Engineering and Robotics

Today was competition day for the Robotics and Engineering Intensive Learning for 2026. We spent the morning preparing our robots for the 11:00 start time. Last minute fixes to both hardware and code were implemented to make sure the robots were fine-tuned and in their best condition. Some of the highlights from competition day...

Today we travelled to the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Robbinsville, NJ to tour their robotics warehouse and distribution system. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to have any photos or videos inside the building. But while we toured the 1.2 million square foot facility, we saw robots that automatically moved shelving pods in a random...

Today we all had somewhat working robot by the end of the day. A lot of time was spent testing the software with the hardware and making modifications to both. By the end of lunch everyone was able to spend time on the competition field for much needed practice and strategy sessions. This time...

Today was spent connecting the robots to their brains. In the process new problems appeared and new solutions had to be applied. It turns out that making a robot move the way you want is difficult. A lot of time was spent trying to make gear teeth mesh correctly so that the motors will...

Today we were given the game rules for this week’s competition. We are basically building robots that will play Tic-Tac-Toe. The robot has to fit into a cube 18 x 18 x 18 inches at the beginning of the game. There will be a red team and a blue team trying to place rings...