Robot Renevation

Robot Renovation After lots of hard work, Capitals Engineering had finished building and programming a working robot to compete with in our first tournament. Although we were confident and played well, some problems arose within the robot, which was to be expected seeing as how the tournament was the robot’s first true test of strength…

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Cookie Chaos!

On October 1, 2017, Sacramento Adventist Academy’s (SAA’s) annual Fall Festival started at 10:00 a.m., and Robotics was ready to go! For this year’s booth, the Marketing team came up with a fantastically fun idea; Cookie decorating! Everyone pitched in to make the booth a success, team members made sugar cookies and brought frosting and…

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The First Month of Robotics

This past month has been mild with everyone active on their own individual or team assignments. Lead by the instructors and team leaders, everyone is being directed to progress the team forward quickly. Yet have been reminded to use their time wisely and that competitions are coming up shortly. As of now the Engineering team…

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The Reveal

On September 11, 2017 the Relic Recovery was revealed to the Capitals Engineering team. There are several obstacles so far in Relic Recovery, transferring glyphics, balancing the robot on an unstable board, and knocking off the opponent’s jewels off of a stand. That day Mr. Wade handed out manuels to both the Engineering and Marketing…

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What We Learned at EXSEED

Robotics is a big part of all of our lives, and it’s important for us to share that with other people. This last June Robert, Trinity and Elijah, our team leaders, went to EXSEED (Excellence in STEM Experiential Excellence), a conference for classroom teachers across North America, meant to enhance and integrate critical thinking and…

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The First Day of Robotics!

After asking some questions, many of the Robotics members didn’t join because of the class credits, they joined because it seemed like a challenge and something new they could enjoy. As for teams, the majority of students wanted to be in Engineering because of their interests to first hand build the robot. Since there are…

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