Fun with robots

Courtesy of Courier Gazette – February 4, 2006

Rockland – The Mid-Coast School of Technology robotics team comprised of students from Rockland District High School and Camden Hills Regional High School will take part in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology regional robotics competition in early March. They work on their entry in the evenings and on Saturdays at MCST.

 

Hold it – Joe Sawyer, left, and adviser to the team, works with Camden Hills Regional High School junior Miles Davee to build the robot’s mechanism for throwing the ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Framed – From left, J. C. Whittier, a senior at Camden Hills Regional High School, Andrew Curtis, a sophomore at Rockland District High School, and advisor Ray Comeau, disassemble a prototype of the frame on which the wheels will be mounted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Hand – Andrew Start, a senior at Camden Hills Regional High School, demonstrates how the robot’s hand holds the ball it must throw through one of two hole in a plywood panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brain surgery – Justin Hagelin, a junior at Camden Hills Regional High School, tunes up the circuit board that controls the robot’s central motors and serves as its brain.