The Robo Rays are a STEM-focused robotics team at SeacrestCountry Day School who took first at the Orlando regional competition and are bringing their robot-building skills and teamwork this week to the World Championship competition in Texas.
The FIRST robotics competition (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) challenges students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to design and test robots to accomplished a wide range of goals. This year, the team had to design a robot that could shoot objects at targets and also climb a rope.
After building their best 'bot, the teams gather to compete—and cooperate—in head-to-head matches that can see as many as six robots on the playing field trying to out-maneuver their robotic opponents.
Monday at 1:30 p.m. on Gulf Coast Live, Seacrest Country Day School math teacher and Robo Rays coach Marc Berry joins the program to talk about the robot and programming skills, as well as teamwork, that go into a successful FRC competition.
Also joining the program are seniors from the Robo Rays team, including Safety Captain Timothy Bui and Build Captain/driver William LaFreniere, to discuss the process of building and testing these robots and the anticipation ahead of the world championships in Texas.
