MSET robotics team faces tough competition in SF and falls short of qualifying for worlds April 1, 2023 — by Beverly Xu MSET Robotics team was eliminated in the third round of playoffs by just one point at the San Francisco Regional held from March 16-19, falling short of qualifying for their goal of the world competition. They were seeded 9th heading into competitive rounds. Junior outreach lead Cameron Nguyen was also nominated as Dean’s List Finalist, […] read more » Despite success through the years, MSET Robotics team strives to upgrade its training September 27, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu Every year, the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team — MSET Fish — is flooded with many more applications than it has open positions. Its popularity might be because it has qualified for the FIRST World Championships seven times and won over 20 awards in its 22-year history. But despite its success, many participants still […] read more » MSET’s FTC team 6165 Cuttlefish integrates SWENext program as part of Robotics Club March 31, 2022 — by Nidhi Mathihalli As sophomore Naomi Hsieh left the robotics room on a late Tuesday night, she said bye to all of her team members. However, looking back at the members, she realized that all of the team members in the room were male. Although the club’s numbers have increased over the years, most are still boys. Hsieh […] read more » Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Robotics teams ramp up activities for the spring January 25, 2024 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu As the second semester opens, robotics teams have started or resumed activities for this spring season. Multiple programs are each at different points in their respective seasons: VEX and FTC teams have started redesigning their robots to stay competitive. Meanwhile, FRC has begun building its robot in preparation for the newly revealed game theme of […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
Despite success through the years, MSET Robotics team strives to upgrade its training September 27, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu Every year, the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team — MSET Fish — is flooded with many more applications than it has open positions. Its popularity might be because it has qualified for the FIRST World Championships seven times and won over 20 awards in its 22-year history. But despite its success, many participants still […] read more » MSET’s FTC team 6165 Cuttlefish integrates SWENext program as part of Robotics Club March 31, 2022 — by Nidhi Mathihalli As sophomore Naomi Hsieh left the robotics room on a late Tuesday night, she said bye to all of her team members. However, looking back at the members, she realized that all of the team members in the room were male. Although the club’s numbers have increased over the years, most are still boys. Hsieh […] read more » Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Robotics teams ramp up activities for the spring January 25, 2024 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu As the second semester opens, robotics teams have started or resumed activities for this spring season. Multiple programs are each at different points in their respective seasons: VEX and FTC teams have started redesigning their robots to stay competitive. Meanwhile, FRC has begun building its robot in preparation for the newly revealed game theme of […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
MSET’s FTC team 6165 Cuttlefish integrates SWENext program as part of Robotics Club March 31, 2022 — by Nidhi Mathihalli As sophomore Naomi Hsieh left the robotics room on a late Tuesday night, she said bye to all of her team members. However, looking back at the members, she realized that all of the team members in the room were male. Although the club’s numbers have increased over the years, most are still boys. Hsieh […] read more » Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Robotics teams ramp up activities for the spring January 25, 2024 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu As the second semester opens, robotics teams have started or resumed activities for this spring season. Multiple programs are each at different points in their respective seasons: VEX and FTC teams have started redesigning their robots to stay competitive. Meanwhile, FRC has begun building its robot in preparation for the newly revealed game theme of […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
Robotics team qualifies to World Championships three years in a row April 23, 2024 — by Saachi Jain “Through schools of fish, this team makes ripples of impact turn into waves of change. Congratulations to team number 649, the MSET Fish!” Screams of joy erupted from the 35 members of the SHS FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. They had just won the FIRST Regional Impact Award at a tournament in Monterey on March […] read more » Robotics teams ramp up activities for the spring January 25, 2024 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu As the second semester opens, robotics teams have started or resumed activities for this spring season. Multiple programs are each at different points in their respective seasons: VEX and FTC teams have started redesigning their robots to stay competitive. Meanwhile, FRC has begun building its robot in preparation for the newly revealed game theme of […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
Robotics teams ramp up activities for the spring January 25, 2024 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu As the second semester opens, robotics teams have started or resumed activities for this spring season. Multiple programs are each at different points in their respective seasons: VEX and FTC teams have started redesigning their robots to stay competitive. Meanwhile, FRC has begun building its robot in preparation for the newly revealed game theme of […] read more » Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event November 8, 2023 — by Florence Hu “Three, two, one!” A machine’s 3-foot metal rod suddenly thrust six sharp blades into the pumpkin, crushing it to pieces. Slowly, the end of the piston rose back to its original position, dangling seeds from the fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp. That process, repeated again and again last Friday in the quad, turned dozens of […] read more » A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
A look at the nuts and bolts of the robotics teams November 6, 2023 — by Saachi Jain With almost 140 students participating in the school’s two robotics programs, robotics has become one of the most popular activities on campus. The two organizations — the Mechanical Science and Engineering Team (MSET) Robotics Club and the VEX Robotics Club — boast 100 and 40 students respectively, though each has significant differences that many don’t […] read more » FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
FRC Robotics team helps bring education to underprivileged girls in rural India October 14, 2023 — by Alec Guan and Beverly Xu The Mechanical Science and Engineering Team’s (MSET) First Robotics Competition (FRC) team sent three student representatives — senior outreach lead Ameya Saund and juniors Sameera Kapur and Beverly Xu — to Shadhika’s “Day of the Girl” event in Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center on Oct. 14 to deliver stories of girls in India whom […] read more » Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season October 14, 2023 — by Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu On Sept. 9, members of over 50 local middle and high school robotics teams crowded closely together on the rows of bleachers at Newark Memorial High School, quietly speculating about the possible explanations for what the shrouded game field covered. As they waited for the 2023-24 NorCal FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) game reveal to begin, […] read more » MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast
MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships May 8, 2023 — by Beverly Xu On April 19, 27 of 47 students from the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, 649 MSET Fish, boarded a plane to Houston to attend their second FIRST World Championship in a row — capping off the team’s most successful season yet. For the rest of the week, the team competed in the George R. […] read more » 12345...nextlast