Robotics Club
Jay County has one of the most competitive and sought after robotics teams in the nation. The high school teams are consistently rated in the top 25 in the World standings. This past fall, we decided to open up enrollment for Jay County Robotics for the middle school kids. Last year we tested out the middle school program with East Jay and decided this year that West Jay would and should be included.
The Jay County Robotics Club focuses on building robots for the VEX Robotics Competition (VRC). The VEX Robotics Competition is a competition that is based on the principles of encouraging students to get careers in technology and engineering. What the students do for the competition is build robots that will play a game that is given to us by the VRC. There are also other things to aim for such as design awards, notebook awards, teamwork awards and many other awards that will recognize teams for their effort and following a design process.
Jay County Robotics Club travels around the state of Indiana and Ohio primarily. We hold two competitions at Jay County high school for the local public and other teams in the state. We also travel to the Indianapolis area and compete there for qualifying spots for the World Championships. The World Championships are in Anaheim, CA.
The Jay County Robotics Club is funded by many gracious donors in the Jay County are such as Moser Engineering, SDP Manufacturing, B&B Powder coating, the Optimist Club, the Lions Club and many other private donors. We pride ourselves on not making the students go out to actively find sponsors so that they can work more on their robots and less on finding the money for parts.
Our high school students are excellent mentors for the middle school kids. The high school students are able to help the middle school students go through and figure out what they should build and how they can program it. This is a great asset to make the middle school students more competitive.
If you would like anymore information or have a student that might be interested, please contact Mr. Love for more information.
The Jay County Robotics Club focuses on building robots for the VEX Robotics Competition (VRC). The VEX Robotics Competition is a competition that is based on the principles of encouraging students to get careers in technology and engineering. What the students do for the competition is build robots that will play a game that is given to us by the VRC. There are also other things to aim for such as design awards, notebook awards, teamwork awards and many other awards that will recognize teams for their effort and following a design process.
Jay County Robotics Club travels around the state of Indiana and Ohio primarily. We hold two competitions at Jay County high school for the local public and other teams in the state. We also travel to the Indianapolis area and compete there for qualifying spots for the World Championships. The World Championships are in Anaheim, CA.
The Jay County Robotics Club is funded by many gracious donors in the Jay County are such as Moser Engineering, SDP Manufacturing, B&B Powder coating, the Optimist Club, the Lions Club and many other private donors. We pride ourselves on not making the students go out to actively find sponsors so that they can work more on their robots and less on finding the money for parts.
Our high school students are excellent mentors for the middle school kids. The high school students are able to help the middle school students go through and figure out what they should build and how they can program it. This is a great asset to make the middle school students more competitive.
If you would like anymore information or have a student that might be interested, please contact Mr. Love for more information.
VEX Robotics Competition 2015-2016 Game - Nothing But Net
The Game: VEX Robotics Competition Nothing But Net is played on a 12’x12’ square field configured as seen above. Two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – composed of two teams each, compete in matches consisting of a fifteen second autonomous period followed by one minute and forty-five seconds of driver-controlled play.
The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing Alliance by Scoring your Balls and Bonus Balls in your Low and High Goals, and by Elevating Robots in your Climbing Zone.
The Details: There are ninety-four (94) Balls and ten (10) Bonus Balls, available as Scoring Objects. Some Scoring Objects begin in designated locations on the field, while others are available to be entered into the field during the Match.
Each Robot (smaller than 18”x18”x18”) begins a match on one of their Alliance Starting Tiles. Each Alliance has one High Goal and one Low Goal to Score into. Alliances also earn points for Low and High Elevating one of their Robots upon the other. A bonus is awarded to the Alliance that has the most total points at the end of the Autonomous Period.
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