These Are the Droids You’re Looking For

This term in robotics we have been doing several challenges. The two main ones have been a sumo challenge where you built a robot that would have the capability to out race the opponent in order to push three bottles off of a platform while simultaneously being able to take the opponent’s robot and turn it into something resembling a toaster why a toaster? Imagine you work hard for weeks to build a bot that you think is capable of anything, only to have it flipped and swallowed by a large moving box and then spit out five seconds later at about half of its original size. The other challenge of the term so far is the skyblock challenge. This one is where you, through whatever method you want, build a robot that can extend itself to a height that would give Lebron James a run for his money and place a block of your team's color on top of a pole, and then repeat until you either win, or your bot topples over because it was too tall, and then you drag it away in a solemn defeat.  These are the droids you’re looking for! Brayden G, Rogers ‘19