The Algonac Robotics Middle School team, the RoboRats, were the winning alliance at the Grosse Pointe Woods FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier event on Dec. 4 and qualified to compete at the FIRST Michigan FTC State Championship. (Courtesy of Algonac Robotics Club/Facebook)
The Algonac Middle School RoboRats team has seen success this season and participated in the FIRST Michigan First Tech Challenge State Championship.
The RoboRats are a 12-student First Tech Challenge team comprised of seventh- and eighth-graders. The team is broken up into multiple sub-teams, including build, programming and business, said Phil Clark, who is the RoboRats lead coach and programming mentor and Full Metal Muskrats programming mentor.
The RoboRats meet three days a week and start and end each meeting with a collaborative planning session where each of the…
