by Grant Gibson, Illiana journalism student
LANSING, Ill. (April 26, 2018) – Although their class is only in its second year, Illiana robotics students took their knowledge to South Suburban College’s annual robotics competition and captured the first-place trophy, beating 19 other teams.
“I thought we’d do okay going into it,” said Rudenga, “but coming out of it, I thought we did great.”
“We represented Illiana very well—and this is only our second year of robotics,” said senior Austin Ohm.
Students started building their robots, specifically to each assigned event, a month prior, and they constantly adjusted them in hopes of perfect performance. “[Revision is] part of design,” said Rudenga.
