December 8, 2020
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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Figure 6 Opening Ceremony Rehearsals

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Figure 7 Opening Ceremony

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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

Qualification Match 25

Thursday 4:54 pm

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Team Malawi

Team Suriname

Team Nicaragua

Team United Kingdom

Team Romania

Figure 11: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 1

DAY TWO SKN ROBOT LOST

Match # 2

Qualification Match 53

Friday 10:07 am

Team Japan

Team Ukraine

Team Togo

Team Cote d’Ivoire

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Team Madagascar

Figure 12: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 2

DAY TWO SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 3

Qualification Match 67

Friday 10:56 am

Team Phillipines

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Team Bangladesh

Team Jamaica

Team Armenia

Team Switzerland

Figure 13: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 3

DAY TWO SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 4

Qualification Match 88

Friday 12:06 pm

Team Spain

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Team Guam

Team Finland

Team Brazil

Team Iraq

Figure 14: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 4

DAY TWO SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 5

Qualification Match 132

Friday 3:45 pm

Team Bulgaria

Team Slovakia

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Team Seychelles

Team Republic of Korea

Team Mexico

Figure 15: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 5

DAY TWO SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 6

Qualification Match 156

Friday 5:09 pm

Team Peru

Team Czech Republic

Team Costa Rica

Team Sri Lanka

Team Indonesia

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Figure 16: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 6

DAY TWO SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 7

Qualification Match 183

Friday 6:47 pm

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

Team Myanmar

Team Montenegro

Team Nepal

Team Uzbekistan

Team Papua New Guinea

Figure 17: Team Saint Kitts & Nevis Match # 7

DAY THREE SKN ROBOT WON

Match # 8

Qualification Match 203

Saturday 10:28 am

Team Turkey

Team Soloman Islands

Team Honduras

Team Tunisia

Team Zimbabwe

Team Saint Kitts & Nevis

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: