Covid-19 may have stood in the way of the St. Michael-Albertville High School Robotics team’s usual slate of competitions, but they are eagerly anticipating an upcoming open house for a chance to show off everything they’ve worked on this school year in lieu of competing. The open house takes place from 4:30-6:30 p.m. tomorrow, April 13, in the high school cafeteria.
Given the choice between a virtual competition and the chance to stretch their minds a bit and try some new things, the Binary Battalion robotics team opted to take the year off from competing to expand their robotics repertoire. The “Parade Bot” is a signature creation from their Covid year off, a new tank robot that shoots t shirts and Nerds candy to parade attendees. The team hopes to show off this new, remote-controlled robot at local parades this summer.
In addition, they created a vintage, Atari-style stacking video game this year, which will also be available for demos at the open house.
Tomorrow’s open house will feature robot demos of the team’s competition robot, omni-directional robot and the new parade bot, and community members are welcome to attend, along with parents, prospective robotics league members, and sponsors.
Jeff Byboth says
Can anyone attend this? Do you have to register first?