Bellevue students take third in robotics competition

A robotics team from Bellevue placed third in the recent MoonBots 2.0 Challenge to design and build robots that simulate lunar missions.

A robotics team from Bellevue placed third in the recent MoonBots 2.0 Challenge to design and build robots that simulate lunar missions.

Team Lunar Lords will receive free team registration for the 2012 FIRST robotics season.

The national robotics competition challenged teams of students ages 9 to 17 to design, program and build robots that simulate lunar missions mirroring the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE international competition, which involves privately funded teams building a rover to land on and explore the Moon’s surface.