This season has been one to remember! So far this season we have accomplished a lot, and we made it to the World Championship for the second year in a row! As a late blog post about State, long-story-short, we were a part of…

On the 27th of December we were able to present to both campers and the general public at the Science Center. The campers, who were in grades two through four, got to go through three stations. One was learning how to program through the…

We had an amazing first meet. Our autonomous always hit the goal mineral at the start and we were able to deploy and latch most of the time. Also, we got a high score of 221 with team 5340 Waukee Taukees which according to…

 Like the other 7 robotics teams in our school, we will all be meeting in the Waukee Innovation and Learning Center, the building that houses APEX, one of our districts unique programs to encourage more applied and higher end learning. The wide space will…

Whoa, what a week. The FTC World Championship was a four day event of awesome robotics. After three days of qualification matches, we finished fourteenth out of 64 teams in the Edison division. Unfortunately we were not selected by any of the alliance captains…

We were able to get 10 minutes before a teachers meeting to present to all of our school’s teachers. The presentation was about FIRST and how robotics isn’t just for builders. Above: Us presenting to the teachers. Right: Us practicing before the presentation.

Wow, was Super-Regionals fun! Our robot did really well, and we placed 3rd in the Ortberg Division! We saw some really cool robots from all of the 11 states who participated. There were some great booths as well. We advanced to the divisional finals,…