iBOT Brainiacs, a team of students from Lorton Station Elementary and South County Middle Schools, beat 108 of Virginia and Washington, D.C.’s best teams to earn a bid to the World Festival in St. Louis, Mo.
Fairfax Station — Lorton area First Lego League (FLL) team known as the iBOT Brainiacs, a team of students from Lorton Station Elementary and South County Middle Schools, coached by Carey Hancey-Shier, won top honors at the FLL Robotics State Tournament held at James Madison University. Team members Bryson Shier, Shreyas Mayya, Jay Rajurkar, Arjun Kumar, and Baylor Shier competed in the two-day event. On the first day of competition, entries were judged in the following categories: Robot Design, Project Solution, and Core Values. The second day of competition included participation in the Robot Game, which involved programming their robot to do more than ten missions in two and a half minutes. This team beat 108 of Virginia and Washington, D.C.’s best teams from all the regional tournaments to earn a bid to the World Festival in St. Louis, Mo. At the World Festival, which will occur in April, the iBOT Brainiacs will compete against champions from all the states as well as from 82 other countries.