(BEAVER DAM) Beaver Dam High School students are headed to the state stage after their robots — and their teamwork — stood out against some of the best competitors in Wisconsin.
The school’s two robotics teams, the BeaverBots and the RoboHackerz, qualified for the Wisconsin FIRST Tech Challenge State Championship following a strong showing Saturday at a competition hosted by Epic Systems in Madison. The event brought together top teams from across the state, pushing students to test their engineering skills under pressure.
The BeaverBots earned the Innovate Award, which recognizes excellence in robot design. The team entered the playoffs as the No. 2 seed and caught judges’ attention with a strong mechanical build, creative engineering and a hooded flywheel mechanism that helped set their robot apart…