Roboknights Team Quantum Immobilizers Compete at First LEGO League State Championship
February 28, 2019

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Boyle
New Glarus Roboknights team Quantum Immobilizers, from left: Kofi Belknap, Jacob Piper, Ava Boyle, Annelisa Smith, Jessy Ruckman, Keatan Zimmerman and Celeste Heberer.
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, the New Glarus Roboknights team Quantum Immobilizers competed at the First LEGO League State Championship as one of the 36 top teams in Wisconsin. They researched the problem of bone deterioration in microgravity and developed an innovative solution for producing artificial gravity while exercising the lower body and combating both motion and homesickness using virtual reality. They were able to collaborate with other FLL teams, area professionals and even some NASA scientists to solve problems and improve their prototype.
Although the team did not bring ho...
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