November 10, 2012
Last Saturday, the Advanced Robotics class participated in the 2012 JPL Invention Challenge, participating in the preliminary rounds at the Chapman University campus.
The class left around 7:00 am and arrived at Chapman an hour later. The three teams quickly set up their devices and prepared their devices for the competition. The judges came along to inspect each of the devices before the start of the competition.
APN tagged along to cover the class's participation in the competition. The crew, the same crew that tagged along for the California Science center trip, interviewed the students from each team on their entry.
Each device were successfully able to launch the toilet rolls during the competition. Team 9, spin 2 win, went first among the Arcadia entries, with team 10, Vacuumtronix, going second and team 8 some time later.
The class had fun at the event. Special thanks to APN for covering the event. Also, thanks to the mentors/parents who helped to make the trip possible. Good work for all the students who participated. The challenge served as a great introduction for our students, allowing them to gain experience working with the tools, the engineering design process, and the engineering lab in P7. Our students are now ready to work on the Delta Zero robot for the FRC 2013 Build Season.
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