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3/19/2022

In case you missed the article in The Day last week about the half time show when the Techno Ticks displayed thier amazing work and talents! Take a look.

Halftime in Old Lyme: where the robot made free throws

Published March 15. 2022 3:29PM | Updated March 16. 2022 1:45AM
By Mike DiMauro Day staff writer m.dimauro@theday.com BCgenius

Old Lyme — In the pantheon of gimmicky halftime shows, the immortal "Red Panda" was thought to retire the trophy, unless one can conjure an act more creative than a woman mounting a unicycle, balancing the pedals with her left foot and flipping bowls into a stack on her head.
Memoranda for the Red Panda: You've got some competition in Old Lyme, with this student-made robot that makes free throws.
To type again for purposes of clarity: a student-made robot that makes free throws.
Indeed, this was the halftime show in Old Lyme last week, perhaps the most interesting 10-minute respite our corner of the world has experienced in quite some time. About a half-dozen Old Lyme students took the court at halftime of the girls' basketball state tournament game to introduce, "Starting Over," a robot created in the extracurricular First Robotics class that became part of a halftime free throw shooting contest with a student.

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