Lego Robotics

For the past 9 months, Justin has been a member of a local Lego Robotics League team made up of a group of his friends from school. They meet weekly/bi-weekly throughout the year to practice as a team programming their Lego robot to complete certain tasks. All of this is done in anticipation of an area and then state competitions in December and January.

The theme of the 2011 competition was "Food Safety". They completed a project that addressed a perceived food safety need for our local grocery store, New Seasons Market. They figured out how adding RFID tags in the freezer & refrigerated sections could help to regulate the temperature as customers open and close the doors to remove food.

The boys wrote and practiced a fun skit to introduce their idea to the store manager. The boys did a great job!

In December, the boys presented their skit and research findings to the judges as part of the big Lego Robotics Competition. After a full day of competing against other local teams, Justin's team won an award and a trophy! We are so proud of these boys! It was hard work and they did such a great job for their first year since these 9 year olds were competing against jr. high and high schoolers. Way to go Justin!

Now they are back together as a team getting ready for the 2012 competition and their next attempt at qualifying trot the state tournament.

Tyler had the opportunity to join his own Lego Robotics team through his school. It is a relaxed time for them to learn about robotics and computer programming. Plus, Legos! Need I say more? They practice with partners each Tuesday after school for 6 weeks. He is having so much fun!