Having landed on another plant, the team must deploy their robot to load and move cargo when a sudden, massive sandstorm blocks all visibility.
This is part of the premise of 2019 Destination: Deep Space, the national FIRST Robotics Competition (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology). Reno-area team FYRE Robotics, or First Young Robotics Engineers, received the robotics-game challenge on Jan. 5 and met the deadline to have their robot “bagged and tagged” by Feb. 19. They are ready for a regional competition March 22-23 at the University of California, Davis, one of several FIRST competitions happening around the world in March and April.
Over a four-week period, the Makerspace in the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center-Powered By Switch was home-base to the 15 members of FYRE Robotics, ages 13 to 18, as they designed and built their robot. Their project…
