WELCOME TO WHMS ROBOTICS
After watching the Hoke County School District's Robotics Competition, and deciding to become a part of it for next year, I have decided that this blog will catalog the competitions, guidelines, builds and sources for the students to use in developing their skills and interests.
The district uses TETRIX Max Building System by Pitsco.
It is a Middle School to College Level programmable robotics building program. It is not an inexpensive program. A standard program set for a school costs over $5400 and an individual kit is $650. Additional components to make the robots competitive vary in price and availability, but there is no money for that, so the students do fund raisers to fund the program. WHMS is a Title I school in an agricultural economic environment.
The competition was broken down into six categories:
1. Sumo Bots
2. Wrecking Bots
3. Striker Bots
4. S.A.R.A. Bots
5. Drones
6. Alice Programming Challenge
We will delve into each of these independently and analyze the steps in designing a successful competitor. Robotics is more than just putting together a few components that move. It is about critical thought, problem solving, and the satisfaction of knowing that you can manage a skill set that is beyond most people's experience.
If you have a desire to assist with the development of this program, I will post a list of components and a place to send them. If you are, like me, researching and looking for quality sources for your own program, welcome. Let's learn together.
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