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 » 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 » 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 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 »
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 » 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 » 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 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 »
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 » 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 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 »
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 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 »
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 »