Gloucester Alumni

By Julio Chuy
Staff writer, Gloucester Daily Times

Kudos to the Gloucester Robotics Team, which finished 14th overall during the recent For Inspiration and Recognition of Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition held at Boston University.

The Gloucester team was one of 50 teams competing for a spot to compete in the national tournament.

"Not too bad for a rookie team," said Kurt Lichtenwald, physics teacher and head Robotics coach.

The highest ranking for the team came during an early competition where it placed sixth.

The Robotics project was made possible by NASA's Robotics Alliance Project, which awarded $6,000 to the Gloucester Education Foundation and Comcast. The program involved nearly 40 students in different capacities from designing and building the robot.