The robotics team from the AMIT Modi’in High School for Girls won the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) regional contest and has advanced to the national round of the competition.
The team, called Tiger 960, faced off against dozens of other robotics teams and came in first place in the professional courtesy category and second place in the robot operation category.
The theme for this year’s competition is “HYDRO DYNAMICS,” in which students learn all about water—how to find, transport, use, or dispose of it. Each team chooses and solves a real-world problem with their project, in which they will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot.
The girls’ project tackled sewage issues caused by the use of wet wipes. They created a special capsule that is integrated into sewage systems on each city street, which sucks up the wipes, preventing them from clogging pipes and causing sewage to overflow.
Principal Esther Handler said the girls’ accomplishment is greater than just the scores or ranking they achieved. “It is an achievement of cooperation, dedication, and teamwork,” she said, adding that by focusing on these things the team will continue to succeed.
The Modi’in girls team joins two other AMIT robotics teams—the Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sutker AMIT Modi’in School for Boys and AMIT Yud Ashdod—at the national competition, which is scheduled to take place in early March in Tel Aviv.
