The Borromeo School Bulletin
Robotics Jamboree
Your St. Charles Borromeo BOTCATS competed this past Saturday, April 27th in the Clavius Jamboree held at St. Louis University High School. Around 30 middle school teams competed using SPIKE Prime LEGO® bricks, a programmable, multi-port hub, coding language based on Scratch and STEAM learning units. There were 11 challenges that the students had to write codes for where they used the robot's color, ultrasonic, force, and gyro sensors as well as loop programming and event blocks. In addition, each group of two students was tasked with designing their own challenge where they had to apply their knowledge of how to operate the robot with a real world problem, such as using the robot to rescue trapped people in a building collapse or wounded soldiers on a battlefield and transport them to a hospital. We had 9 SCB students and five robots competing. Those students include 8th graders Will Kuehler, Marshall Thro, Karsten Beckemeier, and Jackson Voelkl. 7th graders include Fiona Floodman, Avery Quarando and Chase Kneale. 6th graders Clara Huelsing and Owen Long rounded out the team. All five teams performed very well under pressure and showed extreme perseverance and time management skills. When things went wrong, like when a robot's battery died, they had to pivot and problem solve. We won't know our scores for a few more weeks, but we are very proud of our students and their hard work this year in robotics.
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