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Gears in Motion

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Team 1764, the Robotics Team, has already kicked off their club activities far ahead of schedule. Participating students from both Liberty and Liberty North travel together around the country to compete in Robotics regionals against hundreds of other high schools.

“We’re sent what our robot needs to be built off of in January,” Senior Taylor Eggleston said. “We have six weeks to build that robot and then take it to the competitions with us.”

Last year’s team constructed a robot that was able to throw Frisbees while the team from two years ago built one that could shoot basketballs from the free-throw line with accuracy. Team 1764 is ecstatic to get hold of their criteria and start building.

“It’s been up in the air for about a month or so,” junior Madi Hayter said. “There’s about 30 for 40 people that show up to every meeting we have.”

On February 27 the whole team will travel to Pekin, Illinois to compete in a regional competition, other locations are yet to be announced.

“We normally rent out a bus and we have another person hauling a trailer with our robot in it”, Eggleston said.

Funding for these machines can be a challenge, the Liberty Ford Dealership has partnered up with the group to help them out with the Ford Drive One fundraising event. “The money we raise goes towards helping us build the robot”, Junior Brooke Yanez said “It’s really helpful with where we need to go.”

About $38,00 is raised to support the team every year, this money goes to competition enrollment, hotel and dining at competitions as well as the robot itself.

During off-season the team meets every Tuesday and Thursday after school from 3:30 to 5:30P.M.. In the six week period of building season they meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday until around nine at night and Saturday mornings. The club gathers together and eats as a family during their building season

Old robots are kept on hand for future seasons to take to competitions in following years before they are given criteria for the new ones. These competitions are used to help get the new club members used to the idea of how things are run and the pressure these students have on their shoulders when their creation hits the performance turf.

Team 1764 is showing all new members the ropes, whether that be programming, building, or working with computers to help get a visual. Come January, the club will be constantly busy and they can’t wait to show the nation what the Liberty Public School District can do!

 

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