2004 RoboWolves Team January 10, 2005-Congratulations to the Robowolves! The team attended their first State Robotics Tournament and took home 1st place in the Teamwork award, one of four main judging areas. The RoboWolves also did well on their research project and in the robotics event scored 30th out of 63 teams.

The competition was very stiff but the team delivered their highest score to date in a tournament. Team members attending were: E. Hulbert, M. Hulbert, C. Hansen , S. Thompson, J. Davis, A. Fong, S. Lim, K. Yoshihara and J. Fujimoto.

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The Robowolves are an animated team that truly enjoys talking about what they do in their club.  Here are some words they would like to share:

Mr. Watters has a good attitude and he makes problems fun, he makes jokes when we have difficulty and this helps to loosen our minds so we can think more easily.  Mr. Watters helps us by guiding us in the right direction and by getting us the parts we need.  He is really fun to be with.   

The robotics club is challenging because you have to learn to work together as a team with people you may not normally associate with.  It’s also challenging because you have to create new designs and think of ways to solve problems that no one has ever thought of before.  When you come across a problem, you have to come up with your own solutions to accomplish an objective and that can be very difficult but also very rewarding.

 Robotics gives opportunities to students to have new experiences in leadership.  The seventh graders put a in lot of time watching and learning and can’t wait to be the eighth graders in charge of the team next year. 

 The best part of being a RoboWolf? You get to build cool robots with Legos, you get to have new parts and play neat games and (of course!) competitions with free food and drinks and the whole time… you get to be with your friends.

 There’s a core of about 8 students that are active on the team.  Some of the students are helpers, some are programmers, some are builders but everyone works together to solve the objectives. 

 It’s not just for boys, it’s for girls, too.  It would be nice to get another perspective to help us during our challenges so we think girls should join. 

 It’s a fun building experience and you get to learn about light sensors, electronics, touch sensors, rotation sensors, and you can build claws, in 9^th grade students can work with infra-red. 

Pictures from the FLL Tournament, November 20, 2004

Jesuit High School presented their robot during the tournament to show middle school students what they can look forward to.

Sam Brannan's robot had a ball delivery attachment whose performance was unparalled.  This robot was capable of depositing 2 balls in the center basket - a feat no other school accomplished during the Saturday tournament.

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