Pingry Robotics now includes a middle school FTC team: 14544 Pingry MS Robotics! Because our team is based at a small school, team sustainability is very important to us. As of 2018, we have expanded our feeder program by mentoring the middle schoolers and preparing them for high school robotics. Thanks to the support of their mentor and Computer Science Teacher Ms. Menon, as well as help from Mr. Nazareno and the High School Team, they have had many successful seasons. Some highlights include qualifying for leagues, states, and winning leagues last year!
Additionally, this year we ran the first FTC middle school summer camp, where high school team members, ran a summer camp for younger students, both within the team and in the broader Robotics community. They learned about designing, building, coding, for both autonomous and teleOp. So far, they have used a lot of that knowledge to better plan, design, and execute their robot. We can’t wait to see what they accomplish next!
This Year’s Robot
- This year, the middle school’s robot has a claw
- Many members of the middle school team have been learning CAD for the first time this year, all mentored by our high school team.
- Not only has this brought our two teams closer, but it has also allowed the middle school to improve its own bot.
- They are also using computer vision this year, using knowledge from the summer course.