‘One Team, One Dream’

Written by: the Site Administrator on February 2, 2009 at 11:57 am

The Robotics team will be competing in their first competition on March 25, 2009 in Katy,Texas.

According to junior Sohini Vidhur Jr., they have to simulate a vehicle driving on the moon with only a six week time frame.

“We must design, build, program and learn to drive a robot in six weeks,” said Vidhur ” We spent the first week just brain storming, so that actually leaves us only one week to get the robot built.”

They will be competing against various teams this year some, but according to freshman Colby Belcher, so far the only thing they fear is the new surrounding.

“We never underestimate any of our competition, but our biggest threat will have to be the fact that we are going to be in a new arena”,Belcher said.

Belcher also said that their other competition is building the machine itself.

“We have been introduced into a whole lot of new equipment, Belcher said. “Like the shaft we have can only fits one cassette, but we need it to fit two and we have a new seven thousand dollar controlling board that I have to design.”

The team is very ambitious towards their work and will strive to make the best whatever the outcome may be.

“We are very dedicated to our work, we do things, that most students wouldn’t even consider do, for this project,” said Belcher.

Team members like junior Katherine Conaway spend most of their personal time trying to make sure their robot will be a success for competition.

“Some of us stay up here on the weekends and sometimes up to around one or two in the morning, trying to make sure everything is working the proper way,” said Conaway.

However, designing, building and programing a robot can be stressful for some of them,like team member junior Zachary McDonald.

“Sometimes we just feel like ripping each other heads off,” said McDonald.”But in the end we are nothing but big family.”

According to the team, they are one family with the same goal.

“Our motto is something that has been used for a while,”said Belcher. “It reminds us that we are a team, and we all do have the same dream, and that is to have the best robot.”

“One team, one dream,” the team  said in unison.