Moros ready for
competition prior to
Motorama 2011.
shape, drilled, and painted in the
green and black color scheme I use
for my robots. I ran through my own
safety inspection and determined
that Moros was ready for
competition at Motorama 2011. SV
You Tube link of Moros in
action: www.youtube.com/
watch?v=HoHERDQgZwo.
POTP URRI 3.0
● by Kevin M. Berry
This randomly timed feature continues to chug along.
December ‘ 10 brought the
unnumbered debut. Version 2.0
appeared last February. Now it's
June, school is out, and I've
gathered up an uncharacteristically
cohesive compilation. (Ed. Note:
three words, 39 letters. In your
face, "write at the Eighth grade
level" people!).
This month's theme: Kids
Building Combat Bots Become
Better Kids.
Technology, Engineering, and
Math) learning process in action.
There's nothing that warms an
old gearhead’s heart more than the
sight of a young boy or girl with a
sharp, hot, dangerous tool in their
hands! Here's my selection of
Greg's pics from the event. The rest
are at www.flickr.com/photos/
mechagreg/sets/7215762618335
6418.
Story #2: Five Year’s
Progress in Two
Years — Bots to
the Rescue!
Nola Garcia — one of the driving
forces behind BotsIQ — gave a lead
to a real success story. Here, in the
words of Eddy Garcia (the principal
of Immaculate Conception School in
Hialeah, FL, is the tale of a young
Story #1: BotsIQ
The ultimate venue for kids
building combat machines is, of
course, BotsIQ. This last
February, a bunch of middle,
high school, and college
students gathered for the
Nationals — a four-day slug fest
of robotic destruction. From
that rich source, Greg Munson
shot hundreds of photos of
machines and their people, and
along the way captured some
exquisite shots of the much
touted STEM (Science,
Hailey Russel adding essential
letters to a 15 pound wedge.
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