2023-2024 Season: MASTERPIECE
Imagine and Innovate New Ways to Create and Communicate Art
Season Theme: MASTERPIECE
The 2023-2024 FIRST® LEGO® League season challenged teams to explore the world of art and innovation. Teams were tasked with imagining and innovating new ways to create and communicate art across the globe, bridging cultures and communities through creative expression.
Our Innovation Project: WeveIt the weaving app
Our team explored how technology can break down barriers in art creation by creating a skit about an app we invented called WeveIt (note that this app does not exist...yet). We investigated:
🎨 Digital Art Tools
Making art accessible to everyone
🌍 Global Collaboration
Connecting artists worldwide
🤖 Technology & Creativity
Technology enhancing artistic expression
♿ Accessibility
Art for all abilities
Our First Season Journey
The 2023-2024 season marked the official formation of the Camels Hump Coders! This was our inaugural year as a team, bringing together middle school students from Huntington who share a passion for robotics, coding, and innovation.
🎯 Key Milestones
- Team Formation: United by one experienced teammate who brought friends together
- First Competition: Vermont State Qualifier - North at Norwich University
- Learning Experience: Built our first competition robot
- Community Engagement: Presented our project to local organizations
Robot Design & Missions
In our first season, we designed and programmed a robot to complete art-themed missions including:
- Delivering art supplies to different zones
- Creating collaborative art pieces
- Setting up museum exhibits
- Building performance stages
- Connecting cultural centers
What We Learned
Teamwork
Working together as a new team, we learned to combine our different strengths and perspectives to solve challenges creatively.
Problem-Solving
Every robot mission taught us to think critically, debug our code, and iterate on our designs.
Communication
Presenting our innovation project helped us develop confidence in sharing our ideas with judges and the community.
Competition Achievements
Competing at the Vermont State North Qualifier was our teams first major step. We:
- Competed against teams from across the northern part of Vermont
- Had our first time in full compitition
- Displayed our first version of our innovation project
- Acheved the innovation Project award for best innovation project
- Progressed to the state level
Competing at the Vermont State Compitition - North at Norwich University was an incredible experience for our team. We:
- Competed against teams from across Vermont
- Presented our innovation project to judges
- Completed robot game missions on the game table
- Made connections with other teams and mentors
- Gained valuable experience that set us up for future success
- Achieved The Robot Design Award
Season Videos
Highlights from our inaugural 2023-2024 MASTERPIECE season:
Building Our Foundation
The 2023-2024 MASTERPIECE season was just the beginning of our journey. As a first-year team, we:
- Established our team identity and values
- Learned the fundamentals of FIRST® LEGO® League competition
- Built relationships within our community
- Set ambitious goals for future seasons
This foundational year prepared us for the success we would achieve in the following season, including our 2nd place finish at the 2025 Vermont State Championship!