CM Robotics makes quarterfinals in Atlanta

The Boston "Nutrons" robotics team, comprised of students from Catholic Memorial School, Boston Latin and Brookline High, traveled to Atlanta, Georgia in April to compete in the FIRST Robotics international competition. Along with coach Josh Miranda and parent chaperone Josephine Antonellis, team captains Brendan Shea '11 and Antonio Rufo '09 traveled with the Nutrons, a group mentored and funded in part by Northeastern University.

Over 1680 teams from the United States and ten teams from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Turkey and the United Kingdom competed in this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition.

The Nutrons earned a way to the quarterfinals with wins in several of their seven preliminary matches. The winning alliance of the entire competition was Team 67, “The HOT Team” of Huron Valley Schools from Milford, Michigan; Team 111, “WildStang” of Rolling Meadows High School and Wheeling High School from Schaumburg, IL; and Team 971, “Spartan Robotics” of Mountain View High School in Mountain View, CA.