Robotics demo set for tonight
20.05.12
Area students are invited to learn more about the QC Elite High School Robotics Team during an open house on Monday, Feb. 20 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Old McLaughlin Motors, 1820 4th Avenue, Rock Island. You’ll get to meet team members and learn more about their projects and the program.
Designing and building a robot is a fascinating real-world professional experience that is designed to help high-school-aged young people discover how interesting and rewarding the lives of engineers and scientists can be. The FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) stages short games played by robots. The robots are designed and built in six weeks (from a common set of parts) by a team of high-school-aged young people and a handful of engineers-Mentors. The students program and remotely control the robots in competition rounds on the field.
The team has partnered with John Deere, University of Illinois Extension, Rock Island County 4-H and has a technology sponsorship grant from JC Penney. They are looking for students in a wide range of skills including engineering and building robots, computer programming, designing the team web site, graphic design for flyers and designing and writing newsletters, etc. Stop by the open house from 6 – 8 p.m. or for more information check out their web site at QCElite.com or at U of I Extension website: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/hmrs. For more information call Cheryl Geitner, 4-H Youth Development Educator at (309) 756-9978.
Source: Aledo Times Record