicomico Zero Robotics team represented Maryland against 8 teams from across the nation in the Zero Robotics ISS Finals. The code submitted by the Wicomico team proved to be the best in the country. With this win the youth and coaches of the Empower Wicomico team were crowned NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
The Zero Robotics program was launched in 2009 and is led by MIT, TopCoder, and Aurora Flight Sciences under the sponsorship of DARPA and NASA. If you would like to view the team’s competition narrated by the astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS), you can watch a recording of the webcast at the following link: webcast.amps.ms.mit.edu/fall2014/spheres/15aug/.
This project could not have occurred without support from the Wicomico Public Library, The University of Maryland Extension Office (Wicomico 4-H Extension), and Wicomico Partnership for Families and Children. A special thank you goes to Chesapeake Tours & Promotions for their support in providing transportation for the team. This project is funded through the Wicomico Partnership for Families and Children with funding from the Maryland Governor’s Office for Children. For more information about Wicomico Partnership for Families and Children contact: Diana Parnell, Director at (410) 546-5400
