CircuitRunners Robotics

Hey! We hope that everyone enjoyed the challenges this week and had a lot of fun! Remember that you can send in your results for a chance to get a shout-out on Circuit unner’s social media channels. Be sure to tune in next week for more challenges and STEM! We hope you’ve learned something about buoyancy from this challenge! Now for a short explanation on buoyancy: Buoyancy is the upwards push on an object that happens when it’s in water. This happens because the water is more dense, so it’s weight is more concentrated. When a boat, which is less dense than water, touches the water, the water pushes up on it harder than the boat pushes down, so the boat floats.

Hey guys! We hope that you’re working hard and enjoying the challenges! We've decided to move our explanation of buoyancy to Friday's post, so stay tuned for that. Remember you can send us your progress at [email protected]. Feel free to email us if you have any questions!

Hello from the CircuitRunners Robotics! We’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from these challenges but we’re ready to get back to business with a fresh set of challenges! Elementary: For the Boat Buddies challenge, you’ll be learning about buoyancy as you build a seafaring cargo ship to carry at least 10 marbles or coins on its maiden voyage. You’re limited to 3 square feet of tinfoil, so be sure to keep your ship within that limit. Once you’ve built your ship, fill it with food co...loring mixed with water (about 1 drop in glass of water) and start adding your objects to the boat. If you’d like, record a video of this portion and send it in to us ([email protected]). The person whose boat can hold the most objects will receive a shoutout on our social media pages! On Wednesday we’ll cover the science behind buoyancy Middle School: Middle schoolers will be doing a more advanced version of the Boat Buddies Challenge. Instead of testing how much weight your boat can hold, you’ll test how weight placement will affect how your boat sails. Try placing the small weights in different spots on the boat --the center, the corner, etc-- and see how it affects your boat! Try and find the best spot for your boat so that it can hold the most weights. Remember that you can send in a video of your experimentation to [email protected]. On Wednesday we’ll go a little more in depth into the science of why this occurs, so stay tuned for that!

Happy New Year everyone! To start off 2021, we have officially launched our new, completely student-made website: http://circuitrunners.com/. It is still a work in progress, but we are proud to finally release this project! #newyearnewme

Thank you to everyone who participated in our social media challenges! We hope you had as much fun completing these challenges as we had making them. We plan to continue doing challenges like these in the future, so be on the lookout for them!

Happy New Year! We hope that you’re working hard and enjoying the challenges! Remember, you can send us your progress at [email protected]. Below is one of our members, Jonah, who did a larger version of the Bookshelf Buddies challenge in eighth grade.

We officially (virtually) kicked off our robotics season this past Saturday! We were finally able to meet and connect with all our members and mentors, while preparing for the upcoming season! #omgrobots #firstinspires

We will be hosting our annual FLL Workshop soon for both current and new FLL students! It is a completely free and virtual event to prepare students for their upcoming season and competition. For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-fll-workshop-registrat

Introducing the all new CircuitRunners brand! We have been working hard this Summer to create a new, modern, glitched-themed brand for our organization. We have officially reinvented ourselves, in terms of our logo, colors, and graphics, while still carrying on our 18 year legacy. To see our complete Brand Standards, please visit: http://circuitrunners.github.io/brand

We will be opening registration for the upcoming 2020-2021 season soon! If you are interested in joining our organization, please fill out this contact form to receive further registration information: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSc6TIoyPHpOdGmgBD/viewform Also, we still have 2 interest meetings left! If you would like to learn more about our organization before registering, please sign up to attend one of our remaining interest meetings with the link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circuitrunner-robotics-wheeler

CALLING ALL WHEELER STUDENTS! Wheeler High School’s CircuitRunners Robotics is searching for passionate, dedicated students to join our team for the 2020-2021 school year! Despite COVID, we will be having a full slate of competitive robotics planned for the upcoming year.. Virtually! All current and prospective CircuitRunners families are invited to our upcoming virtual interest meetings to learn more about our organization, the changes we will be making this season, and how to register. For more information, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circuitrunner-robotics-wheeler Hope to see you soon!

We started off our virtual CAD bootcamp today and it went amazing! We were able to teach over 30 interested students including ones from teams FRC 1261, FRC 6023, and FTC 13245. We are grateful for our dedicated teachers and camp members and excited to continue teaching through next week.

Next month, CircuitRunner Robotics will be hosting a free, virtual Computer Aided Design (CAD) summer camp. It is open to any students (grades 8-12) interested in either learning or enhancing their engineering and CAD skills. The camp will include two phases: Workshop Phase (July 13-16) & Showcase Phase (July 16-24). Students are encouraged to attend both, but can choose either/or. The camp will include two tracks (please choose just 1), depending on the student’s prior skil...l level, containing several workshops taught by current CircuitRunner Robotics students and mentors. During the workshop phase, students will spend up to 4 hours a day learning/practicing, and participating in fun activities and challenges. The following week, students will use their skills to design and showcase their own projects to be judged and awarded. Spots are limited, so sign up today! For more information and registration, please copy/visit the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circuitrunners-cad-boot-camp-t

We are beyond grateful for this new CircuitRunner’s workspace donated to us by Principal Gillihan of Wheeler High School! It needs some renovating but soon we’ll definitely have a lot of space to work with. @ Joseph Wheeler High School

Our State Championship is fast approaching! Come out to support the Wheeler CircuitRunners on February 22nd at the Cobb Civic Center! FTC Team 11347 will be competing against the best teams in the state for a chance to represent our school at the World Championship. Don’t miss out on a great tournament and an opportunity to support your fellow Wildcats! Wheeler High School