Robotics Competition

Michael has been involved in a local robotics competition lately, here are some photos from the competition from a few weeks ago. The homeschool team was named Eclipse, the team mascot was the ninja platypus. Each school team had to come up with a Team name, have a booth representing their team and their robot, build a robot and program it to run certain tasks for an obstacle course. Sounds complicated but after seeing how things are done it's not as complicated as you might think. Each team member has a certain job to do. Each team is given certain parts to build a robot and a general program to perform the tasks at hand. The fun comes in how original and creative you get with the robot. The Starkville homeschoolers had great parental turnout for the competition. They did well and are going to Auburn, AL for a regional competition. Go Platipi!