Tuesday, September 21, 2010

After the Monday, September 20th, Meeting

The afternoon team met today and they built a robot and got it running. Nothing burst into flames or exploded, and everyone had a chance to make the robot run around the table.

The Table


A Video of the Robot Running Around

The table has all the components laid out on it for the tasks the teams are going to be doing in their contests. The tasks are related to medical activities, like repairing a broken bone or drawing blood for a blood test. The robot must be programmed to maneuver around on the table top, and then to perform tasks at different locations or work stations.

The coaches (Coach Lenora and Coach Jeff) do not directly help the team members to do any tasks, including building the robots and programming them. Coaches only provide guidance, the team members pretty much do everything themselves. The afternoon team built their robot from instructions in the kit, with no help from the coaches. Yea, team!

1 comment:

  1. Love the blog! Emma was so excited about what you are doing during your meetings and told me all about it. I'm glad I am able to see exactly what she was describing via your blog. Thanks for putting it together!

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