Knob Noster High School’s Stealth Panther Robotics (SPR) Team 6424 competed in St. Louis Saturday, October 7, and won the 2023 Gateway Robotics Challenge (GRC).

The Team 6424 Robot, Atlas, is a 140 lb 3 time Regional Champion. The winning alliance was made up of SPR 6424, Ratchet Rockers Team 1706B, and Oakville Dynamics Team 8719B.

GRC is an annual Missouri event and was hosted by Oakville High School this year. 24 teams from across Missouri and Illinois competed for the title of Champion in what was for many their final competition of the 2023 Season.

“FIRST Charged Up” is played with two alliances of 3 robots each on a 54 foot by 26 foot playing field. Each alliance scores points by placing cubes and cones on an elevated multi-tiered grid, and then by balancing robots on a teeter-totter-like charging station.

The team will be back in action October 27 and 28, when competing in the annual Cow Town Throw Down (CTTD) event at Lee’s Summit High School. CTTD is a free event open to the public.

Photos courtesy of Mark Carey