Our Girls’ High
School Robotics Team initially participated in the Robots East Competition in
1999 and has attended the tournament annually since 2004. We have been successful in winning various
aspects of the competition (logo, multi-media, best engineered robot), but our
best effort in the Championship was in 2007 when we placed 2nd. Robots
East supplies a kit containing motors, batteries and the control system. The rest of the approximately 30-kilogram
robot, is designed by students and constructed from whatever materials they
choose. There is a different theme every
year. The “Checkmate” mission was
revealed on February 1, 2013. Our robot
is a soldier in Medieval times fighting feudal wars. As
expressed by the organizers “This multidisciplinary competition exploits and
advances their knowledge and capability in Mathematics, Physics, Tech. Ed.,
Journalism, and English.”
