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Fulton Sunshine Academy “TECHNOPANDAS” win FLL State Robotics Championship, qualify for the World Festival
ROSWELL, GA – February 3, 2014 – A team of 5th graders from Fulton Sunshine Academy Elementary School were the overall champions at the FIRST Lego League (FLL) State Championship in Athens, GA on February 1, 2014.
The team also placed first in the Performance category at the annual competition.
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“It is indeed a remarkable achievement for a team made up of 5th grade students to compete alongside 8th graders and emerge as champions,” said Murat Cetin, Fulton Sunshine Academy’s principal. “Congratulations to these students and their families who helped the TechnoPandas reach such a goal.”
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Some 32 teams from elementary and middle schools across the state competed in the state championship, each demonstrating a robot in keeping with the competition’s theme of Nature’s Fury. Each team was required to identify a specific severe weather situation and a problem associated with it. The teams then had to come up with an innovative solution to the problem.
The FSA TechnoPanda team’s winning entry was a Techno Beat, a neighborhood-scale emergency siren that operates on the emergency radio frequency. In its research, the team discovered that city sirens often couldn’t be heard inside homes. Their solution was to deploy more, smaller devices closer to homes so that they would be more likely to be heard inside.
Team TechnoPandas, coached by parent volunteers, consists of Priya Soneji, Sohum Rao, Advait Amdekar, Meghana Raj, Sedat Akgun, and Aarni Iyer.
FLL is a robotics competition held annually in cities around the world and is rapidly gaining popularity in Georgia. Over 500 teams of students ranging from age 9 to 14 years competed in the State of Georgia this year.
The next stop in the team’s journey is the Lego League World Festival that is held annually in St. Louis at the end of April. This event encompasses all levels of robotics competitions and teams from all over the world.
About Fulton Sunshine Academy Elementary School
Fulton Sunshine Academy Elementary School is a tuition-free charter school located in Roswell. Georgia. Its mission is to instill a love of learning in a nurturing environment through engaging and stimulating learning opportunities.
