By Kristian Bush
The robotics team competed Oct. 22 and 23 at St. Mary’s University and placed 14 out of 40 teams.
“Since we did not place [high] this last time it gives me hope that we will do well in [future] competition[s],” says senior driver Garrett Tyree.
It takes a lot of time and people to make a robot, aproximantly six weeks for the last robot they built. The team consists of a total of 20 people but five went to competition. They include: Tyree, junior builder Wesley Wingo, sophomore programmer Carlos Martinez, sophomore programmer Gabriel Chacon and sophomore builder Jerry Marek.
The robotic team’s way of competing is a little different than a team like football. They compete by giving the robot a certain task like sorting defective parts and get points for every one of them they complete. It is a project their sponsor finds very meaningful.
“I just want to give students the opportunity in high school to do robotics,” William Edgar said.