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FRC team members work on manufacturing elements on the game field.

Robotics teams ramp up activities for the spring

Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu January 25, 2024

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...

Members of MSET Cuttlefish clean out pumpkin remains from underneath the sledgehammer.

Seeking to help environment, Robotics hosts 2nd pumpkin smashing event 

Florence Hu November 8, 2023

“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...

Team 6165 MSET CuttleFish gathers to discuss their ideas for possible game strategies.

Robotics teams grow — and gear up — for new season 

Florence Hu and Ruiyan Zhu October 14, 2023

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...

At the second mandatory meeting of the year, new junior safety lead Richard Chung introduces organization plans for the semester, along with other student leads and staff advisor Jennifer Lee.

Despite success through the years, MSET  Robotics team strives to upgrade its training

Alec Guan and Beverly Xu September 27, 2023

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...

After their final match at the World Championship, the team gathers around their robot to take a team photo.

MSET Fish perform beyond expectations at Regional and World Championships

Beverly Xu May 8, 2023

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...

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