2012 MoonBots announced the 30 finalists of Phase 1 of the 2012 MoonBots: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge yesterday at 6pm.

Drum roll, please.   It’s official per the MoonBots website — Model Scout Robotics was one of 30 youth teams worldwide to be named a  Phase I finalist!   We get to participate in  Phase II.    The team is all smiles and overjoyed.

Thank you to sponsors of the 2012 MoonBots program for the opportunity to participate in Phase II MoonBots.  The team is getting ready to transform its designs into reality and show our community how fun and rewarding STEM can be for youth.

For Phase II we are planning a 6 foot by 6 foot lunar landscape with mission puzzles.  We will then build and program a LEGO Mindstorms robot to cleverly solve the puzzles.    The last part of the competition is sharing our project with youth in North Texas .    It’s a lot of work and we’re excited to make our design a reality.