The OLV CougarBOTs team began in 2007. The program is currently comprised of 3 separate teams and has a dedicated High School Mentor team (FRC 5907 – CC ShamBOTS). The maximum number of students per team is 12. Parental involvement is required.
FLL is a fun mentor-based experientially STEM program for students in grades 4 and 5. It is an alliance between FIRST Robotics and Lego to inspire young people. It is designed to enrich today's technological life skills and kids interests in STEM so that they become innovative problem solvers. Each year, FLL Teams are presented with a real-world theme and they must identify a problem and compete to solve it. www.firstinmichigan.org/fll. Adult mentors / participation required.
FTC is a fun skill-building STEM program for middle school students. It is an alliance between FIRST Robotics and Lego to inspire young people. It is designed to enrich today's technological life skills and kids interests in STEM so that they become innovative problem solvers. Each year, FTC Teams must design, build, program and rebuild (as needed) a robot capable of playing a difficult field game against other robots. The emphasis is not on winning but on learning new skills, working as a team and respecting new ideas. www.firstinmichigan.org/ftc. Adult mentors / participation required.
Great for new engineers (beginners)! The Robotics team has a Christmas-themed Robot Parade at the annual OLV Dad’s Club Santa Breakfast. Student engineers will design and construct a parade “float” and program a robot. The robot will pull the float (like a car pulling a trailer) around an oval track. CougarBOT engineers must program the Robot to “follow the line” and “pause” for traffic. In addition, they must design and build a structurally stable platform for their float and it must contain gear systems which run moving parts. Groups consist of 2-3 students. Two (2) Parent Classroom Managers are required each week. A flexible sign-up schedule is available. Robotics experience NOT necessary.
Thank you to the following OLV Families for Sponsoring & Supporting
the Robotics Program!