YINZ GIRLZ FLL TEAM WINS SECOND PLACE CHAMPIONS AWARD

AT THE INTERNATIONAL ARKANSAS RAZORBACK - APRIL 2023

The middle school robotics team YinzGirlz, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the Champion's Award in the FIRST Lego League Razorback Open Invitational from May 18 to 21 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. They competed against 80 International Teams and proudly represented Western PA, USA.

Using advanced proportional control coding and sensors to improve navigation accuracy and alignment techniques, they built a robot to solve all the missions on the 2023 FLL Super Powered Challenge season.  Yinz Girlz applied for a pattent on energy harvesting from dog walking for their innovation project.They also spent 20-40 hours working to spread STEM knowledge to several communities in the Pittsburgh area. Congratulations, Viana Chopra, Piya Dargan,  Kaya Gandhi, Seoni Gandhi, Shamita Panat, Olivia Romanow, and Keerthana Visveish.

INFINITE LOOP WINS SECOND PLACE ROBOT DESIGN AWARD AT THE WPI FIRST LEGO LEAGUE US OPEN - MAY 2023 Worcester Massachusetts

FLL Robotics Team Infinite Loop, hosted by MySTEM Academy, participated in the Waffle FIRST Lego League US Open Event with 75 teams worldwide at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts.They won one of the prestigious Robot Design Awards and proudly represented Southwest PA in this International Event. They solved all the 2023 FLL Super Powered Challenge season missions by building a compact robot and programming it with advanced codings, such as path correction, stall detection, and proportional control using color and gyro sensors.Their Infinite Precision Speed Robot can quickly and accurately position anywhere in the field using mechanical guiders and combinations of gears to balance speed and power. Congratulations, Jesse Guo, Aayush Iyer, Nathan Leckey, Aarush Patil, Kiran Thosani, Shalin Thosani, Victor Zhang, and Vivian Zhang.

YINZ Girlz, TX, April 2022 - The middle school robotics team YINZ Girlz, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the First Place Core Values Award at the 2022 World Festival in Houston They competed against 78 International Teams and represented Western PA. 

SPORTSTEAM, AR, May 2022 - The middle school robotics team SPORTSTEAM, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the First Place Robot Design Award at the FIRST Lego League Razorback Open Invitational at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. They competed against 80 International Teams and represented Western PA. SPORTSTEAM used a color sensor to automatically detect each set of codes and operated a motor to accomplish multiple tasks using differential gears.

WEXFORD, PA, February 21 2021 - The middle school robotics team NextGen Robotics, hosted by MySTEM Academy, won the First Place Director’s Award at the 2021 FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Western Pennsylvania Championship. In addition to the 1st place overall, NextGen Robotics also got the first place in the Robot Game. The team qualified to attended the First Lego League International Greece in June 2022, with 100 teams from all over the world. As the recipient of the Global Innovation Project Award, NextGen Robotics has also been nominated to submit their Innovation Project to the next level.