Engineering/Robotics class in High School

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by holygrail

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My class is structured around the VEX boot camp at first where we will have three separate in-class mini competitions. Competition 1 is focused mostly on the mechanical aspects of building. Competition 2 is focused on programming including autonomous movement and sensors. Competition 3 is a free build where I just tell them about the game and it is up to them to design a winning robot. We will probably have 8 or 9 bots in the competition. I try to run the competitions as FIRST-like as possible in order to make it a good prep for students to join up with our FRC team afterward.

If you are interested in something like this and want more info, just e-mail me at gavin.wood@barstowschool.org

You can also take your teams to a local VEX Robotics Competition event in Kansas City: http://robotevents.com/robot-competi...etition-1.html.