Experiences shape who we are as a person. The experience I have had being a part of my high school’s Robotics team is by far the most impactful one I have had yet. I have been a part of my Robotics team since my freshman year of high school and have thoroughly enjoyed learning and competing throughout the years. In this team we are given a challenge to solve. We have six-weeks to design, build, and program a robot that can complete that year’s challenge. Since I am the programming team captain on the team, I am responsible for the coding and testing of the robot. It is of utmost importance that we program with celerity and effectiveness. On our robotics team we use the programming language C++ to accomplish goals. Being a part of the robotics …show more content…
I have gained quite a bit of knowledge working with professional machinery such as the porta-band, the hack saw, and the drill. By spending my time helping around I learn new skills while helping my team accomplish their tasks faster. Since I am the captain of the programming team it is my responsibility to ensure that the underclassmen learn the skills necessary to lead the team when I leave. I teach them how to program efficiently and make sure that they are prepared to take the mantle in the following years. Having the job of teaching underclassmen important skills as given me a greater purpose in the robotics team. I enjoy learning and teaching alongside the students. Recently, all of our hard work programming the robot paid off when we won the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation. This award celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical, or software – to provide unique machine functions. We won this award because we used vision tacking and motion mapping in order to score goals. The motion mapping essentially plot points along the field which effectively allows the robot to navigate across the
The Varsity team lost to the JV team because they did not work together as team. Though the Varsity team consisted of high performing individuals for speed, strength, and endurance but together they lacked the cohesiveness to perform as a single unit. Also among them there were a lot of internal conflicts cropping up like blaming each other, lack of trust and confidence in the ability of others etc., which were not identified, or resolved at appropriate time. Each one did not believe he was working as a part of the team; rather they tried to maximize their individual capabilities alone. In addition the Varsity team lacked a strong leader, mostly people were disruptors.
Nicolet FEAR, Team 4786, is a FIRST Robotics Team in Glendale, Wisconsin. Our mission statement says, “We are determined to create a path to success by polishing our strengths and overcoming our weaknesses in order to integrate ourselves, schools, communities, and families in all aspects of our work.” Nicolet FEAR strives for efficiency, innovation and excellence, and our passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics attracts numerous students every year who desire to learn more about STEM, improve their leadership skills and work together as a team. Through our business plan we hope to become a top-20 team at competition and create dependable alliances by reaching out to other FIRST teams, therefore maintaining a
I’ve learned that it’s better to think out of the box than always stick to the same routine. You can compete in an ever-changing marketplace if you’re always doing the exact same thing. Sometimes you have to let go of what’s not working instead of trying to fix it, as not everything and everyone are fixable. More importantly this case study affirmed that staying true to what you believe in, allowing your natural abilities to shine, and caring about the overall welfare of all parties involved are at the core of being a great
In all of the events I’ve competed in, learning from losses has given me a better learning experience than when I won a competition. During my second year in SkillsUSA I competed in many different events, performing an opening ceremony, explaining how to make an Ethernet cable, and running to be a leader at a district level in Texas just to name a few. In all of these competitions, I never really tried my hardest. I thought that I didn’t need to prepare or practice any of the skills that would have helped me. During the award ceremony, I was shocked to learn how mediocre I really did. This was especially true when the new District Officers were announced for the 2014-2015 school year and my name wasn’t announced. I soon realized that most of the other competitors have spent months practicing and preparing for this competition
Just this year, I was voted the Vice President of my high school Robotics team. Although it’s by far one of my proudest achievements, at first, I didn’t understand why I was given such an honor. I’ve been in my high school Robotics club since freshman year, I’ve attended every single meeting, fundraiser, and event, and I’m an avid lover of programming and robotics. Yet, with all of this, I didn’t think I would be an official for my Robotics club. This was mainly due to the fact that I possess all of the qualities that I thought a leader shouldn’t have. I’m kind of a shy guy, I’m not very confident in myself, and I’m usually pretty quiet. Most people believe that great leaders are supposed to be self-assured, outgoing, and expressive. I’m none
Team is a noun describing a number of people associated in some joint project. In other words teams are a group of people working towards one goal. All great teams require communication and need to go above and beyond and make bold steps forward. Some great teams that embody these traits are the group of teenagers from Carl Hayden High School and the Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak duo. How these teams worked together are shown in “La Vida Robot” and the biography Steve Jobs. In them Davis and Isaacson show that a strong team depends on its members to take risks and that communication is vital for a strong and effective team.
Ever since I was a young student, teachers knew that I was not a normal kid. These teachers saw qualities in me that they could not see in many students at that age level. They saw a child who had a profound love to know more and had the ambition of a decorated Olympic swimmer to learn not just the material that was being taught but why it is being taught and how I can I use this information to make people’s lives better. Fast-forward to today, and you can clearly see that not much has changed except my determination to learn and my love to help others has done nothing but expanded.
As a shy and relatively inexperienced freshman, I signed up for the program as the only underclassmen on the team of ten students. I bumbled along, learning about design and how to use the machines. I made my full share of mistakes and then some, but by the end of the program, I was gaining some real experience. Although our robot did not fare very well in the competition our first year, my learning process was underway, and I knew that I had found my place.
Our team is dedicated and growing. We’re trying to become the role models for generations to come. In this past year alone, we have nearly doubled the amount of females on the team. We’ve gone from having 18% of our team being female to 46%. But growing isn’t our only concern. To make sure we don’t repeat our past mistakes of not passing down knowledge from one generation to the next, we have started an Internal Mentorship Program. Where our incoming freshman and sophomores built our entire shooter mechanism for the Texas Robot Roundup over the summer under the guidance of our junior and senior members of the team. We also began to mentor other competing teams within our school that are relevant to STEM, such as our rookie Odyssey of the Mind team.
The Twin Cedars Community School District Board of Directors should decide in favor of funding a school dance team. Twin Cedars, a small country based school of approximately 500 students K-12, has never had the benefit of having a dance team. Two years ago, three Twin Cedars students got together with their dance instructor, Shannon Smith, an alumnist of Twin Cedars, and suggested that the school should have a dance team. Smith volunteered her time to coach and choreograph for a new dance team. Smith took this idea to the principal of Twin Cedars, Mike Helle. Helle agreed to allow Smith to start a dance team that could practice at school, but refused to fund the program as an extracurricular activity. This meant that if there was to be a dance team, all funds would have to be raised by the dance team members alone and Smith would have to volunteer all of her time and effort without being paid. Despite these two points Smith agreed to start the dance team.
When people hear the term “FIRST Robotics” or hear anything related to robotics, they automatically assume that it has something to do with robots destroying each other or nerds sitting in the corner eating pizza and building small robots; I used to be one of those people who thought that before joining FIRST Robotics. In all honesty, I was very reluctant on becoming a part of FIRST Robotics in the first place because I did not know if I would fit in or even enjoy it for that matter. However, thanks to two special people I gave FIRST Robotics a shot, and I’m thankful that I did because I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. FIRST Robotics has greatly impacted my high school experience by teaching me life skills that I can’t learn in the classroom, forming new bonds and
Regionals was less than two weeks away and all I could see was my teammate in tears and her horse struggling to pick itself up from the dirt. Horses are extremely unpredictable animals and the accident was an unpreventable situation that neither of us saw coming. That night, we went home with injured horses and injured spirits. We had already failed to win back our state title, would we do the same at Regionals?
After a review of my performance in the assigned group, I have learned a great deal about myself and behavior in the team-setting situation. This is not the first experience in a team-setting. Previous team setting experiences were conducted in sporting and recreational environments rather than academics. While the setting and the environments were indeed different, there were many commonalities and correlations between the team settings I previously experiences and the current academic team-setting experience for this academic course project.
Whenever they feel discouraged or overwhelmed, I can motivate them to stay engaged by reminding them of the reasons they become involved in the beginning. During this time, I will even express to them the importance of not losing their passion for any task or organization, that they are committed to. I will provide a supportive atmosphere for growth by encouraging confidence to first year students, by ensuring that they can overcome and learn from failure and
Throughout this semester I have learned so much about myself in many different aspects. I learned that I am the direction south and the color blue. For one thing I know that I want to hear what everybody’s opinion before make a decision. I have learned things about my personality that are will be benefit and things that are not a great when working in groups. For example I am a very cooperative person but I am also very dependent on others for ideas. I also learned that I am a collaborator when it comes to being a team player. I try to keep the group focused on the goals and purpose of the activity. I am also the team player that will do whatever it takes to get the team to reach the final goal. Throughout the semester I have improved my skills and realize what areas I need to improve in communication, working in groups, and organization.