Competition Overview For 2018

Introduction

We want to thank the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, Legal Affairs and Communication and the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College – CFBC for making it possible for the TVEMS IT students to participate in their second International Robotics Olympics. The St Kitts Robotics Team is made up of the following persons: Professor Dr. Ricardo Neil, Team Mentor; Team Captain – Jervick Lapsely, Robotic Driver and programmer – Zhavier Shaw; Spokesperson- Jermellia Henry, Engineer and Operator – Christina Cho, Team Engineer – Tanuja Delaney.

Figure 1: St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Team received awards from First Global for excellent performance in the 2018 Mexico Robotics Olympics

Figure 2: The St Kitts and Nevis Team going through Robotic Inspection with flying colours.

Competition Location and Accommodation

This event was held at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, from August 16 – 18 for the FIRST Global Challenge (FGC) 2018. The St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Team was accommodated at the Fiesta Americana Reforma Hotel in Mexico.

Figure 3 Fiesta Americana Reforma Hotel in Mexico

The Olympics was organized by “First”, the company that founded what is known as the First Global Robotics Olympics Competition. Approximately 200 countries were represented at this year’s event.

We want to thank First Global Olympics for including St Kitts and Nevis in this year’s Robotics competition for 2018. Though this was a challenge to have St Kitts and Nevis represented, in the infancy stage, we were able to create a team, organize for visas and overcome other travel obstacles in order to be represented at this First Global Robotics Competition.

Figure 4: The Robotics Olympics Arena in Mexico, before the event began.

Figure 5 Everyone received their Visas thanks to the Ministry of Education and Legal Affairs

On day one, we were able to attend the opening ceremony that was also held at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico. This opening ceremony was a sight to behold, seeing that it was the second of its kind. This was wonderful for us because the St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Team was present and proudly wearing our national colours.

Figure 6 Opening Ceremony Rehearsals

Figure 7 Opening Ceremony

Figure 8 First Global Robotics Competition Opening Ceremony

Figure 9 First Global Robotics Competition Opening Ceremony

Match Performance

On the first day of the competition, the St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Team was assigned eight matches. However, we only competed in one match on that day. Our team was allied with other countries and assigned to the Red Alliance.  This Alliance was made up of Team Malawi, Team Suriname and of course Team St Kitts and Nevis. See the Table below for St. Kitts and Nevis match schedule:

Qualification Schedule for Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

DAY ONE:                                            SKN ROBOT LOST

Match # 1

Figure 11: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 1

DAY TWO                                            SKN ROBOT LOST

Match # 2

Figure 12: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 2

DAY TWO                                            SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 3

Figure 13: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 3

DAY TWO                                            SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 4

Figure 14: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 4

DAY TWO                                            SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 5

Figure 15: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 5

DAY TWO                                            SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 6

Figure 16: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 6

DAY TWO                                            SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 7

Figure 17: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 7

DAY THREE                                          SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 8

Figure 18: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 8

SUMMARY

St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Team Robot dominated 6 of 8 matches and has currently retained its rank of 36^th in the world among 193 countries; 3^rd in the Caribbean with Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago ahead of us. However, we are ranked 1^st in the Organisation Of Eastern Caribbean State (OECS).  We were able to outperform the following countries:


1. 37 Sierra Leone
2. 38 Nepal
3. 39 Oman
4. 40 Honduras
5. 41 Moldova
6. 42 Ireland
7. 43 Cameroon
8. 44 Haiti
9. 45 Czech Republic
10. 46 Romania
11. 47 Panama
12. 48 Jamaica
13. 49 Suriname
14. 50 Equatorial Guinea
15. 51 Saint Lucia
16. 52 Namibia
17. 53 South Korea
18. 54 Austria
19. 55 Senegal
20. 56 Zimbabwe
21. 57 Vietnam
22. 58 Congo DRC
23. 59 Bermuda
24. 60 Guatemala
25. 61 Luxembourg
26. 62 Philippines
27. 63 Portugal
28. 64 Bahamas
29. 65 Cyprus
30. 66 Ghana
31. 67 Japan
32. 68 Rwanda
33. 69 Cabo Verde
34. 70 Bosnia and Herzegovina
35. 71 Team Asia
36. 72 Yemen
37. 73 Burundi
38. 74 Peru
39. 75 Australia
40. 76 New Zealand
41. 77 South Africa
42. 78 Norway
43. 79 Slovenia
44. 80 Pakistan
45. 81 Malawi
46. 82 Hungary
47. 83 Tunisia
48. 84 Bangladesh
49. 85 Malta
50. 86 Iran
51. 87 Kyrgyzstan
52. 88 Colombia
53. 89 Niger
54. 90 Argentina
55. 91 Denmark
56. 92 Belarus
57. 93 Burkina Faso
58. 94 Palestine
59. 95 UAE
60. 96 Gabon
61. 97 Turkmenistan
62. 98 Latvia
63. 99 Uzbekistan
64. 100 Morocco
65. 101 Mexico
66. 102 Nicaragua
67. 103 Bolivia
68. 104 Dominican Republic
69. 105 Seychelles
70. 106 Gambia
71. 107 Iceland
72. 108 Greece
73. 109 Tanzania
74. 110 Sweden
75. 111 Bulgaria
76. 112 Spain
77. 113 Brunei
78. 114 Afghanistan
79. 115 Malaysia
80. 116 Team North America
81. 117 South Sudan
82. 118 Albania
83. 119 Bahrain
84. 120 Lebanon
85. 121 Grenada
86. 122 Barbados
87. 123 Ecuador
88. 124 Kuwait
89. 125 Refugees
90. 126 Cuba
91. 127 Chile
92. 128 Uganda
93. 129 Canada
94. 130 Brazil
95. 131 Micronesia
96. 132 Slovakia
97. 133 Jordan
98. 134 Costa Rica
99. 135 Sudan
100. Ethiopia
101. United Kingdom
102. Sri Lanka
103. Netherlands
104. Uruguay
105. United States
106. Egypt
107. Cote D’IVoire
108. Hong Kong
109. Botswana
110. Serbia
111. Dominica
112. 148 Kenya
113. 149 France
114. 150 Lesotho
115. 151 Russia
116. 152 Kosovo
117. 153 Iraq
118. 154 Algeria
119. 155 Togo
120. Belgium
121. Madagascar
122. Mongolia
123. 159 Libya
124. Team Africa
125. Venezuela
126. Indonesia
127. Vanuatu