OUR FTC TEAM

 1. Why did you join robotics and what were you expecting to learn in the beginning fo the year?

Kyle (9th grade): “I joined robotics because it seemed fun and I wanted to learn how to engineer.”

Andy (9th grade): “I joined robotics because it seemed fun and engineering is something I want to look into as a job opportunity.”

2. Did you learn what you were expecting to? If not, why and what did you learn instead.

Andy (9th grade): “I think I am learning what I was expecting to, like problem solving, especially fixing problems we run into while building the robot.”

Connie (9th grade): “I learned how to do a lot of technical stuff, such as attaching bearings onto wheels and the proper procedure for that.”

3. What were the greatest challenges during build season? How were you able to tackle the problem?

Connie (9th grade): “I think the biggest challenge during build season is the size restriction for the robot, because whenever we changed something, the size of the robot would change and it usually doesn’t fit the size limit anymore after.”

Andy (9th grade): “We were not able to get a linear motion kit, so we decided to build something similar from scratch, and we were successful at it.”

4. What are you hoping to achieve this year?

Kyle (9th grade): “I’m hoping that our robot and whole subteam do well in competition and that we learn a lot of things to help us become better engineers.”

Connie (9th grade): “I hope to learn about the different subsystems so that if I want to in the future, I can work on a project that includes both business and engineering.”