In April, The Cane Institute at FAU Lab Schools hosted two different SeaPerch tournaments at the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton. The Cane Institute is the only organization in South Florida conducting SeaPerch tournaments this year, allowing local teams an opportunity to compete and qualify for the International SeaPerch Challenge in June 2022.
The ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Go-Fish and ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Buddy's teams took first and second place at the latest tournament. Third place was awarded to the Sea Bois from Discovery Academy of Science in Tampa. These three teams join two previously qualifying teams, the ADHUS TCI SeaOwlstronauts and the FAUHS TCI Kali-Maury Franks, to represent Florida at the International SeaPerch Challenge at the University of Maryland on June 4.
| Overall | |||
| First Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Go-Fish | ||
| Second Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Buddy's | ||
| Third Place | Sea Bois from Discovery Academy of Science, Tampa, FL | ||
| Mission Challenge | |||
| First Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Go-Fish | 90 points in 14:38 minutes | Max score with 22 seconds left on the clock |
| Second Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Buddies | 70 points in 15:00 minutes | |
| Third Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Team 5 | 50 points in 15:00 minutes | |
| Obstacle Course | |||
| First Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Go-Fish | Time: 0:34 | Personal Best, New School Record, and only 10 seconds off the World Record in this event |
| Second Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Buddies | Time: 0:55 | |
| Third Place | Sea Bois from Discovery Academy of Science, Tampa, FL | Time: 1:43 | |
| Technical Design Reports | |||
| First Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Buddies | 73 Points | |
| Second Place | ADHUS TCI SeaOwls Go-Fish | 69 Points | |
| Third Place | Sea Bois from Discovery Academy of Science, Tampa, FL | 55 Points | |
"The Cane Institute extends a well-deserved congratulations to both teams that qualified at the Seaperch tournament hosted at the YMCA," said Allan Phipps, STEM coordinator for FAU Lab Schools. "We continue to see unrivaled engineering innovation from A.D. Henderson and FAU High School underwater robotics teams."
Next year, The Cane Institute aims to host four to five SeaPerch tournaments with the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton and other partners until Phase II of A.D. Henderson & FAU High School construction is complete, including a state of the art Aqua Science Center & Swimming Complex.
Founded by Dan Cane, The Cane Institute serves as the epicenter for research, education, and technology transfer for A.D. Henderson & FAU High School. The Institute's integrated approach to solving society's most challenging problems engages the best and brightest students, faculty, and resources at A.D. Henderson & FAU High School to explore today's most complex challenges in areas such as cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles, robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality, automation, and artificial intelligence.
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