{"id":2979,"date":"2012-03-22T13:57:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T17:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2012-03-22T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T17:57:46","slug":"kennett-high-school-robotics-team-says-domo-arigato-takes-home-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=2979","title":{"rendered":"Kennett High School Robotics Team says ‘domo arigato,’ takes home awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

KHS Robotics Team inspires students to achieve in science and technology<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By P.J. D’Annunzio, <\/strong>Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Two of the team's creations "shooting hoops."<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT \u2014 One of Kennett High\u2019s newest clubs, the Robotics Team, is already making a name for itself, bringing home accolades to speak to their impressive achievements\u2014in only a short span of existence.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt our first competition we won the \u2018Coopertition\u2019 Award and the Rookie All-Star Award. \u00a0At our second competition, we won the Highest Rookie Seed Award, and we placed 2nd overall in the competition,\u201d Physics teacher and Robotics Team lead mentor Daniel Folmar said. \u201cWe’ve competed in two district level events against teams from Eastern PA, New Jersey, and Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n

The genesis of the 13-participant club occurred when a student asked Folmar to be the group\u2019s advisor. \u201cOne of our students, Steven Lawton, approached me in September of this past year about acting as the advisor for the team. \u00a0We formed the team in late September and registered with FIRST,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 by inventor and entrepreneur, Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology.<\/p>\n

Based in Manchester, NH this not-for-profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while also building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.<\/p>\n

Kennett\u2019s Robotics team has been competing in FIRST competitions since its inception and has faced off against other schools belonging to the organization\u2014that\u2019s 26,800 teams representing upwards of 293,000 students from grades K-12.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Team]not only \u00a0provides students with hands-on experience in designing and building a robot but also with working as a team to achieve very aggressive goals.\u201d Folmar said.<\/p>\n

Those students also represent a wide range of academic interests, Folmar stated, \u201cSome are interested in science and engineering but not all of them. We also have business and artistic talent\u201d<\/p>\n

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Students working in the preliminary stages of robot construction.<\/p><\/div>\n

The robots created by the team are able to perform a variety of tasks. Most recently, the group has developed one capable of making free throw shots into a basketball hoop.<\/p>\n

In order to accomplish these tasks, students use computer programs such as CAD drafting software to configure the specifications of the machines and good, old-fashioned elbow grease to actually assemble them out of many metal parts, wires, wheels, and other components.<\/p>\n

The Team, comprised of 9th<\/sup> to 12th <\/sup>graders continues to roll forward, designing and producing robots for future competition and the chance to bring more accolades to Kennett High\u2019s halls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KHS Robotics Team inspires students to achieve in science and technology By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com KENNETT \u2014 One of Kennett High\u2019s newest clubs, the Robotics Team, is already making a name for itself, bringing home accolades to speak to their impressive achievements\u2014in only a short span of existence. \u201cAt our first competition we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[79,502,81],"class_list":["post-2979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-kennett-high-school","tag-robotics","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}