The Robotics Club is an after school program hosted by Mr.Adamson in his classroom, 622. They will be building and programing robots to do certain things and then enter them into the VEX Robotics competition.The club currently has 7 students but they wish to have more since the competition teams have to be 5-6 members. I asked him why he decided to start the Robotics Club, and he replied, “Before I became a teacher, I did quite a bit of programming and electronics work. Those skills transferred surprisingly well to many seemingly unrelated aspects of life (concisely communicating ideas, giving instructions, practical problem solving, etc). In addition, the operation of a robotics club requires students to exercise important social skills (marketing, team work, leadership, fundraising). This club gives the students at Carter another avenue to develop these skills in a context outside of the classroom.” The club is going to be competing at VEX Competitions.(2019-20) They will mostly be working with VEX Robotics products. That includes the hardware needed to construct the robot and the software used to program, and operate the robot. I also asked how they got the equipment for the program and he said, “We were lucky enough to qualify for a grant that covered our startup costs and equipment.” If you are interested in joining the robotics club you can talk to Mr.Adamson in room 622 in the freshman academy.
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