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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the AusTin Cans robotics team of Anderson |
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High School in Austin exhibited their robots at the K12 Robotics |
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Expo at the State Capitol on May 5, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, The K12 Robotics Expo at the State Capitol is part of |
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the Capitol Boosting Engineering Science and Technology program; |
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Capitol BEST is an annual robotics competition in Travis and |
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surrounding counties; teams of high school students are given six |
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weeks to create a remote-controlled machine from a box of raw |
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materials, and winners advance to the Texas BEST contest at Texas |
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A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, The AusTin Cans are a team of talented and energetic |
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Anderson High School students who have been working together to |
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design and create robots for competition since 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, The Anderson robotics team has participated in the |
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Capitol BEST Competition since 2006, and in 2007 they won several |
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awards, including second place overall, the High Score Award, the |
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third place BEST Award, and the Sportsmanship Award; that same |
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year, they also won the Rookie All-Star Award at the 2007 Lone Star |
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Regional FIRST Competition; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2008, three Anderson robotics teams advanced to |
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the semifinals of the Vex Robotics Competition, two of the teams |
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advanced to the finals, and one of the teams advanced to the |
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national competition; and |
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WHEREAS, The group's visit to the State Capitol provided an |
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excellent opportunity to showcase the innovative work of these |
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outstanding students and for all to admire the ingenuity of their |
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creations; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Anderson High School AusTin Cans |
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robotics team and extend to its members and sponsors sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the AusTin Cans as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |