Oscar's Robotic Competition

12/14/09

Oscar has been participating in a robotics club at his middle school for the past 4 months. They had to build a special robot out of lego pieces and then program it to perform certain functions to be judged and earn points at a competition. Oscar was the programer for his team, he LOVED figuring out the codes and getting the robot to do what he programed. Once it was all put together their group went to the competition in Meridian. Schools from the around the northwest came to compete. Oscar was a little bummed because he wanted to have more time to make the robot better, but their team still went a competed. I think it was a great learning experience for him. He was able to watch a robotic demonstration put on by the high school and now he can't wait to be apart of that group. He was also able to meet the astronaut Barbara Morgan again. It was an all day event, and already he has plans for next year. *smile*