The Southern Piedmont Technology Council held its annual Innovation Stars Banquet on November 20, and presented the Student Innovator Award to the New College Institute’s (NCI’s) STAGS Robotics Team students.
The award is designed to recognize a high school or full-time college student that has shown leadership in technology.
NCI FIRST Robotics Team 1262 has completed its twenty-fourth year of competition. Known as the STAGS (Students Technologically Advancing for Greater Success), the team is made up of high school students from Bassett, Magna Vista and Martinsville high schools, and home school students.
At the Blue Ridge Brawl off-season event, STAGS Team 1262 went undefeated in both the regular rounds and playoffs and earned the Red Banner as the event champion. They allied with Team 977 (Cometbots) and Team 401 (Copperhead Robotics – C-Team) during alliance selection and worked together, combining strategy and technical execution to secure the title.
In Patrick County, Aerial Machine and Tool received the Small Business Innovation in Technology Award. The company moved to the county in 1988.
