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1. Mr. Schnurle and Anne McLaughlin (12) adjust the robot that the robotics team will be taking to their competitions, finding ways to make it better and faster. Ryan Schackel (11) mentions that he really hopes the team can show “resilience when facing challenging design problems, and accomplish the goal of getting into nationals this year.”
2. Kenny Akers (11) and Bobby Youstra (9) collaborate to create a code. Kenny explains that they are “writing a code for a small autonomous car, so [they] can apply the same concepts on a bigger robot that will be built later in the year.” Ryan emphasizes how interesting it is to “use the CAD softwares, as it is what every single part of the robot is designed with.” 3. This fall, we had the honor of hosting the Hungarian national robotics team at the Priory, who did a demo with their robot, which has the ability to identify different tetris bricks and stack them up in the correct way. After the demo, Emily Kuo (12), Sam Rosen (9), and Andrew Sirenko (11) stayed after and had a conversation with one of the members on the team about the making of the robot. Andrew explains how he “loved
seeing the approach of their problem solving” and adds that “Tetris robots are pretty great.”
4. Akash Ganesan (10) marks the wooden structure with a sharpie and a ruler, making sure the measurements are precise and accurate. To many robotics members like Lauren Kastanis (12), robotics is an opportunity for them to learn about engineering. Lauren explains how “Engineering is something [she] wants to do for a living, and robotics is an amazing yet still competitive activity for people who don’t like sports.”
5. Michael Chang (10) helps Matthew Cirimele (11) as they check if the corners of the metal pieces are screwed in properly. During robotics, the team has to work together and everyone’s effort is required. Lauren mentions that “The team spends so much time together, [they] really get to know each other well, which is part of the reason why they can work together so efficiently.” Ryan agrees and adds on that “robotics gave [him] confidence when he was still an awkward freshmen, and the open environment in robotics really allows him to be who he is.”
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ROBOTICS
By Betty Chen, Katherine Petersdorf, and Vivian Chuang
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