Columbus Space Program for the Win at the FRC Gainesville District Event

Columbus Space Program for the Win at the FRC Gainesville District Event Wavestone US congratulates the Columbus Space Program, Team 4188 at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). As the proud sponsor, we’re pleased to announce them winner of the District Event (Peachtree District, Gainesville) and Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi. Ranked No. 1 in Georgia, with a victorious record of 15-3-0 in official play in 2020, the team is also winner of the Columbus District Chairman Award.

The Team

Chief Members: Operating Locke Adams Crystal Chen Nic Green Rachel Pedrozo Aiden Townsend Officer: Tilahta Agbere Isaac Cheon Jae Kang Michelle Pham Jacob Tran Kevin Guernsey Jay Barclift Alex Cueva Andrew Lewis Joshua Pratt Gabriel Tucker Noah Bentley Bryan Cueva Kayle Lewis Sidney Sims Carsyn Williams Chief Ta’Shaun Butler Maggie Fontaine Gaddiel Morales Nathan Suggs Ramon Xie Engineer: Noah Carroll Daniel Garee Madison Park Catherine Tan Vincent Yang Sean MacGibbon Mitchell Casleton Sydney Godwin Caitlin Patterson Ray Toma

The Game: Infinite Recharge

Infinite Recharge is the FRC game for the 2020 From the custom West Coast-style drivetrain to and 2021 seasons. Done in partnership with the two-angle shooter, the winning project Lucasfilms as part of its Star Wars: Force for featured designs from more team members Change initiative, Infinite Recharge centers than any other year so far. around how teams use their trusty droids to protect FIRST City, from approaching asteroids. The robot could make shots from almost It involves two alliances of three teams each, anywhere on the court and the six-ball with each team controlling a robot and performing autonomous was the best in the state. A subtle specific tasks on a field to score points. measure of the excellence was the number of three-point shots made by Kyber at nearly Building on the Star Wars theme, the team 50%. Despite the shutdown, many team named their robot Kyber, after the crystals that members continue to meet online to prepare make lightsabers work. The project turned out for 2021. The Chairman team brought home successful despite the COVID-19 shutdown. the Columbus Space Program's 10th banner.

Wavestone US is the proud sponsor of the Columbus Space Program, the initiative that covers FIRST Robotics Team 4188—a CSP FIRST Lego League team, three CSP First Tech Challenge teams, the DREAMS high altitude balloon science, and the NASA CubeSat program in Columbus, GA. The sponsorship is in line with the firm’s philosophy of affecting change through a shared sense of enthusiasm, The Positive Way.