1. Jeremy Gerber Northridge High School

2.  Students build a robot arm to pick up objects and move them into milk jugs on a field.  Objects for this year include pencils, nails, pvc pipes, and ping pong balls.  Goal is move as many of these objects as possible in 3 minutes. http://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploa ded_files/robotarmonepage120908.pdf

3.  West Goal Box is the “PVC Box.”  North Goal Box is the “Pencil Box.”  East Goal Box is the “Nail Box.”  Where do the ping pong balls go?  The Bonus Jug  The final ping pong ball.

4.  Shortest Time  Least number of motors (will probably never get this far)  Lowest labeled voltage (seriously will never get this far!!!)

5.  VEX kits  http://www.vexrobotics.com/ http://www.vexrobotics.com/  EDGE Arms and such.  http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/b696/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/b696/  Servos and your own control.

6.  Don’t be afraid to yell “Stop!”  You need kids with mechanical skills, not necessarily honors students.  TIME, TIME, TIME  Practice fixes everything, so don’t be quick to change.

7.  gerberj@mcsin-k12.org gerberj@mcsin-k12.org  http://www.ezwebsite.org/nhsso http://www.ezwebsite.org/nhsso  NHS Invite Jan 19 th.