Gateways to Technology

Mr. Redden’s Gateway to Technology students have been working on designing, building, and programming a variety of robotic devices this semester. The devices are motorized and have several types of input devices or sensors to help students to solve a number of different problems. Students use a variety of C programming language to make their robots work… there was loads of “de-bugging” involved in getting the programs right!  One of the robotic challenges was to design and program a robot to follow a black line on a pieces of paper.

SumoBots Invade Ridgeview

Each year students are offered a variety of technology camps to attend in the morning to learn new skills.  The first one this year included creating a Lego NXT robot that could stay in a ring and be able to push out their opponents.  The 2011 Sumobot Camp attracted 25 students who met each morning for a week to build and program an original robot.   Matches were held on Friday and the results can been seen in the video.